Microbes can create a more peaceful world: Scientists issue call to action
Microorganisms should be 'weaponized' to stave off conflicts across the globe, according to a team of eminent microbiologists.
Microorganisms should be 'weaponized' to stave off conflicts across the globe, according to a team of eminent microbiologists.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 10, 2023
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When imagining the deep sea, we often think of a cold, dark and empty wasteland, sparsely populated by monstrous-looking creatures of the deep. But in fissures along the seabed, ocean water superheated by the Earth's magma ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2023
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No life has yet been found on Mars, but it is exciting to explore the circumstances under which it might be possible. A team led by the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) with the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology ...
Astrobiology
Dec 14, 2022
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Listeriosis is a zoonotic disease of food origin that can cause, both in the human species and in animals, symptoms of gastroenteritis, meningitis, bacteremia and miscarriages. The pathogen that causes this infection is the ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 2, 2022
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Dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases remain a massive threat to human health and well-being. Urbanization and climate change are likely to increase this threat as established mosquitoes spread to new environments ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2022
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Although many wild birds carry Salmonella, the strains of the bacteria they convey usually do not harbor antimicrobial-resistance genes, according to Penn State researchers, who led a team conducting a new, nationwide study.
Ecology
Mar 23, 2022
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Researchers at Tel Aviv University found that the microbiome of a solitary locust undergoes a profound change when the host joins a group: bacteria called Weissella, almost completely absent from the microbiome of solitary ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2022
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According to researchers from Radboud University and Utrecht University, Amsterdam's canals emit relatively little methane. Methane-eating microbes that make their home on the canal walls probably play an important role. ...
Ecology
Dec 17, 2021
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The ocean's most abundant life form, a type of bacteria discovered by Oregon State University, consumes an organic compound commonly found in solvents like paint remover, a new study by OSU shows.
Ecology
Dec 15, 2021
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Sometimes the pathogens that infect plants also affect people—through our pocketbooks. Which is why plant pathologist Erica Goss, a University of Florida professor with the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, spends ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2021
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