Tag: Microbiology

August 12, 2020

Study finds that exposing bacteria to hydrogen sulfide can increase antimicrobial sensitivity in bacteria that do not produce H2SCredit: Jessie ...

Secretion of sugar polymers modulates multicellularity in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

August 12, 2020

Fundamental research in bacterial physiologyCredit: Salim Timo Islam Research by INRS (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique) Professor Salim Timo ...

Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 looks at neurological side effects of COVID-19, vaccines, and more

August 11, 2020

The new open access journal also looks at antidepressants and risk of death or intubation with COVID-19 and seroprevalence between ...

Gene therapy targets inner retina to combat blindness

August 10, 2020

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 10, 2020--Gene therapy to the inner retina prevented blindness in ...

Previously undescribed lineage of Archaea illuminates microbial evolution

August 10, 2020

New group with possible symbiotic life strategyCredit: Anja Spang In a publication in Nature Communications last Friday, NIOZ scientists Nina ...

Imaging method highlights new role for cellular “skeleton” protein

August 10, 2020

Molecules of actin help control the division of mitochondria, with implications for diseaseCredit: Salk Institute/Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center LA JOLLA--(August ...

Scientists discover curious clues in the war between cf bacteria

UNC School of Medicine researchers describe in detail the different weaponry bacteria use to establish infection in the lungs of ...

Scientists introduce FlowRACS for high-throughput discovery of enzymes

Credit: WANG Xixian Enzymes are molecules that catalyze metabolisms. Discovery and mining of enzymes, such as those producing oils or ...

Oldest enzyme in cellular respiration isolated

How microbes in the primordial atmosphere obtained energy without oxygenCredit: Uwe Dettmar for Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany In the first ...

Researchers discover how plants distinguish beneficial from harmful microbes

Credit: Christina Krönauer and Damiano Lironi, Aarhus University Legume plants fix atmospheric nitrogen with the help of symbiotic bacteria, called ...

Is the gut biome a heritable trait?

UTIA animal scientists study the question and implications among cattleCredit: Photo by T. Salvador, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- While ...

Scientists discover new concept of bacterial gene regulation

Research team of the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse" at the University Jena identifies new regulatory sRNA moleculesCredit: ...

Grow faster, die sooner

How growth rates influence the fitness of bacteriaCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Bacteria are survival artists: When they get nutrition, ...

NTU develops peptide that makes drug-resistant bacteria sensitive to antibiotics again