News tagged with microbial biodiversity

Systems Biology Reveals Diversity in Key Environmental Cleanup Microbe

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have completed the first thorough, system-level assessment of the diversity of an environmentally important genus of microbes known as Shewanella. Microbes belonging to that genus ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exploring standards to advance microbial genomics

Microbes contribute to manifold human endeavors ranging from bioenergy to agriculture to medicine. Moreover, they make the Earth's biogeochemical cycles go round, a prerequisite for all life on the planet. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Rapid coral death by a deadly chain reaction

(Phys.org) -- Most people are fascinated by the colorful and exotic coral reefs, which form habitats with probably the largest biodiversity. But human civilisation is the top danger to these fragile ecosystems ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Study examines nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem

A recent paper by Kathleen Eggleson, a research scientist in the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) at the University of Notre Dame, provides an example of a nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem that ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Did exploding stars help life on Earth to thrive?

(Phys.org) -- Research by a Danish physicist suggests that the explosion of massive stars – supernovae – near the Solar System has strongly influenced the development of life. Prof. Henrik Svensmark ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Predicting the microbial 'weather'

New computer models are letting scientists forecast changes in the population of microbes in the English Channel up to a week in advance.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First-ever use of airborne resistivity system in Antarctica allows researchers to look beneath surface in untapped terri

(PhysOrg.com) -- National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded researchers have successfully tested equipment to map the hidden distribution of groundwater and ice in the McMurdo Dry Valleys region for the first ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Protecting living fossil trees

Scientists are working to protect living fossil trees in Fiji from the impact of climate change with cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists urge balance in the war on antimicrobial resistance

Scientists are urging policymakers to reconsider priorities in efforts to understand and control antimicrobial resistance. The new research, published today, was led by Royal Veterinary College Principal Professor Stuart ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research team explores how microbial diversity defends against disease

Amphibians are among the most threatened creatures on earth, with some 40 percent of amphibian species threatened or endangered. One of their primary threats is a rapidly spreading disease that attacks the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Future forests may soak up more carbon dioxide than previously believed

North American forests appear to have a greater capacity to soak up heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas than researchers had previously anticipated.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

500 years ago, yeast's epic journey gave rise to lager beer

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 15th century, when Europeans first began moving people and goods across the Atlantic, a microscopic stowaway somehow made its way to the caves and monasteries of Bavaria.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast


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