News tagged with pseudomonas
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Study unravels origin of devastating kiwifruit bacterium
An international research team led by Virginia Tech Associate Professor Boris Vinatzer and Giorgio Balestra of the University of Tuscia in Italy has used the latest DNA sequencing technology to trace a devastating ...
May 09, 2012 |
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Australian mammals take on antibiotic-resistant bugs
The Australian wallaby and platypus could turn out to be key weapons in fighting the growing health threat of multidrug-resistant bacteria, a team involving University of Sydney researchers has discovered.
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Researchers modify harmless bacteria to kill harmful bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Singapore have modified the DNA of one type of bacterium, Escherichia coli, to first sense the presence of another bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and then to explode, releasing a special kin ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Pseudomonas deploys a toxin delivery machine to breach cell walls of rivals without hurting itself
Microbiologists have uncovered a sneaky trick by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa to oust rivals. It deploys a toxin delivery machine to breach cell walls of competitors without hurting itself.
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Microbe efficiencies could make better fuel cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like mutual back-scratching, two common bacteria involved in what was thought to be only a marginally important relationship actually help each other thrive when grown together in bioreactors, ...
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Bacteria use caffeine as food source
A new bacterium that uses caffeine for food has been discovered by a doctoral student at the University of Iowa. The bacterium uses newly discovered digestive enzymes to break down the caffeine, which allows it to live and ...
May 24, 2011 |
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Spacebound bacteria inspire earthbound remedies
Recent research aboard the Space Shuttle is giving scientists a better understanding of how infectious disease occurs in space and could someday improve astronaut health and provide novel treatments for people ...
Mar 21, 2011 |
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What is good for you is bad for infectious bacteria
Plants are able to protect themselves from most bacteria, but some bacteria are able to breach their defences. In research to be published in Science on Friday, scientists have identified the genes used b ...
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Antibiotics improve with visualization techniques
Researchers from the Universities of Dundee and Oxford have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how resistance to antibiotics might be overcome, by producing the first ever 3D molecular image ...
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Electronic nose sniffs out bacteria
Early treatment of infection in burns patients is critical. A European consortium has designed a point-of-care instrument that can identify types of bacteria from the tiny amounts of volatile gases they emit.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 06, 2010 |
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New strain of bacteria discovered that could aid in oil spill, other environmental cleanup
Researchers have discovered a new strain of bacteria that can produce non-toxic, comparatively inexpensive "rhamnolipids," and effectively help degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs - environmental pollutants ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Adapting to clogged airways makes common pathogen resist powerful antibiotics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain bacteria cause chronic lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis. Surviving in this oxygen-poor, nitrate-rich environment makes the bacteria less susceptible to antibiotics.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Bacteria toxic to wound-treating maggots
Bacteria that infect chronic wounds can be deadly to maggot 'biosurgeons' used to treat the lesions, show researchers writing in the journal Microbiology. The findings could lead to more effective treatment of wounds and th ...
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Bacteria expect the unexpected: Scientists observe the emergence of a new adaptation strategy
Organisms ensure the survival of their species by genetically adapting to the environment. If environmental conditions change too rapidly, the extinction of a species may be the consequence. A strategy to ...
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Aerosolized nanoparticles show promise for delivering antibiotic treatment
Aerosol delivery of antibiotics via nanoparticles may provide a means to improve drug delivery and increase patient compliance, thus reducing the severity of individual illnesses, the spread of epidemics, and possibly even ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 19, 2009 |
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