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Showing posts with label Microbiology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microbiology. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2025

Influenza A viruses adapt shape in response to environmental pressures

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Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A virus particles, colorized red and gold, isolated from a patient sample and then p...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Effects of Declining Diversity Documented in the World of Microbes

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Phytoplankton, seen here inside a flask in the Jackrel Lab, are proving to be a valuable system for studying host-associated microbiomes Pho...
Saturday, January 25, 2025

Drawing a Line from the Gut Microbiome to Inflammation and Depression

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Morganella morganii bacteria on a plate. Photo Credit: Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) It’s become increasingly clear that the gut mi...
Monday, April 8, 2024

First-of-its-kind integrated dataset enables genes-to-ecosystems research

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DOE national laboratory scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed the first tree dataset of its kind, bridging molecula...
Thursday, April 4, 2024

Autism and ADHD are linked to disturbed gut flora very early in life

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The researchers have found links between the gut flora in babies first year of life and future diagnoses. Photo Credit:  Cheryl Holt Disturb...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Discovery could end global amphibian pandemic

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Panamanian golden frog Photo Credit: Brian Gratwicke/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service A fungus devastating frogs and toads on nearly every c...
Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Scientists link certain gut bacteria to lower heart disease risk

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Rod-shaped Oscillibacter sp. bacteria take up fluorescently labeled cholesterol (here shown in green). Image Credit: Ahmed Mohamed  Changes ...
Friday, March 29, 2024

Rice study identifies protein responsible for gas vesicle clustering in bacteria

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Zongru Li (left) and George Lu Photo Credit: Anna Stafford/Rice University Gas vesicles are hollow structures made of protein found in the c...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Researchers Identify Microbes That Help Plants Thwart Parasite

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Sorghum crops in sub-Saharan Africa suffer heavy losses from the parasitic plant witchweed (Striga hermonthica). A new study shows how soil ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Researchers a step closer to a cure for HIV

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HIV, the AIDS virus (yellow), infecting a human cell Image Credit:  National Cancer Institute A new study involving University of Bristol re...

Study explores severe hurricanes and coral reef sponge recolonization

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For the study, scuba divers collected small samples of the thin purple morphotype sponges 14 and 22 months after the two Category 5 hurrican...

Gut microbiota and antibiotics: Missing puzzle piece discovered

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3D model of the small ribonucleic acid MasB. Image Credit: Alexander Westermann/HIRI HIRI scientists have identified a small RNA that influe...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

New vaccine against a highly fatal tropical disease – and potential bioterror weapon – demonstrates efficacy in animal studies

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Burkholderia pseudomallei infecting a human cell. The bacteria (red) are polymerizing actin (green).  Photo Credit: Courtesy of Christopher ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Study reveals how pH affects the ability of ulcer bacteria to attach

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Anna Åberg and Anna Arnqvist Björklund. Photo Credit: Mattias Pettersson A study by Anna Arnqvist's research group at Umeå University re...
Monday, March 18, 2024

Alzheimer’s Drug Fermented with Help from AI and Bacteria Moves Closer to Reality

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Photo-Illustration Credit: Martha Morales/The University of Texas at Austin Galantamine is a common medication used by people with Alzheimer...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Researchers discover a coral superhighway in the Indian Ocean

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A coral reef in the Seychelles. Photo Credit: Christophe Mason-Parker Despite being scattered across more than a million square kilometers, ...
Monday, March 11, 2024

“Molecular Rosetta Stone” Reveals How our Microbiome Talks to Us

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Bacteria in the gut convert bile acids produced by the liver into a wide array of new compounds. These molecules are akin to the language of...
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Possible ‘Trojan Horse’ found for treating stubborn bacterial infections

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Transmission electron microscope (TEM) image of the bacterial cell with an extracellular vesicle attached. Image Credit: Courtesy of Washing...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Scientists assemble a richer picture of the plight and resilience of the foothill yellow-legged frog

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Foothill yellow-legged frogs live in the flowing water of rivers and streams, so are especially vulnerable when these shrink to isolated poo...
Friday, February 23, 2024

Research reveals new insights into marine plastic pollution

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Photo Credit:  Lucien Wanda A groundbreaking study led by researchers at the University of Stirling has uncovered the crucial role of bacter...