News tagged with journal of bacteriology

How microbes take out the trash

(PhysOrg.com) -- The molecular machinery bacteria use to rid themselves of toxic substances including antimicrobial drugs has been studied in detail by a UA-led team of researchers. A better understanding ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Bacterial genome may hold answers to mercury mystery

A newly sequenced bacterial genome from a team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could contain clues as to how microorganisms produce a highly toxic form of mercury.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic blueprint of bacteria causing Lyme disease unraveled

Benjamin Luft, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, and a team of medical researchers have determined the genetic blueprint of 13 strains of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The finding ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mystery E. coli genes essential for survival of many species

Scientists have shown that E. coli - one of the best known and extensively studied organisms in the world - remains an enigma that may hold the key to human diseases, such as cancer.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New technique used to profile anthrax genome

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have used a new approach, known as RNA-Seq, to profile the gene expression of the bacterium that causes anthrax, Bacillus anthracis. Their study, published ...

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created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0