Smaller than expected phytoplankton may mean less carbon sequestered at sea bottom
Credit: Photo courtesy Luis Bolaños, OSU. CORVALLIS, Ore. - A study that included the first-ever winter sampling of phytoplankton in ...
Tag: Microbiology
Blocking the iron transport could stop tuberculosis
Credit: Imre Gonda, University of Zurich One of the most devastating pathogens that lives inside human cells is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, ...
A pilot study of the sequencing of the intestinal microbiota for colon cancer
In this pilot study, they used colon biopsies samples and feces samples from nine patients to compare two sequencing methodsCredit: ...
Animals keep viruses in the sea in balance
Credit: NIOZ A variety of sea animals can take up virus particles while filtering seawater for oxygen and food. Sponges ...
Forgotten tale of phage therapy history revealed
Phage therapy was successfully used against dysentery and staphylococcal infectionsCredit: Picture: The University of Jyväskylä/Gabriel Almeida In the current situation ...
Reducing reliance on nitrogen fertilizers with biological nitrogen fixation
Credit: Beverly J. Agtuca, Sylwia A. Stopka, Thalita R. Tuleski, Fernanda P. do Amaral, Sterling Evans, Yang Liu, Dong Xu, ...
What can be learned from the microbes on a turtle’s shell?
In an effort to help with and advance conservation, scientists have been investigating the microbiome of the protected Krefft's river ...
MIPT scientists explain why new dangerous viruses are so hard to identify
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office In a recently published fundamental review dedicated to the diagnostics of viral infections, a Russian ...
Tuberculosis bacterium uses sluice to import vitamins
New insights into the physiology of bacteria and cellsCredit: Greg Stewart / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A transport protein that ...
A genetic nano-toolkit for the generation of new biomaterials
Bayreuth microbiologists use bacteria to produce multifunctional magnetic nanoparticlesCredit: Image: Frank Mickoleit / Clarissa Lanzloth. Magnetic bacteria might soon be ...
Research breakthrough: Humans are not the first to repurpose CRISPR
UCPH Researchers have discovered that primitive bacterial parasites weaponize CRISPR to engage in battle against one anotherCredit: Rafael Pinilla-Redondo In ...
Bacterial protein fragment kills lung cells in pulmonary fibrosis, study finds
Credit: Image courtesy of Esteban Gabazza/Nature Communications CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A bacterial protein fragment instigates lung tissue death in pulmonary ...
Engineers model mutations causing drug resistance
Credit: Scott Leighow, Penn State Whether it is a drug-resistant strain of bacteria, or cancer cells that no longer react ...
Images reveal how bacteria form communities on the human tongue
Credit: Steven Wilbert and Gary Borisy, The Forsyth Institute Using a recently developed fluorescent imaging technique, researchers in the United ...
Even bacteria need their space: Squished cells may shut down photosynthesis
Credit: Kristin A. Moore and Jeffrey C. Cameron Introverts take heart: When cells, like some people, get too squished, they ...
Microbiome search engine can increase efficiency in disease detection and diagnosis
Credit: SU Xiaoquan Big data makes big promises when it comes to providing insights into human behavior and health. The ...
UC San Diego partners with 5 leading diagnostics manufacturers to boost COVID-19 testing
Spurred by need and urgency, unprecedented collaboration will increase testing capacity to 1,000 to 1,500 tests per day within 2 ...
New contrast agent for early diagnosis of brain metastases
Credit: Barth van Rossum, FMP A group of researchers led by Leif Schroeder from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut fuer Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) ...
Sugar brings a lot of carbon dioxide into the deeper sea
Laminarin plays central role in marine carbon cycle; in the sunlit surface layer of the ocean, photosynthetic microalgae convert much ...
Loss of protein disturbs intestinal homeostasis and can drive cancer
Credit: Marc Healy, UZH Colorectal carcinoma (CRC), the most common form of intestinal cancer, is the second leading cause of ...
