News tagged with fems microbiology letters

Biofilms: Even stickier than suspected

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biofilms are everywhere - in dental plaque and ear canals, on contact lenses and in water pipelines - and the bacteria that make them get more resilient with age, finds a new study in FEMS Mi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Researchers tap yeasts as source of 'green' surfactants

Surfactants, which are wetting agents that lower a liquid's surface tension, have a long list of uses, from detergents and cosmetics to paints and pesticides. Most surfactants are petroleum-based. But in Peoria, Ill., a team ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Atlantic sea turtle population threatened by egg infection

An international team of Mycologists and Ecologists studying Atlantic sea turtles at Cape Verde have discovered that the species is under threat from a fungal infection which targets eggs. The research, published in FEMS Mi ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacterioplankton responses to desert dust in the (sub)tropical northeast Atlantic

Inputs of dust from the Sahara desert could change the composition of microbial communities in the (sub)tropical eastern North Atlantic say Southampton researchers writing this month in the journal FEMS Mi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New Vaccines May Help Thwart E. coli O157:H7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Immunizing calves with either of two forms of a vaccine newly developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists might reduce the spread of sometimes deadly Escherichia coli O157:H7 ...

Biology / Other

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A researcher identifies the parasites responsible for Chagas and Leishmaniasis epidemics

Parasites must be correctly identified before the correct treatment is introduced. To do so, we need a fast and cheap technique that enables us to obtain the necessary results in our studies, especially in under developed ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 04, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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