Microbiology News
September 5, 2024
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Sep. 4, 2024 — New research shows that parasitic nematodes, responsible for infecting more than a billion people globally, carry viruses that may solve the puzzle of why some cause serious ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — In a pioneering new study, researchers made the skin on the skulls and abdomens of live mice transparent by applying to the areas a mixture of water and a common yellow food coloring called ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — There are some pretty strange ingredients in cosmetics and skin care products. One example is snail mucin -- also known as snail slime -- which is used for its moisturizing and antioxidant properties. But researchers might have found something even ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Biologists are collecting samples from Earth's oceans using SMIRC, which could be the first step in uncovering compounds that lead to next-generation ...
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Sep. 2, 2024 — New research has uncovered an extraordinary mechanism of cell division in Corynebacterium matruchotii, one of the most common bacteria living in ...
Sep. 3, 2024 — A team of researchers has developed an innovative computational tool that analyzes the gut microbiome, a complex ecosystem of trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microorganisms within the ...
Aug. 30, 2024 — Scientists have developed an AI tool that creates detailed models of cellular metabolism, making it easier to understand how cells ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — There's an urgent need for more careful antibiotic management to protect older people living in residential aged care from the dangerous spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria or 'superbugs', ...
Aug. 30, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered a surprising genetic mechanism that influences the vibrant and complex patterns on butterfly wings. The team discovered that an RNA molecule, rather than a protein as ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Blinding diseases lead to permanent vision loss by damaging photoreceptor cells, which humans cannot naturally regenerate. While researchers are ...
Aug. 30, 2024 — While some microbes can make people sick or spoil food, others are critical for survival. These tiny organisms can also be engineered to make specific molecules. Researchers have rewired one such ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a virus that caused a nationwide die-off of superworms, a common food for birds, reptiles, other pets and, more and more ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Salmonella enterica causes disease in 1.2 million people in the U.S. every year. A new study found that Salmonella contamination is enhanced by high humidity and plant ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Entomology professor Esther Ngumbi studies how flooding affects crop plants and the insects that feed on them. She argues in a new review that flooding is a largely overlooked factor in studies meant ...
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Aug. 29, 2024 — An ancient gene is crucial for the development of the distinctive waist that divides the spider body plan in two, according to a new ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Staphylococcus aureus has the potential to develop durable vancomycin resistance, according to a new ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Fungi can transform plant and animal products into delicious foods like cheese, miso and beer. A researcher argues that a type of filamentous mold -- Neurospora intermedia -- could also turn food ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Microbes are part of the food we eat and can influence our own microbiome, but we know very little about the microbes in our foods. Now, researchers have developed a database of the 'food ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — Researchers are adding new evidence to the emerging concept that 'silent' or synonymous mutations may have crucial consequences. Their study showed how a synonymous mutation in one gene can ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — Bacterial cells can 'remember' brief, temporary changes to their bodies and immediate surroundings, a new study has found. And, although these changes are not encoded in the cell's ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — A research team has verified the antibacterial effect of seven food-derived flavonoids against periodontal pathogenic bacteria. The results showed that though several of the compounds inhibited ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — How does one species become two? A new study shows what happens when individuals of a moth species become separated in ...
Aug. 27, 2024 — Electron microscope (EM) has revolutionized our ability to visualize the intricate details inside cells. The advancement to 3D electron microscopy, known as volume EM (vEM), has further expanded this ...
Aug. 26, 2024 — Certain types of gut bacteria can hinder the efficacy of the rotavirus vaccine, according to ...
Aug. 26, 2024 — Using evolution as a guiding principle, researchers have successfully engineered bacteria-yeast hybrids to perform photosynthetic carbon assimilation, generate cellular energy and support yeast ...
Aug. 26, 2024 — An article highlights new insights into the PARIS, an immune system that bacteria use to respond to viral ...
Aug. 26, 2024 — Malaria is caused by a eukaryotic microbe of the Plasmodium genus, and is responsible for more deaths than all other parasitic diseases combined. In order to transmit from the human host to the ...
Aug. 23, 2024 — Chlamydiae are sexually transmitted pathogens that can apparently survive in the human gut for a long ...
Aug. 22, 2024 — While a mosquito bite is often no more than a temporary bother, in many parts of the world it can be scary. One mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, spreads the viruses that cause over 100,000,000 cases ...
