All Bacteria articles – Page 6
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NewsResearchers propose ultrasonic power therapy for helicobacter pylori infection
Scientists have developed a nanoparticle-based sonodynamic therapy to reduce H. pylori infection in mice without disrupting gut microbiota.
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NewsScientists target seed microbes to improve seed resilience
Fonio (Digitaria exilis), a type of millet, is the oldest indigenous crop in West Africa and one of the fastest maturing cereals. Despite its low yield, the combination of quick maturation and drought tolerance and its ability to thrive in poor soils make it a useful model for understanding how ...
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NewsScientists discover a novel vehicle for antibiotic resistance
An antibiotic-resistance gene forms an unusual structure that may provide constant protection against tetracycline in a common gut bacterium.
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NewsScientists use blue-green algae as a surrogate mother for ‘meat-like’ proteins
We all know that we ought to eat less meat and cheese and dig into more plant-based foods. But whilst perusing the supermarket cold display and having to choose between animal-based foods and more climate-friendly alternative proteins, our voices of reason don’t always win. And even though flavour has been ...
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NewsDrug-resistant tuberculosis responds rapidly to bedaquiline-based second-line therapy
Patients who have drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have a similar microbiological response to bedaquiline-based second-line medications as patients with drug-sensitive TB taking first-line regimens.
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News‘Artificial tongue’ detects and inactivates common mouth bacteria
Researchers have designed a chemical sensor array, or an artificial tongue, that distinguishes dental bacteria and can inactivate them.
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NewsAustria isolates and genotypes Leptospira bacteria for the first time
The serological diagnostic test used to detect antibodies against the bacterium responsible for leptospirosis performs better when local variants are used but no locally circulating strain has been available in Austria - until now.
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NewsLow-temperature plasma used to remove E. coli from hydroponically grown crops
A group led by researchers at Nagoya University and Meijo University in Japan has developed a disinfection technology that uses low-temperature plasma generated by electricity to cultivate environmentally friendly hydroponically grown crops. This innovative technology sterilizes the crops, promoting plant growth without the use of chemical fertilizers. Their findings appear ...
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NewsBlindness from some inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria
Sight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, and is potentially treatable by antimicrobials, finds a new study in mice co-led by a UCL and Moorfields researcher. The international study observed that in eyes with sight loss caused by a particular genetic ...
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News‘Dynamic duo’ defences in bacteria ward off viral threats
Scientists have discovered that bacteria can pair up their defence systems to create a formidable force, greater than the sum of its parts, to fight off attack from phage viruses.
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NewsDiscovery opens new possibilities for maximizing nitrogenase’s potential
Researchers have discovered two essential electron carriers which play a key role in determining the performance of iron (Fe) nitrogenase, thus opening up new possibilities for elucidating and maximizing nitrogenase’s potential.
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NewsBacterial biotechnology to remove phosphorus from wastewater given funding boost
A novel bio-based process able to remove and recover phosphorus from wastewater – developed by Cranfield University experts – has won almost half a million pounds of funding from OFWAT.
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NewsAI provides the most complete map of interactions key to bacterial survival
Researchers have produced the most complete map of the bacterial essential interactome, i.e. how proteins combine and interact to perform functions essential for their survival.
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NewsBiomineralization offers sustainable strategy against microbial corrosion in marine concrete
Researchers have introduced a novel biomineralization strategy, which effectively isolates marine concrete from microbially induced corrosion, contributing to the achievement of sustainable coastal structures.
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NewsCopies of antibiotic resistance genes greatly elevated in humans and livestock
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have uncovered a key link between the spread of antibiotic resistance genes and the evolution of resistance to new drugs in certain pathogens. The research shows bacteria exposed to higher levels of antibiotics often harbor multiple identical copies of protective antibiotic resistance ...
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NewsSK bioscience’s typhoid conjugate vaccine achieves WHO prequalification
SK bioscience and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) announced that the typhoid conjugate vaccine developed by SK bioscience with technology transfer from IVI has achieved the World Health Organization prequalification (PQ).
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NewsPhage therapy eradicates pan-resistant priority pathogen in vivo, study shows
A new study describes the use of phage therapy to eradicate multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in a living organism (in vivo) with important new implications to antibiotic resistance.
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NewsResearchers develop molecules for a new class of antibiotics that can overcome drug resistant bacteria
A new class of antibiotics not only shows promise against a broad array of bacterial infections but can also evade the dreaded resistance that has been rendering our current generation of first-line antibiotics ineffective.
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NewsScientists win $434k grant to induce microbes to desert their protective biofilm
Researchers are pursuing biofilm dispersal agents such as specific enzymes in hopes the enzymes can induce microbes to leave the safety of the protective biofilm and become more susceptible to antibiotics.
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NewsFatty acid produced by gut bacteria directly influences fat metabolism in animals
Researchers investigating gut bacteria that produce fatty acids with a special chemical structure, known as a cyclopropane ring, showed that these can be converted into signals that turn on fat desaturation in the nematode C. elegans.
