The three-dimensional structure of a protein called the stringent starvation protein A, a member of a multi-protein complex that Francisella tularensis uses to infect macrophage…
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Without urgent action superbugs will kill 22,000 Australians a year by 2040 A comprehensive national database is needed to capture infection rates and arrest the…
Artistic interpretation of how microbial genome sequences from the GEM catalog can help fill in gaps of knowledge about the microbes that play key roles…
For their experiment, they constructed two large wooden boxes measuring about 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide, which were then connected to each other…
New epidemic diseases have an evolutionary advantage if they are of “intermediate” severity, research shows. Scientists tested the theory that pathogens (disease-causing organisms) that inflict…
When activated by daylight, a new type of cotton face mask releases reactive oxygen species (ROS) that kill viruses and bacteria. Credit: Adapted from ACS…
Specimens of the clover-like Medicago truncatula plant were each given an initial mixture of two strains of the nitrogen-fixing bacteria Ensifer meliloti to learn what…
Scientists have used genome sequencing to reveal the extent to which a drug-resistant gastrointestinal bacterium can spread within a hospital, highlighting the challenge hospitals face…
New research[1] presented at the 29th EADV Congress, EADV Virtual, shows that socks coated in zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) can prevent bromodosis (foot odor) and…
Bacillus biofilms resemble embryos. Credit: Dr. Momir Futo, Rudjer Boskovic Institute Discovery that bacterial biofilms behave like animal embryos sheds new light on the origin…
With the modified agar plate CombiANT it is possible to do high-speed tests in order to see how bacteria react to different combinations of antibiotics.…
For a honey bee, few things are more important than recognizing your nestmates. Being able to tell a nestmate from an invader could mean the…
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…
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…