Aug. 22, 2024 — Studying how single DNA molecules behave helps us to better understand genetic disorders and design better drugs. Until now however, examining DNA molecules one-by-one was a slow process. ...
Aug. 22, 2024 — Mono Lake is a beautiful but harsh environment, its salty and arsenic-laced water home to brine shrimp, alkali flies and little else. Scientists recently discovered an unsuspected resident, however, ...
Aug. 22, 2024 — Managing hard-to-treat respiratory illnesses like asthma and pulmonary fibrosis just got easier if a new drug-carrying molecule is as sneaky as its inventors ...
Aug. 21, 2024 — When you get infected with a virus, some of the first weapons your body deploys to fight it were passed down to us from our microbial ancestors billions of years ago. According to new research, two ...
Aug. 21, 2024 — New research shows that rainwater could have helped create a meshy wall around protocells 3.8 billion years ago, a critical step in the transition from tiny beads of RNA to every bacterium, plant, ...
Thursday, August 29, 2024
- Ancient Gene Gives Spiders Their Narrow Waist
- Bacteria Able to Overcome Cost of Vancomycin Resistance in Lab Setting
- Can Fungi Turn Food Waste Into the Next Culinary Sensation?
- What's in the Microbiome of the Foods We Eat?
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
- 'Silent' Mutations Found to Have Repercussions Beyond Their Own Gene
- Bacterial Cells Transmit Memories to Offspring
- Protect Your Teeth With Fruit: Antimicrobial Effects Found in Biomass Compounds
- Moths May Use Disco Gene to Regulate Day/night Cycles
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Monday, August 26, 2024
- Gut Bacteria Composition Influences Rotavirus Vaccine Efficacy
- Scientists Use Evolution to Bioengineer New Pathways to Sustainable Energy, Pharmaceuticals
- Immune System That Bacteria Use to Respond to Viral Infections
- Mapping the Sex Life of Malaria Parasites at Single Cell Resolution, Reveals the Genetics Underlying Malaria Transmission
Friday, August 23, 2024
Thursday, August 22, 2024
- Mosquitoes Sense Infrared from Body Heat to Help Track Humans Down
- Revealing DNA Behavior in Record Time
- Creature the Size of a Dust Grain Found Hiding in California's Mono Lake
- Engineers Design Lookalike Drug Carrier to Evade Lung's Lines of Defense
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Next Time You Beat a Virus, Thank Your Microbial Ancestors
- Life from a Drop of Rain: New Research Suggests Rainwater Helped Form the First Protocell Walls
- COPD and BPD: Inhalation of Live Lactobacilli Lessens Lung Inflammation and Improves Lung Function
- Honey Bees May Play Key Role in Spreading Viruses to Wild Bumblebees
- 'DNA Scavengers' Can Stop Some Antibiotic Resistance from Spreading
- Engineered Bacteria Make Thermally Stable Plastics Similar to Polystyrene and PET
- Benefits and Downside of Fasting
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
- Gut Bioelectricity Provides a Path for 'bad' Bacteria to Cause Diseases
- Hospital Bacteria Tracked Better Than Ever Before With New Technique
- Mother's Gut Microbiome During Pregnancy Shapes Baby's Brain Development
- How Early-Life Antibiotics Turn Immunity Into Allergy
- New Worm Study Paves Way for Better RNA-Based Drugs to Treat Human Disease
- Scientists Discover New Code Governing Gene Activity
Monday, August 19, 2024
- Key Biofuel-Producing Microalga Believed to Be a Single Species Is Actually Three
- New Insights on How Bird Flu Crosses the Species Barrier
- Searching Old Stem Cells That Stay Young Forever
- Low Cortisol, Hair-Trigger Stress Response in the Brain May Underlie Long COVID
- What Time the Malaria-Bearing Mosquito Bites You Might Make a Difference
- Mining the Microbiome: Uncovering New Antibiotics Inside the Human Gut
Thursday, August 15, 2024
- Scientists Discover Superbug's Rapid Path to Antibiotic Resistance
- Researchers Help to Control Cancer-Causing Poison in Corn
- Surprise Finding in Study of Environmental Bacteria Could Advance Search for Better Antibiotics
- Scientists Map DNA of Lyme Disease Bacteria
- Hand Washing Is Important -- But Is Your Sink Clean?
