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Lack of maternal care affects development, microbiome and health of wild bees
Most wild bees are solitary, but one tiny species of carpenter bees fastidiously cares for and raises their offspring, an act that translates into huge benefits to the developing bee’s microbiome, development and health.
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Mysterious family of microbial proteins hijack crops’ cellular plumbing
Duke researchers may have come up with a way to disarm them, preventing $220 billion in annual crop damage.
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Leading scientists issue ‘gain of function’ recommendations
A workshop of leading scientists has reviewed the benefits and risks of ’gain of function’ research, and proposed a foundation to guide discussions and improve oversight moving forward.
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E coli bacteria engineered to generate electricity from wastewater
Scientists have reported a groundbreaking achievement in bioelectronics, advancing the capabilities of common E. coli bacteria to generate electricity.
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AI method refines biome labeling for microbial community samples
Researchers have introduced Meta-Sorter, an AI-based method that leverages neural networks and transfer learning to significantly improve biome labeling for thousands of microbiome samples in the MGnify database.
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New strains of influenza A virus in pigs potentially pose pandemic risk
A new study addresses gaps in understanding of swine influenza A virus evolution and highlights need for early warning of disease emergence.
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Custom extracellular membrane vesicles deliver crop growth payload, without downsides of PGPRs
Custom-built extracellular membrane vesicles (MVs) can be deployed as a microbe-free way of boosting crop growth without the downsides of plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), a new study reveals.
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3D-printed ‘living material’ waffles could clean up contaminated water
Researchers have developed a new type of material, combining a seaweed-based polymer with engineered bacteria, that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water.
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Large numbers of sea lions found dead in South America due to bird flu
Large numbers of sea lions have been found dead along the Argentinian coast as a result of avian influenza.
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Algae provide clues about 600 million years of plant evolution
Research team led by Göttingen University investigates 10 billion RNA snippets to identify ’hub genes’.
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Researchers track yeast population dynamics in fuel bioethanol production
Despite the presence of invasive strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, all of them belong to the ethanol fermentation environment, keeping the industrial process stable, a new study reveals.
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Chytrid fungi revealed to be parasitic species that infects snow algae
Researchers were able to analyze chytrid DNA from two alpine snowpack sites in Japan using single-spore PCR.
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Some hosts have an ‘evolutionary addiction’ to their microbiome
Microbes might not actually be helping their hosts; instead, microbe-free hosts might malfunction because they have evolved an addiction to their microbes, says one evolutionary ecologist.
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Fungal-plant symbiosis offers a promising tool to boost crop resilience
A species of fungus that normally grows in the wild and kills insects can be successfully inoculated in oilseed rape plants where it fosters a unique symbiotic relationship.
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Study IDs secret of stealthy invader essential to ruinous rice disease
The virulence of a rice-wrecking fungus — and deployment of ninja-like proteins that help it escape detection by muffling an immune system’s alarm bells — relies on genetic decoding quirks that could prove central to stopping it.
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First defence against devastating ToCSV tomato virus explored
How tomato plants defend themselves against a devastating ‘young’ Southern African virus has now been investigated at a molecular genetics level for the first time.
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Patrolling honey bees expose spread of antimicrobial resistance
Bees could become biomonitors, checking their neighbourhoods to determine how far antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has spread, according to new research.
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Waste colonies yield bacterium with 3 enzymes that may break down polyester
Scientists have enriched expanded polystyrene waste from a beach in Ireland to isolate a bacterium which proved to contain three enzymes that could break down polyester.
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Team find promising bacterial suicide gene against citrus Huanglongbing and canker
Researchers have found that an endolysin encoded by the CaLas prophage has dual resistance to Huanglongbing and citrus canker.
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Tick- and mosquito-borne diseases prevalent in shelter dogs
Ticks and mosquitoes are expanding their geographic range due to warming temperatures, frequently bringing disease, and a new study suggests shelter dogs in the eastern U.S. may be bearing the brunt of that burden.