. Scientific Frontline: Microbiology
Showing posts with label Microbiology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microbiology. Show all posts
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Fungi utilize ancient antimicrobial proteins to attack hosts and their microbiomes

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The Evolutionary Origin of...

Regular Kefir Consumption Reduces the Risk of Hypertension and Diabetes

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The name "kefir" comes from the Turkish keyif, meaning "feeling good" Photo Credit:  Aleksey Melkomukov Scientific Front...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Daily probiotic could help prevent skin infections in dogs

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Thunder (AKC Sergeant Thunder) Merle Chihuahua Photo Credit: Heidi-Ann Fourkiller Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Sum...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Researchers turn to mangroves in search for plastic-degrading enzymes

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Mangroves Photo Credit:  Vishwasa Navada K Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Plastic-Degrading Enzymes in Man...

How Bacteria Circumvent Plants’ Immune System

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Suayb Üstün and Manuel González-Fuente (right) want to learn more about the immune system of plants. Photo Credit: © RUB, Kramer Scientific ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Researchers turn soil bacterial protein into potent cancer cell killer

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By combining a bacterial protein with a fatty acid, the researcher Aftab Nadeem and his team have created a tumor‑killing complex that targe...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Researchers develop method to make renewable natural gas directly from waste

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As part of the project, the team used a novel bacterial strain to upgrade the biogas in a reactor, converting carbon dioxide with hydrogen i...

Self‑Replicating Circular RNA Persists in Extreme Environments: Insights from Hot Spring Microbiomes

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Photo Credit:  Amy Hamerly Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Self-Replicating Circular RNA in Extreme Environ...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

How Gut Bacteria and Acute Stress Are Linked

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : How Gut Bacteria and Acute Stress A...

What Is: Quorum Sensing

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Quorum Sensing The Core Concept : Quorum sensing is a sophisticated, popula...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

How Soil Microbes Adapt to Life in Lakes

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UZH researchers from the Limnological Station conducting microbial monitoring on Lake Zurich during a field campaign: Water samples are coll...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Slice and dice

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Caption:SNIPE, which stands for surface-associated nuclease inhibiting phage entry, is a bacterial defense system that contains a nuclease d...

Hidden ocean feedback loop could accelerate climate change

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METHANE IN MOTION: Warming surface waters and reduced mixing in the ocean can limit nutrients like phosphate, creating conditions that allow...

Unlocking how dogs’ fungal ear infections evade treatment points vets to drug stewardship

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Antifungal Resistance in Canine Otitis Externa The Core Concept : Recent ve...

Gut bacteria linked to levels of latent HIV

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Photo Credit:  Towfiqu Barbhuiya Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Gut Microbiota and Latent HIV Reservoirs T...

How microbes survive in the plastisphere

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Confocal laser scanning microscopy image of the plastisphere collected from plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean. The image shows the biologic...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

How bacteria suppress immune defenses in stubborn wound infections

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Experiments found that wounds infected with E. faecalis (seen here) had dampened immunity, allowing E. faecalis to persist and enabling co-i...
Saturday, April 4, 2026

Bacteriology: In-Depth Description

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Bacteriology is the specialized branch of microbiology devoted to the comprehensive study of bacteria, encompassing their morphology, ecolog...
Friday, April 3, 2026

Study Points Toward Immune Reprogramming to Treat Candidiasis

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This staining image of kidney tissue affected by candidiasis shows the fungus Candida albicans and infiltrating immune cells. Image Credit: ...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Disinfectants influence microbes across hospital rooms

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Researchers have discovered that traces of chlorhexidine, a powerful antiseptic commonly used in hospitals, linger on surfaces much longer t...