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Posted October 5, 2012:
- Genotyping Helps Identify Source of Clinic Infection Outbreak
- Potato Storage: Essential Oils as Antigerminants
Posted October 4, 2012:
- Ancient Carbon Resurfacing in Lakes Challenges Current Models of Long-Term Carbon Storage in Lakes and Rivers
- Progress Reported in Tackling Initial, Recurrent Bouts of Health Care-Associated Infection
- Bacterium in a Laser Trap: Light Tube Can Grab and Scan Even Tiniest of Unicellular Organisms
- Increasing Occurrence of MRSA Bacteria in Denmark
Posted October 3, 2012:
- Increase in Allergies Is Not from Being Too Clean, Just Losing Touch With 'Old Friends'
- Almost 50% of Fruits and Vegetables in the EU Is Not Consumed
- New Plasma Jet Gives 'Cold' Shoulder to Superbugs
Posted October 2, 2012:
- Superman-Strength Bacteria Produce 24-Karat Gold
- New Antibiotic Cures Disease by Disarming Pathogens, Not Killing Them
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Posted September 28, 2012:
- Identification of Microbes in Healthy Lungs Sheds Light on Cystic Fibrosis
- Predatory Bacterial Crowdsourcing: Scientists ID Simple Formula That Allows Bacteria to Engulf Food in Waves
- Research Could Lead to a Better Understanding of Flesh-Eating Disease
Posted September 27, 2012:
- Uranium-Contaminated Site Yields Wealth of Information on Microbes 10 Feet Under
- Nature's Misfits: Reclassifying Protists Helps Answer How Many Species Remain Undiscovered
Posted September 26, 2012:
- Gut Bacteria Could Play Key Role in Development of Type 2 Diabetes
- Protein Structure Unlocks One Mystery of Multi-Drug Tolerance
Posted September 25, 2012:
Posted September 24, 2012:
- Viruses Help Scientists Battle Pathogenic Bacteria and Improve Water Supply
- Eye Proteins Have Germ-Killing Power, Could Lead to New Antimicrobial Drugs, Study Finds
Posted September 21, 2012:
Posted September 20, 2012:
- Unusual Symbiosis in Marine Microorganisms Fertilizes Ocean by Fixing Nitrogen
- Antibiotic Use Aids MRSA Spread in Hospital and Infection Control Measures Do Little to Prevent It, Says Hospital Study
- Nano-Engineering Electrodes to Give Tiny Generators a Boost
Posted September 19, 2012:
- The 'Slippery Slope to Slime': Overgrown Algae Causing Coral Reef Declines
- How Organisms Evolve New Functions: Evolution Is as Complicated as 1-2-3
Posted September 18, 2012:
Posted September 17, 2012:
- Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens Persist in Antibiotic-Free Pigs
- Most Extensive Pictures Ever of an Organism's DNA Mutation Processes
- Assessing a New Technique for Ensuring Fresh Produce Remains Salmonella-Free
- Scientists Reveal How Natural Antibiotic Kills Tuberculosis Bacterium
Posted September 14, 2012:
- Discovery of Essential Genes for Drug-Resistant Bacteria Reveals New, High-Value Drug Targets
- X-Rays Reveal the Self-Defence Mechanisms of Bacteria
- The Risks of Antibiotic Resistance and Consumption: Learning With Hands-on Activities
Posted September 13, 2012:
Posted September 12, 2012:
- Novel Non-Antibiotic Agents Against MRSA and Strep Infections
- Sinusitis Linked to Microbial Diversity
- Gut Microbes Help the Body Extract More Calories from Food
Posted September 11, 2012:
- Student Biology Investigations Streamed Live from International Space Station
- Microbiologist Patents Process to Improve Biofuel Production
- At Least 200,000 Tons of Oil and Gas from Deepwater Horizon Spill Consumed by Gulf Bacteria
- Oxygen-Sensing Bacterial Regulatory Protein: Chemistry Discovery Could Have Major Medical Implications
Posted September 10, 2012:
- Reversible Oxygen-Sensing ‘switching’ Mechanism Discovered
- Pain Drug Can Kill Resistant Tuberculosis: Low Cost Drug Wipes out Drug Resistant TB, but May Not Reach Patients in Need
- Metabolic Engineer Synthesizes Key Breast Milk Ingredient: Sugar in Human Milk May Protect Babies from Pathogens
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