Bacteria to spot pollution
Scientists are recruiting bacteria to spot pollutants spilling into our rivers and lakes.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 17, 2013
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News tagged with escherichia coli
Generating antifungals via bacterial conjugation to yeast
The ever-diverse fungi play several key roles in our day-to-day life. From facilitating ecological nutrient cycling, to being used in industrial manufacturing and being a key ingredient in our food, fungi wear many different ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 12, 2022
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Researchers release complete de novo E. coli O104 genome, details of their detection kit
Scientists worldwide have been working on the publicly available genomic sequences of the deadly E. coli O104 strain, which is causing the current health crisis in Germany and now spreading throughout Europe. To continue ...
Biotechnology
Jun 7, 2011
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A red future for improving crop production?
Researchers have found a way to engineer more efficient versions of the plant enzyme Rubisco by using a red-algae-like Rubisco from a bacterium.
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2020
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E. coli an unlikely contaminant of plant vascular systems
A technique developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists for tracking pathogens has helped confirm that Escherichia coli is not likely to contaminate the internal vascular structure of field-grown leafy greens ...
Other
Apr 1, 2011
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Common roundworm found to farm the bacteria it eats
A common roundworm widely studied for its developmental biology and neuroscience, also might be one of the most surprising examples of the eat-local movement. Princeton University researchers have found that the organisms ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 23, 2017
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Production of 5-aminovaleric and glutaric acid by metabolically engineered microorganism
Combining systems metabolic engineering and downstream process, bio-based production of 5-aminovaleric acid and glutaric acid, important C5 platform chemicals, engineered in Escherichia coli could be demonstrated for the ...
Biochemistry
Dec 20, 2012
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Metabolically engineered E. coli producing phenol
Many chemicals we use in everyday life are derived from fossil resources. Due to the increasing concerns on the use of fossil resources, there has been much interest in producing chemicals from renewable resources through ...
Biotechnology
Oct 8, 2013
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CO2 exacerbates oxygen toxicity
French research team at the Laboratoire de Chimie Bacterienne has demonstrated that carbon dioxide (CO2) plays a role in the formation of oxidative damage in vivo. Under conditions of oxidative stress, certain types of damage ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 2, 2011
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Microbial cyborgs: Bacteria supplying power
Electronic devices are still made of lifeless materials. One day, however, "microbial cyborgs" might be used in fuel cells, biosensors, or bioreactors. Scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have created the ...
Biochemistry
May 26, 2020
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