Across the globe there are huge disparities in access to basic services such as healthcare, education, and economic resources, with the UN estimating over 98 million people live on less than $1.90 a day. It is vital for microbial research to identify those areas which actively maintain cycles of poverty and disparity. In recognising the interconnected nature of human financial systems and environmental health, microbial research can be a leader in working toward Economic Equality.
New research being presented at the Letters in Applied Microbiology ECS Research Symposium shines a fresh light on the persistence of microbial communities that are linked to the contamination of oilfield reservoirs - a problem that costs the energy sector billions of dollars a year.
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To explore the potential of synthetic methylotrophs for the biotechnological production of industrially relevant bulk chemicals, researchers have equipped the bacteria with additional genes for four different biosynthetic pathways.
A Zika vaccine developed in Brazil and tested on mice has been found to be efficacious, inducing an immune response against the virus and protecting the animals appropriately.
New research finds that the odds of death in black women with a bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales (CRE) was twice that of black men or white women.