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
- Candidate Malaria Vaccine Provides Lasting Protection in NIH-Sponsored Trials
- Diet Is Main Risk Factor for Colon Cancer in Younger Adults, New Study Suggests
- A Taste for Carbon Dioxide
- Hydrometeorology and Location Affect Hospitalizations for Waterborne Infectious Diseases in the US
- Revealing the Mysteries Within Microbial Genomes
- Could Manure and Compost Act Like Probiotics, Reducing Antibiotic Resistance in Urban Soils?
- Decoding the World's Largest Animal Genome
- Newly Discovered Ability of Comammox Bacteria Could Help Reduce Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Agriculture
- Trojan Horse Method Gives Malaria Parasites a Taste of Their Own Medicine
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
- Pit-Building Venom Mixers
- Surprising Insight Into Cancer Comes from Unique Plant Species That Find Different Solutions to Evolutionary Challenges
- Rewriting the Evolutionary History of Critical Components of the Nervous System
Monday, August 12, 2024
- Researchers ID Body's 'quality Control' Regulator for Protein Folding
- Pre-Surgical Antibody Treatment Might Prevent Heart Transplant Rejection
- Bacteria in Lakes Fight Climate Change
- How Mortal Filaments' Self-Assemble and Maintain Order: Align or Die
- Parents' Eating Behavior Influences How Their Children Respond to Food
- Low Magnesium Levels Increase Disease Risk
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Friday, August 9, 2024
- Researchers Make Breakthrough in Understanding Species Abundance
- Bacteria Encode Hidden Genes Outside Their Genome--Do We?
- Researchers Develop AI Model That Predicts the Accuracy of Protein--DNA Binding
- Glossy Black-Cockatoos Prefer the Fruits of Ancient Rocks
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
- Viral Defense Protein Speeds Up Female Stem Cell Production
- Do Smells Prime Our Gut to Fight Off Infection?
- Cocaine Discovery Could Pave Way for Treatment for Substance Abuse
- Bacterial Gut Diversity Improves the Athletic Performance of Racehorses
- Nasal Microbiome: Depriving Multi-Resistant 'bugs' Of Iron
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
- Elephants on the Move: Mapping Connections Across African Landscapes
- Ketogenic Diet May Reduce Friendly Gut Bacteria and Raise Cholesterol Levels
Monday, August 5, 2024
- Study Analyzes Potato-Pathogen 'arms Race' After Irish Famine
- Why Virus Causing Cold Sores Does Not Spread to Devastating Brain Infection
- Honey Added to Yogurt Supports Probiotic Cultures for Digestive Health
Friday, August 2, 2024
- New Compound Effective Against Flesh-Eating Bacteria
- Allergy Cells' Hidden Secret
- Coinfecting Viruses Impede Each Other's Ability to Enter Cells
- Breakthrough in Bid to Develop Vaccines and Drugs for Neglected Tropical Disease
- What Gave the First Molecules Their Stability?
- Precise Package Delivery in Cells?
- Ancient Antarctic Microorganisms Are Aggressive Predators
- Circular RNAs: The New Frontier in Cancer Research
Thursday, August 1, 2024
- When It Comes to DNA Replication, Humans and Baker's Yeast Are More Alike Than Different
- Which Strains of Tuberculosis Are the Most Infectious?
- Breakthrough in Plant Disease: New Enzyme Could Lead to Anti-Bacterial Pesticides
- Cheese of the Future: Consumers Open to Animal-Free Alternatives
- Talking About Regeneration
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
- The Next Generation of RNA Chips
- Nasal COVID-19 Vaccine Halts Transmission, Animal Study Finds
- AI Opens Door to Safe, Effective New Antibiotics to Combat Resistant Bacteria
- New Principle for Treating Tuberculosis
- Gut Microbes Implicated in Bladder Cancer
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
- Scientists Discover Entirely New Wood Type That Could Be Highly Efficient at Carbon Storage
- Injury Dressings in First-Aid Kits Provide a New Technique to Reveal Shark Species After Bite Incidents
- Precise Genetics: New CRISPR Method Enables Efficient DNA Modification
- What Shapes a Virus's Pandemic Potential? SARS-CoV-2 Relatives Yield Clues
- Platypus and Chicken Reveal How Chromosomes Balance Between the Sexes
- How Researchers Turn Bacteria Into Cellulose-Producing Mini-Factories