Climate action
Today we are seeing climate change in action, increased concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases have led to a rise in sea levels, temperatures, and extreme weather patterns. Researchers have acknowledged the pivotal role microorganisms in producing sustainable biofuels, increasing carbon sequestration via soil microbes and reducing methane emissions in landfill sites. Microbial innovation will be vital in moving towards a low carbon economy.
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Methanogen genomes reveal how life thrives in extreme conditions
A comparison of the genomes of methane-producing microorganisms reveals that temperature adaptation might not be genomically encoded, but rather enforced through protein regulation and finer scale adaptations in amino acids.
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NewsPhytoplankton blooms offer insight into impacts of climate change
The first study into the biological response of the upper ocean in the wake of South Pacific cyclones could help predict the impact of warming ocean temperatures, New Zealand researchers believe.
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Scientists warn of rise in flesh-eating bacterial infection due to global warming
Continued warming of the climate would see a rise in the number and spread of potentially fatal infections caused by bacteria found along parts of the coast of the United States, researchers predict.
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Microbes producing PolyP could cut EU reliance on phosphate rock imports
Use of microbes to produce polyphosphate could help to reduce EU reliance on imports of phosphate rock in the future, according to a team from RWTH Aachen University.
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Scientists find new eco-friendly source of nanoparticles in edible seaweed
An edible seaweed could provide a potential environmentally friendly source of silver nanoparticles for antibacterial and anticancer applications.
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Tiny chalk discs in oceans play key role in earth’s carbon cycle by propagating viruses
Researchers find biomineral structures formed by marine algae foment viral infection, contributing positively to capture CO2.
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Fertilizer additive makes slurry more climate-friendly
Scientists have found that combining farm slurry with calcium cyanamide brings the production of greenhouse gas mathane to an almost complete halt.
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Fashion company joins fibre-to-fibre consortium founded by Carbios, On, Patagonia, PUMA and Salomon
Carbios, a pioneer of biological technologies for reinventing the life cycle of plastics and textiles, has signed an agreement with fashion company PVH Corp to join its fibre-to-fibre consortium founded with On, Patagonia, PUMA, and Salomon1.
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AMI’s new Climate Action Advisory Group meets for first time
The newly formed Climate Action Advisory Group has just held its inaugural meeting.
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Microbes that co-operate contribute more carbon emissions
Communities of microbes that work together release more carbon dioxide than competitive communities, contributing more to climate change, a new study reveals.
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Biogas produced from apple juice waste can minimize use of fossil fuels in industry
A new study shows that the use of bioenergy from apple pomace avoids greenhouse gas emissions, while the bioreactor can also convert the waste vinto organic fertilizer.
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Scientists discover how plastic-eating bacteria digest complex carbons
Researchers have deciphered the metabolic mechanisms that enable the bacterium Comamonas testosteroni to digest complex wasste from plants and plastics, potentially leading to novel biotechnology platforms that harness the microbe to help recycle plastic waste.
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Gamechanging team-up sees Halomonas turn out three products in single fermentation process
For the first time, researchers have managed to produce three products in three separate phase states in a single process carried out by a microbe.
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New species of microalgae found in home aquarium could deliver food, cosmetics and biofuel
Researchers analyzing DNA from a microalgae found in water from a home aquarium have discovered Medakamo hakoo, whose DNA sequence didn’t match any on record.
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Nanobodies spur Nod factor receptors into forming root nodules
Engineering root nodule symbiosis into cereals has come a step closer with the use of nanobodies to spur Nod factor receptors into initiating nodule formation.
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Hundreds of newly discovered microbes could be used as natural fertilizer for poor soil
The discovery of hundreds of previously unknown microbes in a Brazilian ecosystem could potentially form a basis for the development of biological substitutes for the chemical fertilizers used by farmers, especially those containing phosphorus.
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Rhodococcus reveals where missing plastic in world’s oceans could have gone
The bacterium Rhodococcus ruber eats and actually digests plastic - as revealed in laboratory experiments by PhD student Maaike Goudriaan at Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).
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Long-term projects reveal how warming planet will impact microbe carbon cycling
A team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has helped to untangle one of the knottiest questions involving soil microbes and climate change: what effect does a warming planet have on the microbes’ carbon cycling?
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Researchers pinpoint enzyme that limits electrosynthesis by Shewanella
Researchers at Michigan State University have identified an enzyme that is a limiting factor to microbial electrosynthesis by Shewanella oneidensis, a bacterium that could potentially capture carbon dioxide emissions to produce useful materials.
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Semi-living cyborg cells could be tools for health and environment
Biomedical engineers at the University of California have created semi-living ’cyborg cells’ retaining the capabilities of living cells, but unable to replicate.
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Iceland could feed Europe with cyanobacteria reactors powered by renewables
Iceland could play a pivotal role in European food security, providing over 40 million Europeans with a safe, sustainable, and locally-produced protein source over the next decade, while mitigating over 700 million tons of CO2 emissions, a new study suggests.
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Corals may punish cheating symbiont algae by cutting off their food supply
Corals may ‘punish’ the algae that live inside them by cutting off their food supply if such algae become selfish and renege on their part of the resource-sharing deal with the coral as part of their symbiosis.
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Fungi convert ocean plastic into ingredients for drug industry
Research on fungi underway at the University of Kansas has helped transform tough-to-recycle plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean into key components for making pharmaceuticals.
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