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UrduScientists discover complex and dynamic bacterial ecosystem in human breast milk using genomic technology pioneered for the International Space Station
Tag: BACTERIOLOGY
Kittens could hold key to understanding deadly diarrheal disease in children
Kittens could be the model for understanding infectious, sometimes deadly, diarrheal disease in both animals and children, according to new research from North Carolina State University. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) bacteria cause lethal diarrheal disease in children worldwide, killing up…
Can bacteria make stronger cars, airplanes and armor?
Biological systems can harness their living cells for growth and regeneration, but engineering systems cannot. Until now.
Can bacteria make stronger cars, airplanes and armor?
USC researchers harness the power of living organisms to make materials that are strong, tolerant and resilient
Study could explain tuberculosis bacteria paradox
TB-causing bacteria remember prior stress, react quickly to new stress
Release of nutrients from lake-bottom sediments worsens Lake Erie’s annual ‘dead zone,’
Photo and map Robotic laboratories on the bottom of Lake Erie have revealed that the muddy sediments there release nearly as much of the nutrient phosphorus into the surrounding waters as enters the lake’s central basin each year from rivers…
HKUST decodes a deep-sea vent-endemic snail hologenome
Unveiling its living strategies in the extreme environment
Scientists identify over 140,000 virus species in the human gut
Viruses are the most numerous biological entities on the planet. Now researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have identified over 140,000 viral species living in the human gut, more than half of which have never been seen before.
Antibiotic could be repurposed and added to tuberculosis treatment arsenal
The antibiotic fidaxomicin prevents growth of even the most resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the lab
Photosynthetic bacteria-based cancer optotheranostics
Cancer is one of the most thought-provoking healthcare problems throughout the world. The development of therapeutic agents with highly selective anti-cancer activities is increasingly attractive due to the lack of tumor selectivity of conventional treatments. Scientists at Japan Advanced Institute…
Common weed killers favour antibiotic resistant bacteria, new study shows
The use of weed killers can increase the prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in soil, a new study from the University of York shows. Herbicides are one of the most widely used chemicals in agriculture and while these compounds are…
Detecting multiple sepsis biomarkers from whole blood – made fast, accurate, and cheap
The Wyss Institute’s eRapid electrochemical sensor technology now enables sensitive, specific and multiplexed detection of blood biomarkers at low cost
Dartmouth engineering faculty elected senior members of the National Academy of Inventors
Two Dartmouth Engineering professors have been named to the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) 2021 class of Senior Members: Charles Sullivan , professor of engineering, and Karl Griswold , associate professor of engineering. NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists,…
Pooping out miracles: scientists reveal mechanism behind fecal microbiota transplantation
Osaka City University demonstrates success of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) by revealing the coordinated effort of bacteriophages (phages) and their host bacteria in restoring human intestinal flora
Electric cable bacteria breathe oxygen with unheard efficiency
Researchers document that a few cells operate with extremely high oxygen consumption while the rest of the cells process food and grow without oxygen; an outstanding way of life
Researchers explore how to protect gut integrity to improve outcomes in blood cancers
Cancer researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center discovered that a single strain of Bacteroides fragilis significantly reduced graft-versus-host disease by protecting gut integrity
Gulls, sentinels of bacteria in the environment
Seagulls birds can spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria that circulate in the wild
New weapon against resistant bacteria
Every day, people die from simple infections even though they have been treated with antibiotics. This is because more and more bacteria have become resistant to the types of antibiotics that doctors can prescribe. – It’s a huge societal problem…
Phages can anticipate bacteria’s location and destroy them before they cause an infection
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions have identified a novel strategy that can eliminate bacteria in a specific location before they cause an infection. The strategy uses a phage, a virus that infects and destroys bacteria, that…
Social distancing in the natural world: Strategies to detect and avoid disease
The notion of social distancing rose to public prominence approximately a year ago, when health officials began recommending it as a way to slow the spread of the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus. Despite the novelty of the concept among many contemporary…
Researchers find peptide that treats, prevents killer citrus disease
Treatment causes deadly bacterium to leak and die
Microbiota transfer therapy for autism: Multi-omic approaches and lessons learned
During every instant of life, over a hundred trillion microbes, collectively known as the microbiome, reside on skin surfaces and course through the human body. In the human gut, vast colonies of bacteria, belonging to around 1000 different species, carry…
Danger in the pigsty:
Research project aims to restrict the spread of salmonella and hepatitis E viruses
What happens in the mouth … doesn’t stay in the mouth
Evidence ties problems with oral health to many diseases
Study: ‘Hidden’ genes could be key in development of new antibiotics
Membrane-localized phage proteins may also help revitalize, enhance existing antibiotics
New research to enhance air filtering in ambulances
Cranfield University is working with Q-Flo, Cambridge University and NHS England to record experimental airflow data from a modern NHS ambulance under different driving conditions. Collection of the data, which is being funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, will…
Fecal microbiota transplants help patients with advanced melanoma respond to immunotherapy
For patients with cancers that do not respond to immunotherapy drugs, adjusting the composition of microorganisms in the intestines–known as the gut microbiome–through the use of stool, or fecal, transplants may help some of these individuals respond to the immunotherapy…
Potentially toxic plankton algae may play a crucial role in the future Arctic
Plankton algae that supplement photosynthesis by eating other algae and bacteria may play a crucial role in the future Arctic
Study finds childhood diet has lifelong impact
Effects of unhealthy food followed young mice into adulthood
Soil bacteria hormone discovery provides fertile ground for new antibiotics
Mechanism for control of antibiotic production in soil bacteria is visualised for the first time by scientists at University of Warwick and Monash University.
