The signaling molecule hydrogen sulfide (H2S) plays a critical role in antibiotic tolerance, the innate ability of bacteria to survive normally lethal levels of antibiotics, a new study finds.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 10, 2021
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An RUDN University chemist with his colleagues from Portugal has developed two types of coating based on new coordination polymers with silver. Both compounds were successfully tested against four common pathogens. The results ...
Materials Science
Jun 9, 2021
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A research team led by Jin Fan from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Liu Zhi's group from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, designed ...
Biotechnology
May 17, 2021
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Scientists have revealed how an antibiotic of 'last resort' kills bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
May 4, 2021
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Today at the Microbiology Society's Annual Conference, Yang Liu, researcher at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will discuss a new technique to trap and recover microplastics.
Ecology
Apr 28, 2021
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These enzymes are of use to bacteria in two very different ways: to obtain food and to protect them from your body's immune system. Dr. Fatemeh Askarian at NMBU has discovered that these enzymes promote the ability of multi-drug ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2021
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Connections are crucial. Bacteria may be most dangerous when they connect—banding together to build fortress-like structures known as biofilms that afford them resistance to antibiotics. But a biomolecular scientist in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 17, 2021
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For a bacterium, the world can be a tough place to survive, a constant competition for food and space. Some bacteria, like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, secrete toxic molecules that act as a defense mechanism against nearby competitor ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 15, 2021
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The mechanism by which acute viral respiratory infections promote secondary bacterial growth and infection in the airways depends on iron-carrying extracellular sacs secreted by the cells lining the host's airways, report ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 26, 2021
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In 2017, the World Health Organization published a list of pathogens for which new drugs are urgently needed. Acinetobacter baumannii was ranked in the critical priority group along with other Gram-negative bacteria such ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2020
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