Mold regrown from Fleming’s frozen sample. Credit: CABI Researchers have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin mold for the first time and compared it…
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Induced radio-resistant E. coli, evolve complex mutation profiles as experimental evolution continues and the level of radio-resistance increases. Credit: Michael M. Cox and coauthors Radio-resistance…
A female loggerhead sea turtle nests in the sand in Florida. Credit: Gustavo Stahelin/UCF Marine Turtle Research Group. Permit #: FL MTP-186 The question is…
Common whitetail dragonfly. Credit: Christopher Johnson (Insects Unlocked, University of Texas at Austin Scientists reveal how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings are able to destroy…
Photograph taken from ALVIN, a manned deep-ocean research submersible, taking sediment cores at the ocean floor of the Dorado Outcrop in 2014. Credit: Geoff Wheat,…
A scientist places a water sample onto a custom-made platform before a test. Each water sample contains microorganisms such as the parasite Giardia and adenoviruses,…
The leechbook. Credit: © The British Library Board (Royal 12 D xvii) To fight antibiotic resistance more antimicrobials are needed to treat bacterial biofilms, which…
Scientists have discovered a unique enzyme responsible for the pungent characteristic smell we call body odor or BO. Researchers from the University of York have…
Inside your mouth right now, there is a group of bacteria whose closest relatives can also be found in the belly of a moose, in…
Aorta tissues that were not exposed to BafA (left) did not sprout new vessels, while BafA-exposed aorta tissues (right) did. Credit: Kentaro Tsukamoto Scientists gain…
Manganese oxide nodules generated by the bacteria discovered by the Caltech team. The nodules are generally about 0.1 to 0.5 millimeters in diameter. Images are…
Metagenome Database Detects Phage-Derived Antibacterial Enzyme Scientists demonstrate that the information about host bacteria-bacteriophage (phage) associations derived from world’s first metagenome analysis is useful for…
C. Jejuni cell bodies (red) and flagella (green). Credit: Eli Cohen / Imperial College London Researchers have solved the mystery of why a species of…
A type of virus that preys on bacteria could be harnessed to combat bacterial infections in patients whose immune systems have been weakened by the…
Research finds mechanism by which bacterial toxis evolve ability to cause new illnesses. The coronavirus pandemic is a daily reminder of the consequences brought by…
Teixobactin structure. Credit: Shukla, R et al. Scientists at the University of Liverpool and University of Utrecht have taken another step forward on their quest…
Bacteria from the gut of superworms can degrade polystyrene (white material). Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science & Technology 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01495 Resembling giant mealworms, superworms…
Rice University scientists are analyzing the role of ferredoxin proteins produced when viral phages alter electron transfer in ocean-dwelling, photosynthetic bacteria that produce oxygen and…
Sea star wasting disease, pictured here, is likely caused by the sea star associated densovirus. Credit: Oregon State Parks Warming events are increasing in magnitude…
False color scanning electron micrograph of meningococci (orange) adherent to human host cells (green). Credit: Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir / University of Wuerzburg Meningococci are bacteria that…