Although bacteria have no sensory organs in the classical sense, they are still masters in perceiving their environment. A research group at the University of Basel's Biozentrum has now discovered that bacteria not only respond ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 26, 2017
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To date, scientists are increasingly studying the structure of microbial communities and their composition associated with plants, but few have been doing so in the context of vascular diseases.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 23, 2017
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Scientists have shown that the bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila has developed a specific strategy to target host cell mitochondria, the organelles in charge of cellular bioenergetics. Their study provides information ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 7, 2017
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Researchers of the KFU Omics Lab have succeeded in deciphering a Phi29-family virus genome. Junior researcher Raihan Shah Mahmud of Kazan Federal University says, "There is an immense number of viruses in nature, hundreds ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 25, 2017
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Specially designed plastic films can prevent bacterial contamination in the food and biomedical industries, according to research published August 11 in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 11, 2017
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When gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, they sparked a resurgence of aspen trees.
Ecology
Jul 20, 2017
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Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, affecting anyone, at any age, in any country, according to the World Health Organization. Currently, 700,000 deaths each year are attributed to antimicrobial ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 19, 2017
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Researchers have uncovered molecular details of how pathogenic bacteria fight back against the human immune response to infection.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2017
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A Massey professor of microbiology has led new research that could yield a vaccine against an emerging deadly pathogen that has proven resistant to various treatments.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 30, 2017
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Salmonella and many other bacterial pathogens use a nano syringe-like device to deliver toxic proteins into target human cells. Now scientists at Yale and University of Texas Medical School-Houston have used cryo-electron ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 10, 2017
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