Bacteria News
May 15, 2024
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May 13, 2024 — A longstanding mystery about the strain of Vibrio cholerae (V. cholerae) responsible for the seventh global cholera pandemic is how this lineage has managed to out-compete other pathogenic variants. ...
May 2, 2024 — Researchers discovered a concerning association between bacteremia and probiotic use, particularly with Clostridium butyricum (C. butyricum) MIYAIRI 588. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that all C. butyricum bacteremia strains were probiotic ...
May 10, 2024 — Researchers have taken a key step toward closing the silver nanoparticles knowledge gap with a study that indicates the particles' shape and surface chemistry play key roles in how they affect ...
May 9, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a new partnership between a marine diatom and a bacterium that can account for a large share of nitrogen fixation in vast regions of the ocean. The newly-discovered bacterial symbiont is closely related to the ...
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May 8, 2024 — Two species of marine bacteria from the North Sea have established an unusual and sometimes destructive relationship to produce the important vitamin B12. The team's experiments show that the two ...
May 8, 2024 — An international team has found a family of natural compounds with potential as new and more effective treatments for parasitic worms. The compounds stall the unique metabolic process that worms use ...
May 7, 2024 — Engineers have developed two new graph-based computational tools for tracking genomic variation within ...
May 8, 2024 — Freshwater bacteria with small genomes frequently undergo prolonged periods of adaptive stagnation. Based on genomic analyses of samples from European lakes, researchers uncovered specific ...
May 1, 2024 — Scientists are harnessing cells to make new types of materials that can grow, repair themselves and even respond to their environment. These solid ...
May 3, 2024 — New research examines how the bacteria Escherichia coli, or E. coli -- responsible for most UTIs -- is able to use host nutrients to reproduce at an extraordinarily rapid pace during infection ...
May 2, 2024 — Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, ...
May 2, 2024 — Researchers are on a mission to kill drug-resistant bacteria, and a new study has identified a therapy that can penetrate the slime that such infections use to protect themselves from ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Cranberry extracts appear to improve intestinal microbiota and help prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The study ...
May 1, 2024 — A parasite that not only feeds of its host, but also makes the host change its own metabolism and thus biology. Microbiologists have shown this for the very first time in a specific group of ...
Earlier Headlines
May 1, 2024 — A study has identified a therapy that can penetrate the slime that such infections use to protect themselves from antibiotics. Scientists showed that an antimicrobial peptide from cows has potential ...
May 1, 2024 — Viruses known as 'jumbo' phages are seen as a potential tool against deadly bacterial infections. But scientists must first decipher the extraordinary makeup of these mysterious viruses. ...
May 1, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that calcium plays a significant role in enhancing the resistance of potato plants to bacterial ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Many bacteria produce substances to gain an advantage over competitors in their highly competitive natural environment. Researchers have discovered a new so-called lantibiotic, namely epilancin A37. ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Researchers report on the molecular assembly of one of the most common anti-phage systems -- from the family of proteins called Gabija -- that is estimated to be used by at least 8.5%, and up to 18%, ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Cleveland Clinic researchers developed an artficial intelligence (AI) model that can determine the best combination and timeline to use when prescribing drugs to treat a bacterial infection, based ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have created a new vaccine candidate to treat staph and MRSA ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers have now discovered viruses that infect this harmful microbe. Named Naegleriavirus, these belong to ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A research team has synthesized a lysin that during in vitro experiments targets bacteria responsible for producing odors in human ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Researchers are using artificial intelligence to uncover the link between the gut microbiome and Alzheimer's disease. Previous studies showed that