Toxin-antitoxin function fuels antibiotic-resistance research
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are now known to negatively control plasmid replication, according to Thomas Wood, Biotechnology Endowed Chair and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering. Plasmids, or extra-chromosomal bits of DNA, allow bacteria to evade…
Synthetic biology reinvents development
The research team have used synthetic biology to develop a new type of genetic design that can reproduce some of the key processes that enable creating structures in natural systems, from termite nests to the development of embryos.
Scientists look to soils to learn how forests affect air quality, climate change
New research shed lights on the complex relationships between tree types, forest soil nutrients and microbes, and impact on environment
Michael Silverman and Bonnie Bassler win 2021 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
The prestigious award is for their discoveries concerning the cell-to-cell communication in bacteria
Soil health is as environmentally important as air and water quality, say microbiologists
In a new report from the Microbiology Society, experts from around the UK and Ireland urge microbiologists to engage with farmers and other stakeholders to improve soil health
Intercontinental study sheds light on the microbial life of sourdough
In a study of 500 sourdough starters spanning four continents, scientists have garnered new insights into the environmental factors that contribute to each sourdough starter’s microbial ecosystem, and how different types of microbes influence both a sourdough’s aroma and how…
Neonatal antibiotic use associated with reduced growth in boys
Exposure to antibiotics in the first days of life is thought to affect various physiological aspects of neonatal development. A new study, led by Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, reveals that antibiotic treatment within 14 days of birth is…
Antibiotic resistance may spread even more easily than expected
Pathogenic bacteria in humans are developing resistance to antibiotics much faster than expected. Now, computational research at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows that one reason could be significant genetic transfer between bacteria in our ecosystems and to humans. This…
Novel effector biology research provides insights into devastating citrus greening disease
Citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing (HLB), is devastating to the citrus industry, causing unprecedented amounts of damage worldwide. There is no known cure. Since the disease’s introduction to the United States in the early 2000s, research efforts have…
Fighting respiratory virus outbreaks through ‘nano-popcorn’ sensor-based rapid detection
Researchers develop novel sensor for the improved detection of influenza A viruses, with high reproducibility
Inflamed environment is C. diff paradise
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that the inflammation caused by Clostridioides difficile ( C. diff ) infection gives the pathogen a two-fold advantage: by both creating an inhospitable environment for competing bacteria and providing nutrients that…
Evolution in a test tube: these bacteria survive on deadly copper surfaces
The descendants of regular wild-type bacteria can evolve to survive for a long time on metallic copper surfaces that would usually kill them within a few minutes. An international research team led by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the…
The cancer microbiome reveals which bacteria live in tumors
Researchers clean up data to identify the bugs better
Monash University leads breakthrough against antibiotic-resistance
Scientists investigated phages that can kill the world’s leading superbug, Acinetobacter baumannii, which is responsible for up to 20% of infections in intensive care units
Gene-editing produces tenfold increase in superbug slaying antibiotics
Scientists have used gene-editing advances to achieve a tenfold increase in the production of super-bug targeting formicamycin antibiotics. The John Innes Centre researchers used the technology to create a new strain of Streptomyces formicae bacteria which over-produces the medically promising…
TU Graz identifies bacterium that protects rice plants against diseases
Bacterium inside the seed can lead to complete resistance to a particular pathogen and is naturally transmitted from one plant generation to another
Inspired by kombucha tea, engineers create “living materials”
A symbiotic culture of specialized yeast and bacteria can generate tough materials able to perform a variety of functions.
Bacteria can tell the time
Humans have them, so do other animals and plants. Now research reveals that bacteria too have internal clocks that align with the 24-hour cycle of life on Earth. The research answers a long-standing biological question and could have implications for…
In kefir, microbial teamwork makes the dream work
To make kefir, it takes a team; A team of microbes
Research shows a few beneficial organisms could play key role in treating type 2 diabetes
PORTLAND, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have found that a few organisms in the gut microbiome play a key role in type 2 diabetes, opening the door to possible probiotic treatments for a serious metabolic disease affecting roughly…