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C diff poses real threat of being deployed for biological warfare

2024-09-30T00:01:00+01:00

International biosafety standards need to be updated to curtail the threat of Clostridioides difficile toxins being deployed for biological warfare, warns a new study.

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Food security

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Researchers unravel mystery of dormancy in food pathogens for more effective elimination

The detection tests commonly used to check for the absence of microbes in hospitals or the agri-food industry are based on microbial growth, i.e. the laboratory cultivation of microorganisms from a sample to be checked. If no micro-organisms appear during culturing, the sample is considered safe.

Clean Water

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Zooplankton go ‘Eew!’ to cleaning feces-contaminated water

2024-10-03T13:00:00+01:00By

Scientists were recently surprised to find that the natural community of zooplankton — tiny, aquatic animals known to graze on bacteria — present in freshwater and saltwater do not clean water that is contaminated with fecal microorganisms. 

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Zooplankton go ‘Eew!’ to cleaning feces-contaminated water

2024-10-03T13:00:00+01:00By

Scientists were recently surprised to find that the natural community of zooplankton — tiny, aquatic animals known to graze on bacteria — present in freshwater and saltwater do not clean water that is contaminated with fecal microorganisms.