Microbiology

Credit: Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore Even before the fertilised egg or zygote can start dividing into daughter cells that form the future tissues and organs during the development of a multicellular…

Scientists at the Swedish Museum of Natural History have begun compiling an atlas of fossils in volcanic rock, to guide where and what to look for in the search for Martian lifeCredit: Dr. Magnus Ivarsson In 2020, NASA and…

BfR Consumer Monitor: 96% of respondents know about salmonella, fewer than a third have heard of the kitchen germ Campylobacter Overall though, people are not as concerned as they were in the last survey in summer 2018. "Interest in…

FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute researchers receive $801,000 from Florida Department of HealthCredit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the earth's…

Berkeley Lab scientists adapt open-source genetic analysis method for use in plant cells for the first timeCredit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab An open-source RNA analysis platform has been successfully used on plant cells for the first time…

Credit: © Kiel Life Science Since the end of the Second World War, along with the growing prosperity and the associated changes in lifestyle, numerous new and civilisation-related disease patterns have developed in today's industrialised…

How microorganisms shape the dynamic evolution of our planet "Microbiology of global change" is the name of the research area that explores microbial responses to global warming, natural resource depletion, and environmental pollution,…

Age also seems to be a factor, with younger guts more bacterially diverse (a good thing) than older onesCredit: UC San Diego Health The human gut microbiome is a complex microbial ecosystem that plays an important role in our health. For…

Credit: Lianwei Li, Shengpei Zhang, Xinyu Liu, Rui Yu, Xinrui Li, Muxing Liu, Haifeng Zhang, Xiaobo Zheng, Ping Wang, and Zhengguang Zhang Rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae) is a global food security threat due to its destruction…

Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 14, 2019--Dengue is on the rise, with about 20,000 patients dying each year from this mosquito-borne disease, yet despite ongoing efforts a broadly effective…