All One Health Content – Page 179
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FeaturesTackling sources of contamination in water: the age of phage
Phage can be used as a force for good when it comes to protecting both environmental and public health.
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FeaturesHiding in plain sight: the elusive candidate phyla radiation
The candidate phyla radiation is a diverse group of uncultured bacterial lineages with poorly understood metabolic functions.
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FeaturesPreparation of infant milk formula
Study shows pasteurisation is most effective at reducing microorganisms in infant formula milk feeds.
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FeaturesApplications of bacteriophage: Advances and possibilities
Recent advances in the field of phage research have pushed forward current phage technologies.
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FeaturesTrace gases, microbes and life beyond Earth
Trace gases in Earth’s atmosphere serve as fuels for microbial metabolism in extreme environments, and might also sustain extra-terrestrial metabolism on Mars.
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FeaturesExploring space from prison
The Life Beyond project demonstrates that from behind the confines of a prison you can direct humanity to the stars.
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FeaturesMetabolic cross-feeding relationship gains probiotic status
A diet rich in plant polymers challenges the human digestive system and is highly nutritious fodder for our gut microbiota.
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FeaturesNovel strategies for combating fungal biofilms in catheter-associated infections
Disrupting the fungal quorum-sensing process for the treatment of Candida-related central line-associated bloodstream infections.
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FeaturesFrom ants to antibiotics, can tropical insects provide us with life-saving drugs?
Formicamycins are polyketide antibiotics which display an incredibly high barrier to resistance, making them promising candidates for clinical development.
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FeaturesThe danger in the bat: a novel tool to detect sarbecoviruses
Infections with different coronaviruses can lead to various symptoms and their virulence is in no way deducible from their genomes.
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FeaturesFatbergs: microbes and the future of FOG
When fat, oils and grease enter the wastewater system they can lead to the formation of blockages known as ‘fatbergs’.
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FeaturesThe hunt for the halophilic soda-lake vampire
In June 2019, microbiologists from around the world travelled to Transylvania, home of the story of Dracula, not on the hunt for vampires, but for the Halophiles 2019 meeting, focused on salt-tolerant microbes.
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FeaturesRubbish microbiology: filming the secret life of landfill
Could we potentially identify microbes to help us break down our waste more efficiently?
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FeaturesFirst contact: the importance of the early life microbiota
Understanding the factors that modulate the microbiome during the first stages of life, pregnancy and infancy, is a key focus for numerous research groups.
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FeaturesPhage and bacteria: A war in a biofilm
Recent work has indicated that bacteria can tip the balance to survive in the presence of predatory phage when they form biofilms.
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FeaturesViral discovery gone mainstream
There are more viruses in the ocean than there are estimated stars in the universe.
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FeaturesMovie microbes under the microscope
The film Contagion has seen a huge spike on download sites amid the coronavirus pandemic, but what you may not know is that microbes have been movie stars since the earliest days of cinema.
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FeaturesUnder the microscope: phage ecology
Recent advances in technology and culturing methods have led to the belief that phage are the most abundant biological system worldwide.
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FeaturesUnder the microscope: CRISPR-Cas9
CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful tool for biotechnology, medicine and almost all biological research.
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FeaturesAssuring the safety of vaccines
A vaccine undergoes a comprehensive regime of testing, and its use is subject to continuous vigilance throughout its lifecycle to ensure safety, efficacy and quality.