News tagged with bacterial groups
Death by light: Nanoparticles as agents for the photodynamic killing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- The increasing antibiotic resistance of bacteria is a serious problem of our time. Hospital germs in particular have developed strains against which practically every current antibiotic is ineffective. In ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Leading pathogen in newborns can suppress immune cell function
Group B Streptococcus (GBS), a bacterial pathogen that causes sepsis and meningitis in newborn infants, is able to shut down immune cell function in order to promote its own survival, according to researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Marine bacteria cope with harsh mileu, learn to adapt
Marine bacteria live in a harsh mileu. They must constantly cope and adapt to changes in salinity, pH, temperature and other parameters. In her thesis, Barbara Weber, Umea University, studied how bacteria communicate with ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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