A new Florida State University study is investigating how quickly the Deepwater Horizon oil carried into Gulf of Mexico beach sands is being degraded by the sands' natural microbial communities, and whether native oil-eating ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2010
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The response of soil microbial communities to changes in temperature increases the potential for more carbon dioxide to be released from the world's soils as global temperatures rise, scientists have revealed.
Environment
Sep 3, 2014
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A new approach to studying microbes in the wild will allow scientists to sequence the genomes of individual species from complex mixtures. It marks a big advance for understanding the enormous diversity of microbial communities ...
Biotechnology
May 23, 2014
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Biologists at the University of York have taken an important step in making it possible to clean millions of hectares of land contaminated by explosives.
Ecology
Sep 3, 2015
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For 40 years, scientists thought they understood how certain bacteria work together to anaerobically digest biomass to produce methane gas, important in bioenergy and the major source of greenhouse gas. But now microbiologists ...
Environment
Nov 18, 2013
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Treatments using antibiotics should stop as soon as possible to prevent patients passing the "tipping point" of becoming resistant to their effects, new research has shown.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 10, 2018
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A mathematical model created by University of Illinois researchers could help scientists better understand an intriguing characteristic of microbial communities: their ability to achieve stability despite being so diverse.
Mathematics
Jul 23, 2018
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Warmer soils harbor a greater diversity of active microbes, according to a new study from researchers at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna.
Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2024
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Some plants can meet their nitrogen requirements by obtaining it from the atmosphere. To do this, they use bacteria in their roots, with which they establish a symbiotic relationship. Paul Schulze-Lefert's Research Group ...
Biotechnology
Nov 14, 2016
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Ever wondered what makes a soil, soil? And could soil from the Amazon rainforest really be the same as soil from your garden?
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 20, 2017
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