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Understanding Thermal Stress Response in Corals Species

For the first time, scientists have identified a single-celled microbe that can protect corals from ocean warming-related events like bleaching.

12 Jan 2024

Scientists Reinvent Spectinomycin as a Powerhouse Weapon for Drug-Resistant Superbug

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are tackling Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab) antibiotic resistance.

10 Jan 2024

Conservation Science Leaps Forward: UF Research Deciphers Bobcat DNA from Tracks

On February 2021, Dave Duffy's children informed him on a Sunday morning that they had just witnessed a bobcat through their home's window, which was located close to the University of Florida's Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, which is located outside of St. Augustine, Florida.

10 Jan 2024

Bacterial "Freight Elevator" Transports Camouflage Molecule for Immune Evasion

Some bacterial membrane transporters work almost like freight elevators to transport substances through the cell membrane into the interior of the cell. The transporter itself spans the bacterial membrane.

9 Jan 2024

Boosting Post-Transplant Survival: Tailoring Gut Microbiome to Fight GvHD

After stem cell transplantation, the donated immune cells sometimes attack the patients' bodies. This is known as graft versus host disease or GvHD.

9 Jan 2024

Bacterial “Barcode” Deciphers the Fate of Proteins, Impacting Pathogen Behavior

Researchers at McMaster University have found a molecular “barcode” system that pathogenic bacteria use to identify harmful from beneficial molecules.

9 Jan 2024

Swiss Scientists Unearth 35 New Bacteria Species in Hospital Samples

Unknown germs are a common occurrence in hospitals. Researchers at the University of Basel have spent many years collecting and analyzing them.

9 Jan 2024

Mycorrhizal Interactions Influences Global Forest Diversity Patterns and Structure

Recent research published in Nature Communications Biology adds to the increasing understanding of the disproportionate impact that microbes have on everything from crop yields to human digestion: Global forest diversity appears to be influenced by microbes in the soil, in this case, fungi.

8 Jan 2024

Engineering Plants to Fight Disease with Friendly Bacteria

For the first time, scientists have modified the plant microbiome to increase the amount of “good” bacteria that shield the plant from harm.

8 Jan 2024

Unlocking the Gut's Metabolic Secrets

The variety of enzymes that microbes employ to make energy in the low-oxygen environment of the gut is highlighted by a survey of bacterial genomes.

8 Jan 2024

Breakthrough in Bdellovibrio's Prey Recognition System

Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham have uncovered how naturally occurring antimicrobial predatory bacteria, known as Bdellovibrio bacterivorous, produce fiber-like proteins on their surface to entice prey in a study published on January 4th, 2024, in Nature Microbiology.

8 Jan 2024

New Method Reveals Bacteria's Protein Targeting System

Disease-causing bacteria of the genus Salmonella or Yersinia can use tiny injection apparatuses to inject harmful proteins into host cells, much to the discomfort of the infected person.

5 Jan 2024

mEnrich-seq: A High-Specificity Bacterial Enrichment Technique for Microbiome Research

In a landmark study recently published in the journal Nature Methods, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have unveiled mEnrich-seq-;an innovative method designed to substantially enhance the specificity and efficiency of research into microbiomes, the complex communities of microorganisms that inhabit the human body.

5 Jan 2024

B12-Producing Gut Bacteria Modulate Neurotransmitter Levels and Reduce Seizures in C. elegans

A new study published in Nature Cell Biology by Mark Alkema, PhD, professor of neurobiology, establishes an important molecular link between specific B12-producing bacteria in the gut of the roundworm C. elegans and the production of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter important to memory and cognitive function.

5 Jan 2024

Zipping Up Chromosomes: The Synaptonemal Complex Revealed

We have two copies of each chromosome in every cell in our bodies except in our reproductive cells. Sperm and egg cells contain a single copy of each chromosome with a unique mix of genes from our parents, an evolutionary trick to give our offspring genetic variability.

4 Jan 2024

Bacteria News and Research

Understanding Thermal Stress Response in Corals Species

Scientists Reinvent Spectinomycin as a Powerhouse Weapon for Drug-Resistant Superbug

Conservation Science Leaps Forward: UF Research Deciphers Bobcat DNA from Tracks

Bacterial "Freight Elevator" Transports Camouflage Molecule for Immune Evasion

Boosting Post-Transplant Survival: Tailoring Gut Microbiome to Fight GvHD

Bacterial “Barcode” Deciphers the Fate of Proteins, Impacting Pathogen Behavior

Swiss Scientists Unearth 35 New Bacteria Species in Hospital Samples

Mycorrhizal Interactions Influences Global Forest Diversity Patterns and Structure

Engineering Plants to Fight Disease with Friendly Bacteria

Unlocking the Gut's Metabolic Secrets

Breakthrough in Bdellovibrio's Prey Recognition System

New Method Reveals Bacteria's Protein Targeting System

mEnrich-seq: A High-Specificity Bacterial Enrichment Technique for Microbiome Research

B12-Producing Gut Bacteria Modulate Neurotransmitter Levels and Reduce Seizures in C. elegans

Zipping Up Chromosomes: The Synaptonemal Complex Revealed

Breakthrough in Synthetic Biology: Researchers Build Artificial CO2-Fixing Pathway

Study Provides a Systematic View of the Diversity and Function of Supraglacial DNA Viruses

The Evolutionary Timeline of Diminished Boric Acid and Urea Transportation in Aquaporin 10

New Technique Revolutionizes the Construction of Synthetic Chromosomes

Simultaneous Production of Bioplastics and High-Value Carotenoids by Multifunctional Bacteria

Driving Support for Pharmaceutical Testing Through Continuous Innovation

From Memory to Metaplasticity: Unraveling the Brain's Secrets

Revolutionizing Mass Spectrometry: A Deep Dive into Plasmion’s SICRIT® Technology

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