News tagged with strain of bacteria
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Light-induced delivery of nitric oxide eradicates drug-resistant bacteria
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a novel approach for eradicating drug-resistant bacteria from wounds and skin infections, using light to trigger the controlled release of nitric oxide. ...
May 30, 2012 |
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Single gene mutation can sweep through bacterial population, opening the door for the concept of 'species'
Bacteria are the most populous organisms on the planet. They thrive in almost every known environment, adapting to different habitats by means of genetic variations that provide the capabilities essential ...
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Noxious nanotech: Water-borne nanomaterials promote multidrug-resistance gene transfer
(PhysOrg.com) -- The arms race between effective antibiotic prophylaxis and closely related strains or species of bacteria is continually escalating. Bacteria can quickly develop genetic resistance to a range ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 30, 2012 |
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A zap of cold plasma reduces harmful bacteria on raw chicken
A new study by food safety researchers at Drexel University demonstrates that plasma can be an effective method for killing pathogens on uncooked poultry. The proof-of-concept study was published in the January issue of the ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Promiscuity of resistance plasmid unprecedented
Genetic analysis of an outbreak of drug-resistant infections in one institution shows an unprecedented level of transference of resistance among strains and even species of bacteria. Researchers from the University of Virginia ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Scientists reengineer antibiotic to overcome dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have successfully reengineered an important antibiotic to kill the deadliest antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The compound could one day be used clinically to treat patients ...
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Coriander oil could tackle food poisoning and drug-resistant infections
Coriander oil has been shown to be toxic to a broad range of harmful bacteria. Its use in foods and in clinical agents could prevent food-borne illnesses and even treat antibiotic-resistant infections, according to the authors ...
Aug 24, 2011 |
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France says its E.coli strain same as Germany's
(AP) -- France's health minister says experts are "99 percent sure" that the E. coli outbreak that put seven people in the hospital in Bordeaux region is the same strain of bacteria that killed 44 people - all but one in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 26, 2011 |
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Bacteria develop restraint for survival in a rock-paper-scissors community
It is a common perception that bigger, stronger, faster organisms have a distinct advantage for long-term survival when competing with other organisms in a given community.
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Variety of EHEC bacteria found in Dutch sugar-beets
Dutch health authorities said Thursday they found EHEC bacteria in sugar-beets exported to Germany and Belgium, but it was a different variety to the deadly strain that has killed 25 people.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 09, 2011 |
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14 dead in Germany as cucumber crisis grows
Germany on Monday held crisis talks amid reports that at least 14 people have died and hundreds are ill in an outbreak of a highly virulent strain of bacteria found on imported cucumbers.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 30, 2011 |
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Delayed arrival of TB-fighting T cells
The outcome of tuberculosis infection in mice depends in part on how quickly bacteria-fighting T cells can get to the lungs. According to a new study that will appear online on June 14th in the Journal of Experimental Me ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Genomes of Two Popular Research Strains of E. coli Sequenced
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers from the United States, Korea, and France has sequenced and analyzed the genomes of two important laboratory strains of E. coli bacteria, one used to study ...
Oct 20, 2009 |
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New protein identified in bacterial arsenal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly a billion years ago, bacteria evolved an insidious means of infecting their hosts — a syringe-like mechanism able to inject cells with stealthy hijacker molecules. These molecules, ...
Mar 03, 2009 |
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