Bacteria News
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Researchers have shown that the ulcer-forming bacteria Helicobacter pylori efficiently navigate to sites of injury within the stomach, where they can do additional damage to the digestive organ.
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Bethesda -
The FDA, just days after announcing that it had found decades-old vials of smallpox—inside a storage facility it owned, has announced that the deadly virus wasn't the only dangerous substance it found during a clean out of the facility last month.
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Atlanta -
Following recent high-profile safety lapses in government labs, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has placed a moratorium on movement of all hazardous biological materials.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 19,056 cases of food poisoning were reported in 2013 in the U.S.. However, many people do not report getting sick from contaminated food because they don't realize they have food poisoning.
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A new approach in tackling and destroying antibiotic resistant bacteria is being considered. New research reveals an Achilles' heel in the defensive barrier that surrounds drug-resistant bacterial cells.
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Groningen -
Children with type 1 diabetes have a less balanced composition of gut bacteria compared with children of the same age without diabetes, according to a new study.
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Antibiotics kill pathogenic bacteria. However, they can also kill beneficial bacteria and upset the human body, especially in the gut. Scientists have developed a way to help protect ‘good’ bacteria from antibiotics.
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There have been major advances with screening human DNA to solve crimes. Progress has been much slow with screening microorganisms for potential bioterrorist attacks, according to a new report.
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River Falls -
In the U.S. it has been estimated that around 60 percent of food spices are imported, and that around 12 percent contain potentially harmful contaminants. A new report calls for actions to be taken to protect consumers.
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Los Angeles -
Knowing precisely the microbes present in a wound could greatly aid in the prevention and treatment of infections. This is especially important when dealing with the severe injuries that soldiers can suffer in combat.
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Washington -
A second new drug to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been approved under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new fast-track incentive program.
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Princeton -
Cell phones are populated with many bacteria and fungi commonly found on users’ hands, according to an alarming new study.
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Jerusalem -
Subject to repeated exposure to the antibiotic ampicillin, populations of Escherichia coli quickly evolve tolerance for the drug, springing back to life once antibiotic treatment has stopped, according to a new study.
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London -
The British public has voted for antibiotics as the subject of the Longitude Prize 2014 as a "post-antibiotic" era looms.
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Scientists have developed a solar filtration system, designed to produce high-quality drinking water from polluted brackish water, for regions in Tanzania. The filter effectively separates undesired substances, bacteria, and viruses.
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A new biological treatment for bacterial and fungal pathogens that are killing honeybees and bats in record numbers is being examined. The treatment is, surprisingly, a bacterium.
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Rio De Janeiro -
A cup of strong coffee helps to kick start many people's days. Scientists have found that it may have the added benefit - cleaning your teeth.
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New York -
A new study connects the breaking up of bacterial biofilms on fatty plaques in arteries as a trigger for stroke or heart attack following stress.
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A research team has developed bone implants that control microorganisms and which could prevent infection after an operation.
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With an overload of fertilizer, soil microbes on farms produce high levels of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas with 300 times as much heat-trapping power as carbon dioxide.
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Perugia -
A bacterial infection in two species of Anopheles mosquitoes (called Wolbachia) appears to reduce the incidence of pathogen infections in mosquitoes and has the potential to be used in controlling malaria-transmitting mosquito populations.
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Probiotics are effective in helping with cirrhosis of the liver, according to a new study. This involves the ingestion of "good" bacteria in order to combat an over-growth of potentially harmful bacteria.
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Reversing the long period where no new antibiotics have been developed, two new drugs could be available within a matter of months.
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Circumcision and sexual activity are two key factors that can influence the bacterial communities that inhabit male genitalia.
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Microbes are a rich source of medicines and it is thought that many life-saving compounds are still awaiting discovery. To help trace possible candidates, citizen scientists have been called on to help.
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Scientists have successfully used technology that is used to disinfect food products to destroy antibiotic resistant bacteria around the site of burns.
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Detroit -
A new study shows that the herding dogs, like border collies, can be an effective means of controlling bacterial infections spread by seagulls.
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Phenix City -
Officials have isolated the bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease in windshield-washing liquid taken from school buses.
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An appealing carnivorous mammal, a 12-meter-tall tree that has been hiding in plain sight and a sea anemone that lives under an Antarctic glacier are among the species identified as the most interesting "new finds" discovered last year.
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The way bacteria exploit human proteins during infections has been the subject of new research. Scientists studied how the MRSA bacterium attaches to two proteins found in human blood to spread infection.
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Bacteria Image
Clostridium difficile, a Gram-positive rod shaped bacterium
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Tom Kirn, Ron Taylor, Louisa Howard
The unusual shape of the cholera bacterium
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James Golden/University of California, San Diego
Cyanobacteria, source of biodiesel
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Strep Research Center
Streptococcus pneumoniae (electron micrograph image)
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Geek1
Representative image of bacteria
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Adam Brown
The Great Work of the Metal Lover artwork
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Sonja Bäumel
Cartography of the Human Body, by Sonja Bäumel
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Dr. Holdeman
Clostridium difficile colonies
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The red wine bacteria Oenococcus oeni
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CDC
Listeria monocytogenes bacterium
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Credit: Christian H. Fritsen, Desert Research Institute
Scanning electron micrograph of very small and numerous bacterial cells inhabiting icy brine channels in Antarctica’s Lake Vida, which lies in the Victoria Valley, one of the northernmost of the Antarctic dry valleys.
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Tom Varco
Antibiotics like these may soon become lose their potency as pathogens adapt.
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E.coli image (Sandle laboratory)
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Geek1
Representative image of bacteria
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US CDC
A stain of the bacterium Bacteroides biacutis
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Brian0918
E. coli magnified 10,000 times using an electron microscope.
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Norbert Nagel
Common orange lichen, Yellow scale lichen or Shore lichen
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Elena P. Ivanova
Black silicon is a synthetic nanomaterial with antibacterial properties.
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NASA
Tersicoccus phoenicis, a bacterium
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