Alzheimer's disease patients have changes ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Some pathogens hide inside human cells to enhance their survival. Researchers have uncovered a unique tactic certain bacteria use to spread in the body without being detected by the immune system. In ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Researchers have identified a potential new treatment for persistent neurological symptoms of Lyme disease, commonly seen even after antibiotic use. The study found that fibroblast growth factor ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — The growing need for antibiotic-free products has challenged producers to decrease or completely stop using antimicrobials as feed supplements in the diet of broiler chickens to improve feed ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have discovered toxic protein particles, shaped like umbrellas, that soil bacteria known as Streptomyces secrete to squelch competitors in their crowded microbial communities, especially ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Trying to hit a target size before dividing seems like the best strategy for maintaining a precise cell size, but bacteria don't do that. Now we know ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Using a pair of sensors made from carbon nanotubes, researchers discovered signals that help plants respond to stresses such as heat, light, or attack from insects or bacteria. Farmers could use ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A team has constructed an improved mid-infrared microscope, enabling them to see the structures inside living bacteria at the nanometer scale. Mid-infrared microscopy is typically limited by its low ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Prolonged droughts followed by sudden bursts of rainfall -- how do desert soil bacteria manage to survive such harsh conditions? This long-debated question has now been answered by microbiologists. ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Copper is a natural antimicrobial material that, when added to pig feed, may promote the growth and health of the animals. Since pigs can tolerate high levels of the metal, researchers recently ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Bacterial infections pose significant challenges to agriculture and medicine, especially as cases of antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to rise. In response, scientists are elucidating the ways ...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- Therapy to Kill Hypervirulent Bacteria Developed
- Key Functions of Therapeutically Promising Jumbo Viruses
- Calcium Can Protect Potato Plants from Bacterial Wilt
Monday, April 29, 2024
Friday, April 26, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence Can Develop Treatments to Prevent 'superbugs'
- A Vaccine to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
- Giant Viruses Infect Deadly Parasite
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024
- AI Can Improve Alzheimer's Treatment Through the 'gut-Brain Axis'
- The Enemy Within: How Pathogens Spread Unrecognized in the Body
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Probiotic Feed Additive Boosts Growth, Health in Poultry in Place of Antibiotics
- New Class of Antimicrobials Discovered in Soil Bacteria
- Solving a Mini Mystery of Cell Division
- Plant Sensors Could Act as an Early Warning System for Farmers
- A Better View With New Mid-Infrared Nanoscopy
- How Soil Microbes Survive in Harsh Desert Environments
- Copper Beads in Pig Feed Reshape Swine Gut Microbiome
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Researchers Resolve Old Mystery of How Phages Disarm Pathogenic Bacteria
- Carbon Beads Help Restore Healthy Gut Microbiome and Reduce Liver Disease Progression
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- A Microbial Plastic Factory for High-Quality Green Plastic
- Bacteria in Cancer Unmasked
- Scientists Discover New Phage Resistance Mechanism in Phage-Bacterial Arms Race
Monday, April 8, 2024
Friday, April 5, 2024
- eDNA Methods Give a Real-Time Look at Coral Reef Health
- Rapid, Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Bacteria Achieved With Handheld Sensor
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Evolution in Action? New Study Finds Possibility of Nitrogen-Fixing Organelles
- Giant Phage Holds Promise as Treatment for Lung Infections
- Plastic-Free Vegan Leather That Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteria
- Scientists Further Our Understanding of How a Foodborne Bacterium Can Survive in Food Preparation Environments
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Scientists Link Certain Gut Bacteria to Lower Heart Disease Risk
- Infant Gut Microbes Have Their Own Circadian Rhythm, and Diet Has Little Impact on How the Microbiome Assembles
