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September 9, 2016

Bees: Flowers a Link to Bacteria Transmission

New Genus of Bacteria in Fracking Wells

Vaccine Against 'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria?

ICU Patients Lose Helpful Gut Bacteria in Days

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Bacteria Supply Their Allies With Munitions

Sep. 8, 2016 — Bacteria fight their competitors with molecular spear guns, the so-called Type VI secretion system. When firing this weapon they also unintentionally hit their own kind. ... read more

Injecting Citrus Tree Trunks With Bactericide May Help Stem Greening

Sep. 8, 2016 — A chemical treatment known as a bactericide could help preserve citrus trees from the potentially deadly and costly greening disease, a new ... read more

Elucidating Structure of Bacterial Flagellar Motor Protein

Sep. 7, 2016 — Researchers used biochemical techniques and electron microscopy to uncover the structure of the bacterial MotA protein, which forms part of the propeller motor (flagellum). ... read more

Antimicrobial Chemicals Found With Antibiotic-Resistance Genes in Indoor Dust

Sep. 7, 2016 — University of Oregon researchers have found links between the levels of antimicrobial chemicals and antibiotic-resistance genes in the dust of an ... read more

New Sensor Could Help Fight Deadly Bacterial Infections

Sep. 6, 2016 — Scientists have built a new sensor that can detect the potentially deadly E.coli bacteria in 15-20 minutes, much faster than traditional lab ... read more

Doughnut in a Cage Holds the Key to Bacteria's Survival

Sep. 6, 2016 — Scientists have shed new light on how bacteria survive – they rely on a doughnut. The researchers found that bacteria have a unique doughnut-shaped protein that sits in a cage inside their cells ... read more

New Knowledge About the Building Blocks of Life

Sep. 2, 2016 — A study of an enzyme that helps build and repair DNA in living organisms increases our understanding of how these processes are controlled and how we can use this to combat ... read more

Findings About Protein Could Open Door to New Class of Antibiotics

Sep. 1, 2016 — Researchers have made the first-ever detailed, atomic-level images of a peroxiredoxin, which has revealed a peculiar characteristic of this protein that might form the ... read more

Scientists Find New System in Tomato's Defense Against Bacterial Speck Disease

Sep. 1, 2016 — Researchers have discovered a new receptor used by tomatoes to detect the organism that causes bacterial speck disease. The ... read more

Young Children's Antibiotic Exposure Associated With Higher Food Allergy Risk

Sep. 1, 2016 — Antibiotic treatment within the first year of life may wipe out more than an unwanted infection: exposure to the drugs is associated with an increase ... read more

Violent Coral Bleaching Caught on Camera

1st US Case of Resistance to Last Resort Drug

Nightmare' Superbug Arrives in U.S.

Why Are There So Few New Antibiotics?

Mechanical Engineering in Hot Pursuit of Creeping Bacteria

Sep. 7, 2016 — The growth of bacterial biofilm is problematic when you think of all the liquid flowing through all those miles of tubing at your local hospital or Medi-Centre. The movement of bacteria with flow can ... read more

Gaming for Gut Research

Aug. 31, 2016 — You may not think of yourself in this way, but in some ways your body is just a host for hundreds of trillions of microbes (including bacteria) that colonize us in fairly unique combinations in our ... read more

Sabotaging Bacteria Propellers to Stop Infections

Aug. 31, 2016 — Researchers discovered how to stop bacteria motility and thus how to disrupt bacterial ... read more

Study on Diversity of Microbial Groups Demonstrates the Effects of Human-Caused Changes in Climate, Land Use and Other Factors

Aug. 30, 2016 — Research shows the diversity of soil bacteria, fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria all are better predicted by variation in environmental temperature rather than ... read more