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Ecology Apr 17, 2024

Soil bacteria link their life strategies to soil conditions: Study

Soil bacteria help regulate the cycling of carbon and nutrients on Earth. Over time, these bacteria have evolved strategies that determine where they live, what they do, and how they deal with a changing environment. However, ...

Veterinary medicine Apr 17, 2024

Study shows copper beads in pig feed reshape swine gut microbiome

Copper is a natural antimicrobial material that, when added to pig feed, may promote the growth and health of the animals. Since pigs can tolerate high levels of the metal, researchers at Texas Tech University in Amarillo ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 17, 2024

New class of antimicrobials discovered in soil bacteria

Researchers have discovered toxic protein particles, shaped like umbrellas, that soil bacteria known as Streptomyces secrete to squelch competitors, especially others of their own species.

Ecology Apr 17, 2024

Scientists discover how soil microbes survive in harsh desert environments

Prolonged droughts followed by sudden bursts of rainfall—how do desert soil bacteria manage to survive such harsh conditions? This long-debated question has now been answered by an ERC project led by microbiologist Dagmar ...

Astrobiology Apr 16, 2024

New book gives insider's view of cosmic search for life

Whether life exists anywhere besides Earth is a burning question that, at long last, may soon be answered.

Astrobiology Apr 16, 2024

In search for alien life, purple may be the new green

From house plants and gardens to fields and forests, green is the color we most associate with surface life on Earth, where conditions favored the evolution of organisms that perform oxygen-producing photosynthesis using ...

Evolution Apr 16, 2024

New study sheds light on the structure and evolution of an enzyme in psychoactive fungi

An international research team has investigated the biosynthesis of psilocybin, the main ingredient of hallucinogenic mushrooms. They gained new insights into the structure and reaction mechanism of the enzyme PsiM. It plays ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 16, 2024

Researchers find cryptic genetic element in the human gut that could serve as a sensitive biomarker

A component of the human intestinal flora that has been little studied to date is the focus of a new study from Germany. Plasmids are small extrachromosomal genetic elements that frequently occur in bacterial cells and can ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 12, 2024

Food scientists develop framework to improve food quality and still kill pathogens

Sometimes the processing that makes food safe can compromise flavor and nutrients, but food scientist Jennifer Acuff is looking for a way to make food safe and minimize loss of quality.

Cell & Microbiology Apr 12, 2024

Microbial food as a food production strategy of the future

The global food crisis is increasing due to rapid population growth and declining food productivity from climate change. Moreover, today's food production and supply system emits a huge amount of carbon dioxide, reaching ...

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