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The frog-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has already led to the decline of more than 200 amphibian species worldwide. The fungus is a chytrid fungus...
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Scientists have discovered that a chemical signal called autoinducer-2 (AI-2), which bacteria use to communicate with each other, is able to promote an appropriate...
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The study and development of the new drug involves a form of “microbial medicine.” This tallies with research that suggests conditions like obesity are...
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The bacteria that reside within the intestines are aid digestion and affect health outcomes, and are perhaps related to conditions like obesity and immune...
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It was designed after a Medecins Sans Frontieres doctor working in an Ebola treatment centre informed a colleague in London that he was having...
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The new molecule represents a new strategy within anti-microbial therapy. Many antibiotics indiscriminately kill both pathogenic and healthy bacteria. Furthermore, antimicrobials can harm healthy...
Life
A city’s sewage system may hold clues about the gut bacteria of urban populations, and, in turn, understanding the microorganisms that make up the...
Life
Would you go out with an unhygienic man? Probably not. But, if your boyfriend has a beard, you may be kissing a nest-full of...
Life
Last week Digital Journal reported that new evidence suggested that drug-resistant bacteria have spread in a Los Angeles hospital as the result of contaminated...
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The bacteria are very, very small, with the cells having average volume of 0.009 cubic microns (this is a very tiny one micron is...