Microbiology News
Chemists develop faster, more efficient protein labeling
North Carolina State University researchers have created specially engineered mammalian cells to provide a new "chemical handle" which will enable researchers to label proteins of interest more ...
5 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Steroids control gas exchange in plants
Plants leaves are sealed with a gas-tight wax layer to prevent water loss. Plants breathe through microscopic pores called stomata (Greek for mouths) on the surfaces of leaves. Over 40% of the ...
5 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Genetic information migrates from plant to plant
Plant scientists were confounded by the fact that the DNA extracted from the plants’ green chloroplasts sometimes showed the greatest similarities when related species grew in the same ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Mushroom amino acids revealed as cause of deaths in Yunnan province
(PhysOrg.com) -- Was the consumption of toxic mushrooms responsible for a series of unusual deaths in China’s Yunnan province? A team led by Ji-Kai Liu (Beijing) has now found further proof ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Hacking the Microbiome for Fun and Profit: Can Killing Just One Mouth Bacterium Stop Cavities?
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Discover Magazine
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Understanding how bacteria come back from the dead
Salmonella remains a serious cause of food poisoning in the UK and throughout the EU, in part due to its ability to thrive and quickly adapt to the different environments in which it can grow. ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Bacterial plasmids -- the freeloading and the heavy-lifters -- balance the high price of disease
Studying self-replicating genetic units, called plasmids, found in one of the world's widest-ranging pathogenic soil bacteria -- the crown-gall-disease-causing microorganism Agrobacterium tumefaciens ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Scientist warns of new MRSA threat
(Medical Xpress) -- An MRSA expert from the University’s Department of Biology & Biochemistry has warned that a new, more toxic strain of the disease poses a serious threat to people in ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Chaos in the cell's command center
A defective operating system is never a good thing. Like computers, our cells depend on operating systems to drive normal functions. Gene expression programs comprise the software code our cells ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Honey could be effective at treating and preventing wound infections
Manuka honey could help clear chronic wound infections and even prevent them from developing in the first place, according to a new study published in Microbiology. The findings provide further ...
Tue 31 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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