Microbiology

Bioinformatics Tool Shows Impact Of Probiotics On Gut Microbiota

Yogurt with probiotics are one of the latest health fads, but no one is sure they are doing anything at all and, if they are, that it is helping.  Probiotics are defined by marketing groups as "live micro-organisms which, when administered in adequate ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 14 2014 - 6:10pm

It's Flagella Against The Cantilever For The Fate Of Bacteria

A team of researchers has developed a new model to study the motion patterns of bacteria in real time and to determine how these motions relate to communication within a bacterial colony. The researchers chemically attached colonies of Escherichia coli ba ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2014 - 1:07pm

Cryptophytes: Matryoshka Dolls Of The Waters

A team of researchers headed by Prof Dr. Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel at Ruhr-University Bochum have revealed similarities and differences in the assembly of the light-harvesting machinery of the cryptophyte Guillardia theta compared to cyanobacteria and red ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 27 2014 - 3:00pm

Sweat-Rating Bacteria Improve Skin Health- Study

Bacteria that metabolize ammonia may improve skin health and could even be used for the treatment of skin disorders like acne, finds a new study conducted by AOBiome LLC. Ammonia is a major component of sweat.  In a small study, human volunteers using the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2014 - 10:50am

Bacteria May Reduce Impact Of Valium In UK Rivers

Valium (Diazepam) and similar medicines degrade naturally in the environment but it takes time, and until it happens there is concern about the freshwater environment. Bacterial breakdown may give it a boost, a team of researchers has said. Diazepam, used ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2014 - 8:30am

Babies' Gut Bacteria Are Mostly Fixed By Time Spent In The Womb

Your gut bacteria won't change much. Credit: ponchicaBG By Nicholas Ellaby, University of Liverpool From eyes to the gap between the toes, we are covered in bacterial colonies. Between 500 and 1000 unique species live in our gut alone. We provide an ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 3 2014 - 5:08pm

Cyborg Bacteria Can Defeat Bioterrorism

The 21st century promises to bring a kind of science warfare only dreamed about in science fiction. Already it's become clear that it is possible to paralyze a large chunk of America and get policymakers in perpetual crisis mode, even with something a ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 8 2014 - 3:40pm

Is Organic Manure Causing More Antibiotic Resistance?

It's long been known that cows fed antibiotics to ward off diseases can be placing them back into the environment biologically- and that could be one reason for increased antibiotic resistance. We can't be too hard on cows and chickens, people ar ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 8 2015 - 8:20pm

Genetically Modified Bacteria As Biofertilizers

Researchers are working to select autochthonous bacteria with biofertilizing potential as a result of the stimulating effect they have on the take-up of nutrients by plants, phytohormone production and phytopathogen control. Both organic and synthetic fert ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2014 - 4:50pm

Antibiotic Resistance At The Ribosome Level

High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy has revealed in unprecedented detail the structural changes in the bacterial ribosome which results in resistance to the antibiotic erythromycin. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 14 2014 - 9:36am