Microbiologists at the University of California, Davis who analyzed swabs taken by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) and compared them with samples from homes on earth as well as the Human Microbiome Project ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 5, 2017
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To guarantee a safe environment for astronauts on long-duration space missions such as a journey to Mars, it is important to monitor how microorganisms such as bacteria adapt to the confined conditions onboard spacecraft, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 3, 2017
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A remarkable effort from University of Queensland researchers has helped increase the number of known genomes by almost 10 per cent.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2017
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More evidence that our intestinal microbes are profoundly influenced by the foods we eat—or don't: The gut ecosystems of members of a small group of hunter-gatherers inhabiting Tanzania's Rift Valley show a strong cyclicality ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 24, 2017
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What drives bacterial strain diversity in the gut? Although there are a number of possible explanations, a recent opinion piece published in TRENDs in Microbiology by Dr Pauline Scanlan, a Royal Society – Science Foundation ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 28, 2017
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Researchers from University of Gothenburg and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) show that both species diversity and habitat diversity are critical to understand the functioning of ecosystems.
Ecology
Feb 14, 2017
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A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology has identified new toxic metalloid-reducing bacteria in highly polluted abandoned gold mine tailings in Manitoba's Nopiming Provincial Park. "These bacteria have ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 14, 2017
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The soil beneath our feet is not as biologically diverse as scientists previously thought, according to a research team that includes a Virginia Tech soil microbial ecologist.
Environment
Dec 20, 2016
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In nature's benthic microscopic realms, microbial communities gather in lattice-like mats that allow a variety of microorganisms to do the work of cooperative survival within a spatially organized environment. Photosynthetically ...
Environment
Nov 30, 2016
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Humans and Komodo dragons, the largest lizards in the world, could not be more different. In the wild, these four-legged carnivores wander in solitude across islands in Indonesia, consuming large prey like deer and water ...
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