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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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FeaturesStemming the tide: plastics at Portsmouth
Although the stability of plastics is a major factor in their usefulness, poor waste management at a global level has led to an accumulation in virtually all environmental systems
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FeaturesLooking to the future: vertical farms & food safety
Understanding and advancing food safety is critically important to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with foodborne disease.
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FeaturesUnravelling the menace of AMR in aquaculture
One of the major drivers of the upsurge of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the ecosystem is the irrational use of antimicrobial agents in the animal health sector.
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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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FeaturesReviving bioremediation options and sustainability: microbial-enhanced biochar opportunities
There has been an increasing drive towards more sustainable treatment-based solutions for contaminated land management as opposed to removal or containment actions.
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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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FeaturesGreen cell factories for sustainable CO2-neutral chemical and fuel production without the use of fossil resources
Modified photosynthetic cyanobacteria may be our future sustainable CO2-neutral producers of selected products that are currently made from fossil resources.
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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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FeaturesJohn Innes Centre: much more than compost
The John Innes Centre (JIC) is probably most famous for John Innes compost, but a lot more goes on there.
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FeaturesThe soil crisis: the pivotal role of microbes in this global health problem
Soil is the thin, fragile, non-renewable skin of the planet and home to our terrestrial biosphere.