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NewsA new bacterial species from a hydrothermal vent throws light on their evolution
A new bacterial species discovered at the deep-sea hydrothermal vent site ‘Crab Spa’ provides a deeper understanding of bacterial evolution.
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NewsSlippery toilet bowl treatment causes bacteria to slide off
Researchers have developed a simple, transparent coating that makes surfaces, like porcelain, more water-repellent. They show how this surface treatment effectively prevents bacteria from sticking to the inside of a toilet bowl.
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NewsResearchers develop material that reduces bacterial infection and speeds up bone healing
Researchers have developed a new surgical implant that has the potential to transform the treatment of complex bone infections.
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News Nano-sized cell particles are promising tool in treating infectious diseases
In a new study, extracellular vesicles were found to inhibit the viral infection of COVID-19 and potentially other infectious diseases.
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NewsStudy reveals what smoking does to oral bacteria
The father of biotechnologist Giacomo Antonello, a dentist, sometimes amazed patients with his seemingly clairvoyant diagnostic abilities: one look in their mouth and he would advise them to see a specialist, because, he explained, they might have a problem with their heart or diabetes. He often turned out to ...
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NewsMink discovery challenges standard understanding of COVID-19 infection
Researchers studying zoonosis — the interspecies transmission of pathogens — in mink have found that TMPRSS2, an enzyme critical for viral fusion entry of SARS-CoV-2 in humans, is not functional in mink.
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NewsLong-acting biologic has transmucosal transport properties that arrest Covid variants
Scientists report on a tailored ACE2 biologic, where ACE2 is fused to an engineered human albumin variant.
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NewsYoung scientists spearhead breakthrough COVID-19 research
A molecular biophysics study investigates how coronavirus variants of concern attachment strength to human cells influences COVID-19’s spread and transmissibility.
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NewsResearchers develop a new TB vaccine testing model by leveraging old BCG vaccine
Each year, tuberculosis (TB) kills more people than any other infectious disease, falling out of the top spot only temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Saint Louis University Daniel Hoft, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development Despite TB’s wide reach and ...
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NewsResearchers reveal how formaldehyde affects H2-forming biocatalysts
Scientists show experimentally how formaldehyde inhibits a certain class of biocatalysts, namely the particularly efficient hydrogen-generating hydrogenases of the two-iron type – so-called [FeFe]-hydrogenases.
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NewsResearchers decipher enzyme scissors of intestinal microbes
Microorganisms in the human gut utilize so-called beta-elimination to break down plant natural products and thus make them available to humans.
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NewsRisk of serious COVID-19 infection can now be predicted
Scientists have demonstrated a rapid rise in concentrations of platelet aggregates in patients admitted to intensive care with COVID-19 infections.
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NewsFormer goldmine provides a portal to microbial life deep in the Earth’s crust
By accessing the deep underground through a former goldmine-turned-lab in South Dakota’s Black Hills,researchers have pieced together the most complete map to date of the elusive and unusual microbes beneath our feet.
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NewsNew method identifies bacteria more easily
Scientists have developed a simple tool that can identify all of the genetic material in bacteria.
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NewsHarnessing the power beneath our feet
Dr Nicola Holden, from Applied Microbiology International’s Food Security Scientific Advisory Group, reports back on the AMI conference ’The Power of Microbes in Sustainable Crop Production’, recently held at the John Innes Centre in the UK.
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NewsScientists reveal what happens when the vaginal microbiome attacks
A new study examines why a common and seemingly benign condition of the vaginal microbiome - bacterial vaginosis - is linked to pregnancy loss, preterm birth and other health complications.
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NewsUttam Superrhiza named as winner of Applied Microbiology International Product of the Year 2023
Mycorrhiza biofertilizer Uttam Superrhiza has been named as the winner of the Applied Microbiology International Product of the Year 2023.
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NewsAMI teams up with QIAGEN to offer free guide for improving soil DNA extraction
Applied Microbiology International has teamed up with international supplier of scientific equipment QIAGEN, to offer our readers free access to their latest recommendations for soil DNA extraction from sample to insight.
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NewsMarine biota births new atmospheric particles in the South Pacific Ocean
Scientists have found that nocturnal nanoparticle bursts that contain nitrogenous compounds originate when marine micro-organisms in the South Pacific Ocean apparently shield themselves from UV radiation.
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NewsPocket-sized DNA sequencers track malaria drug resistance in Ghana in near real-time
A team of scientists working in Ghana have pioneered on-site genomic surveillance to track changes in the malaria parasite, achieving sampling to sequencing within 48 hours. This will guide local interventions and policy in near real-time.