As conventional antibiotics continue to lose effectiveness against evolving pathogens, scientists are keen to employ the bacteria-killing techniques perfected by bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 13, 2023
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Shine a laser on a drop of blood, mucus, or wastewater, and the light reflecting back can be used to positively identify bacteria in the sample.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 2, 2023
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Eating and being eaten is a normal process in nature. These predator–prey dynamics help to stabilize ecosystems. It ensures that individual species do not become too abundant, controls their populations, and prevents damage ...
Ecology
Feb 28, 2023
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A pair of natural science researchers from Marymount Manhattan College has found that high levels of dog feces landing on sidewalks in New York city has resulted in high levels of bacteria in homes and businesses. In their ...
A common environmental bacterium, Comamonas testosteroni, could someday become nature's plastic recycling center. While most bacteria prefer to eat sugars, C. testosteroni, instead, has a natural appetite for complex waste ...
Biochemistry
Feb 6, 2023
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All chlamydiae today live inside the cells of hosts ranging from amoeba to animals. A team of scientists from the University of Vienna and the Wageningen University & Research found that the ancestor of chlamydiae likely ...
Evolution
Jan 10, 2023
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Microbes have skins that react to the environment, much in the same way that our skin sweats when it is hot, or shivers when it is cold outside. Fossilized microbial skins can give us a glimpse of how the climate was in the ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2022
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Biofilms, complex communities of bacteria, abound around us: on the surface of cheese where they give off flavors and aromas, in streams where they form the slimy substance on rocks, on our teeth where they form plaque.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 12, 2022
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A new study led by UNSW Sydney scientists unveils how nature's oldest wheel, found within bacteria, can fix itself when times get tough.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 23, 2022
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Microplastics are not just tiny particles that can be ingested, they can also carry viruses, a University of Queensland study has revealed.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 2, 2022
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