Monday, April 1, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- A Combination of Approved Drugs Enhances the Delivery of Anti-Bacterial Medications to Treat Tuberculosis
- Scientists Extract Genetic Secrets from 4,000-Year-Old Teeth to Illuminate the Impact of Changing Human Diets Over the Centuries
- New Enzymatic Cocktail Can Kill Tuberculosis-Causing Mycobacteria
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Novel Electrochemical Sensor Detects Dangerous Bacteria
- Breakthrough Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Obstinate Mycobacterial Infections
- Maize Genes Control Little Helpers in the Soil
Friday, March 22, 2024
- Researchers Invent Artificial Intelligence Model to Design New Superbug-Fighting Antibiotics
- Signs of Life Would Be Detectable in Single Ice Grain Emitted from Extraterrestrial Moons
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Deep Earth Electrical Grid Mystery Solved
- Fiber, Genes and the Gut Microbiome: Study Reveals Possible Triggers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Genes Identified That Allow Bacteria to Thrive Despite Toxic Heavy Metal in Soil
- Industrial Societies Losing Healthy Gut Microbes
- New Discovery Concerning Occurrence of Antibiotic Resistance
- Newborn Piglets Serve as a Model for Studying Influenza
Friday, March 15, 2024
- Gut Bacteria Make Neurotransmitters to Shape the Newborn Immune System
- Protein Fragments ID Two New 'extremophile' Microbes--and May Help Find Alien Life
- Gut Bacteria Important for Overcoming Milk Allergy
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Infections from These Bacteria Are on the Rise: New Blood Test Cuts Diagnosis Time from Months to Hours
- Dog-Killing Flatworm Discovered in Southern California
- Alzheimer's Drug Fermented With Help from AI and Bacteria Moves Closer to Reality
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Tryptophan in Diet, Gut Bacteria Protect Against E. Coli Infection
- Study Shows Important Role Gut Microbes Play in Airway Health in Persons With Cystic Fibrosis
- Steroid Drugs Used for HRT Can Combat E. Coli and MRSA
- Who Knew That Coprophagy Was So Vital for Birds' Survival?
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- How Does a Virus Hijack Insect Sperm to Control Disease Vectors and Pests?
- What Makes a Pathogen Antibiotic-Resistant?
- First Atom-Level Structure of Packaged Viral Genome Reveals New Properties, Dynamics
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Monday, March 4, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
- Researchers Create Coating Solution for Safer Food Storage
- Light Into the Darkness of Photosynthesis
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- New Role for Bacterial Enzyme in Gut Metabolism Revealed
- Refrigerate Lettuce to Reduce Risk of E. Coli Contamination
- Measuring Electrical Conductivity in Microorganisms, Approaching Understanding of Microbial Ecosystems
- Radio Waves Can Tune Up Bacteria to Become Life-Saving Medicines
- Scientists Discover 18 New Species of Gut Microbes in Search for Origins of Antibiotic Resistance
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Monday, February 26, 2024
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- 'Dynamic Duo' Defenses in Bacteria Ward Off Viral Threats
- Copies of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Greatly Elevated in Humans and Livestock
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Scientists Discover Link Between Leaky Gut and Accelerated Biological Aging
- Researchers Develop Molecules for a New Class of Antibiotics That Can Overcome Drug Resistant Bacteria
- Revealing What Makes Bacteria Life-Threatening
- Detecting Pathogens Faster and More Accurately by Melting DNA
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Engineering a Coating for Disease-Free Produce
- Bridging Diet, Microbes, and Metabolism: Implications for Metabolic Disorders
- Photosynthetic Mechanism of Purple Sulfur Bacterium Adapted to Low-Calcium Environments
Friday, February 16, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Superbug Killer: New Synthetic Molecule Highly Effective Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria
- Do Sugar-Free Candy and Gum Give You Gas? Researchers Think They Know Why
- When It Comes to Bad Breath, Some Bacterial Interactions Really Stink
- Scientists Are Unravelling the Secrets of Red and Grey Squirrel Competition
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Case Study: Drug-Resistant Bacteria Responds to Phage-Antibiotic Combo Therapy
- Biomanufacturing Using Chemically Synthesized Sugars Enables Sustainable Supply of Sugar Without Competing With Food
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- Low-Cost Microbe Can Speed Biological Discovery
- Compounds Released by Bleaching Reefs Promote Bacteria, Potentially Stressing Coral Further
- Researchers Uncover a Key Link in Legume Plant-Bacteria Symbiosis