The bacteria in our intestinal tract play many essential roles in maintaining our health and metabolism. Keeping these organisms happy and striking a good balance among species is therefore very important to remaining healthy. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2022
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Biofilms, complex communities of bacteria, abound around us: on the surface of cheese where they give off flavors and aromas, in streams where they form the slimy substance on rocks, on our teeth where they form plaque.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 12, 2022
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Researchers from University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe University Frankfurt have unraveled how bacteria adhere to host cells and thus taken the first step towards developing a new class of antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 30, 2022
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The development of new active substances against pathogenic bacteria, parasites, fungi and viruses is gaining importance, as established anti-infectives are becoming increasingly ineffective due to the development of resistance. ...
Biochemistry
Jun 23, 2022
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A species of bacteria that infect corn crops compel their hosts to produce a feast of nutrients that keeps the pathogens alive and thriving long before they start to kill the plant's cells, new research shows.
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 13, 2022
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A new study led by researchers at University of Utah Health details a novel mechanism that infectious bacteria use to quickly adjust to environmental stress. The discovery could help explain why certain types of common infections—such ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 23, 2022
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According to a new report co-written by Illinois Natural History Survey postdoctoral researcher Valeria Trivellone, climate change, poverty, urbanization, land-use change and the exploitation of wildlife all contribute to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 21, 2021
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The way that many of us live has created the "perfect storm" for the evolution and transmission of infectious diseases like COVID-19 according to a researcher at the University of East Anglia.
Ecology
May 6, 2021
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In a collaborative effort between scientists and personnel on military bases in 31 states in the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico, researchers surveyed for an infection caused by an emerging fungal pathogen that afflicts ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 8, 2020
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A new analysis published in IBIS examines whether bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that are present in wild vultures cause disease in the birds, and whether vultures play a role in spreading or preventing infectious ...
Ecology
Aug 5, 2020
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