Antibiotic-resistant infections are a threat to global public health, food safety and an economic burden. To prevent these infections, it is critical to understand how antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their genes are transmitted ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 22, 2019
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(Phys.org)—Researchers at the University of Texas have found that a certain type of bacteria that lives in the mammalian gut creates a virus to kill off competitors. In their paper published in the Proceedings of the National ...
The bacteria present in the intestine provide information about the quantities of fungi of the potentially disease-causing Candida genus. Among them, and surprisingly, are lactic acid bacteria that are known for their protective ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 12, 2023
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A research team led by scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is releasing study results this week showing how a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, that causes more than half of peptic ulcers worldwide and that has ...
Biochemistry
Dec 7, 2011
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Hundreds of antibiotic resistant genes found in the gastrointestinal tracts of Danish infants
Cell & Microbiology
May 26, 2021
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from Harvard Medical School and the University of Kansas has found that pheromones produced by one type of non-resistant bacteria can kill other bacteria that have grown resistant ...
Like many fungi and one-celled organisms, Candida albicans, a normally harmless microbe that can turn deadly, has long been thought to reproduce without sexual mating. But a new study by Professor Judith Berman and colleagues ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 30, 2013
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Umeå University researchers have found that among the many factors that shape the intestinal microbiota composition, diet has a much stronger impact than defensins, which are intestinal defense molecules produced by the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2023
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Bacteria that have evolved to help us digest the yeast that give beer and bread their bubbles could support the development of new treatments to help people fight off yeast infections and autoimmune diseases such as Crohn's ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 7, 2015
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The health and balance of the gut microbiota is important in the progression of a bacterial infection, according to new research.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 12, 2018
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