Scientists develop new method to isolate 'IgA-coated' gut bacteria that are associated with a variety of diseases
Scientists at UMC Utrecht have developed a new technology to efficiently isolate a specific subset of gut bacteria from fecal ...
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Global Health Threat: Multidrug-Resistant Bacterium Identified in Brazil
Global epidemiological trend of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST340: emergence of subclade KL15 co-producing K pneumoniae ...
A look inside the lab that tested for E. coli in New Mexico after nationwide outbreak
The New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratories (NMDOHSL) were at the helm in early October when it came to ...
Metagenomic profiling method with enhanced precision uses fewer computing resources
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Toronto have developed a new k-mer sketching metagenomic ...
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Study highlights high rate of multidrug-resistant strains of E coli, Klebsiella in 3 countries
A genomic surveillance study identified several multidrug-resistant, high-risk clones of E Coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in ...
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What happens when a bacterium gets into a fungus and stays — for generations
This is a summary of: Giger, G. H. et al. Inducing novel endosymbioses by implanting bacteria in fungi. Nature 635, 415–422 ...
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Tracking the Quarter Pounder outbreak: State lab is often behind the scenes of public health work
The New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory in Albuquerque handles everything from E. coli to anthrax scares.
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Two New Deep Ocean Coral-Dwelling Bacteria Species With Incredibly Tiny Genomes Discovered
There are some seriously strange lifeforms lurking in the depths of our oceans – ghost sharks and upside-down isopods, anyone ...
Highly Unusual New Species of Bacteria Discovered in the Dark Depths of the Ocean
Microbes unable to break down carbohydrates belong to a newly identified family of marine bacteria. A German-American ...
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Using Microbial Genetics To Engineer Future
The majority of materials we rely on in our built environment come from chemicals derived from petroleum (petrochemicals), ...
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Deep-sea corals are home to previously unknown bacteria with extremely small genomes
A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown symbionts of the corals have an extremely small ...