The Southern green shield bug is a major problem for food production. The insect loves tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers and is responsible for up to 40% of crop losses.
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2024
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Antibiotics prevent snails from forming new memories by disrupting their gut microbiome—the community of beneficial bacteria found in their guts.
Ecology
May 29, 2024
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Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis while sparing healthy microbes in the mouse gut. The drug, called lolamicin, ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 29, 2024
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The way we make decisions in a social context can be explained by psychological, social, and political factors. But what if other forces were at work? Hilke Plassmann and her colleagues from the Paris Brain Institute and ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 18, 2024
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Bacteria of the phyla Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, including those of the genus Streptococcus, are the most common microorganisms found in the saliva of swine, which contains a different microbiota from swine feces and ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 15, 2024
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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 ...
Veterinary medicine
Apr 17, 2024
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An international team of biotechnologists and evolutionary specialists has discovered three types of bacteria in the human gut that help to break down cellulose. In their project, reported in the journal Science, the group ...
You may not have heard of hydrogen sulfide, but I bet you'd recognize the smell. Hydrogen sulfide is the gas responsible for the rotten-egg odor that you come across near stagnant water and in drains. This gas is also highly ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 16, 2024
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An international team of microbiologists and immunologists has found that commensal gut bacteria develop resistance to antibacterial therapies for infections. In their study, reported in the journal Science Translational ...
Bacteria have adapted to all terrestrial environments. Some have evolved to survive in the gut of animals, where they play an important role for their host; they provide energy by degrading indigestible food, they train and ...
Ecology
Jan 15, 2024
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