May 23, 2023 — Researchers have engineered bacteria to synthesize an amino acid that contains a rare functional group that others have shown to have implications in the regulation of our immune system. The ...
May 22, 2023 — Seawater is full of bacteria, hundreds of thousands live in every liter. But the sheer number of bacteria living in the water does not necessarily mean a lot. More important is how active they are ...
May 22, 2023 — A new study shows that the ability of microorganisms to adapt to climate warming will slow down global warming by storing carbon in ...
May 19, 2023 — Biophysicists have designed a new cell-like transport system that represents an important milestone on the road to artificial ...
May 18, 2023 — Little is known about the ecological relationship of Vibrio bacteria with Sargassum. Evidence also is sparse as to whether vibrios colonizing plastic marine debris and Sargassum could potentially ...
May 17, 2023 — Soon, you'll be able to get a box of freshly picked, sweet strawberries from the grocery store or local farm stand. But it's disappointing when you get them home and find that the ones at ...
May 16, 2023 — A new study adds to an emerging, radically new picture of how bacterial cells continually repair faulty sections of their ...
May 16, 2023 — The deadly hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii can live for a year on a hospital wall without food and water. Then, when it infects a vulnerable patient, it resists antibiotics as well as the ...
May 15, 2023 — Researchers have mapped out what a commonly-used form of phage looks like, which will help design better uses in ...
May 15, 2023 — Researchers have shown that extremophilic bacteria from high temperature marine environments can be used to reduce asbestos' ...
May 11, 2023 — A new study pinpoints 10 bacterial groups associated with Alzheimer's disease, provides new insights into the relationship between gut makeup and ...
May 11, 2023 — A new group of mitochondrial viruses confined to the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Glomeromycotina may represent an ancestral lineage of ...
May 11, 2023 — Researchers have used a common disinfectant and antiseptic to create a new antimicrobial coating material that effectively kills bacteria and viruses, including MRSA and ...
May 11, 2023 — Bacteria can use certain radioactive elements to sustain their ...
May 11, 2023 — Bacteria can rapidly evolve resistance to antibiotics by adapting special pumps to flush them out of their cells, according to new research. Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem of global ...
May 10, 2023 — Fecal microbiota transplants are the most effective and affordable treatment for recurrent infections with Clostridioides difficile, an opportunistic bacterium and the most common cause of ...
May 9, 2023 — A new drug candidate targeting E. coli in the gut is in phase 1 clinical trials. According to a new paper it may improve the well-being of blood cancer patients and reduce their mortality rate from ...
May 8, 2023 — Scientists find new route in bacteria to decarbonize industry. The discovery could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of fuels, drugs, and chemicals. A research team has ...
May 5, 2023 — Newly developed 'smart' coatings for surgical orthopedic implants can monitor strain on the devices to provide early warning of implant failures while killing infection-causing bacteria, ...
May 5, 2023 — Microbiologists have uncovered the evolutionary origins of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria. His studies on the bacterium that causes cholera, Vibrio cholerae, provide insight into ...
