All UK & Rest of Europe articles – Page 103
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NewsNanobodies 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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NewsChemical-loving bacteria were source of sulphuric acid that carved out Pyrenees cave systems
Scientists have used isotopes of sulphur to fingerprint the sources of sulphuric acid that have carved unique and beautiful cave systems in the Pyrenees mountains of southern France.
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NewsResearchers develop targeted test for antibiotic resistance in clinical Enterobacter species
A large-scale DZIF study has achieved a breakthrough and clarified the relationships between the numerous Enterobacter species as well as optimised resistance testing.
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NewsSoil organisms are key to high functioning of city parks and gardens
A new global study highlights the fundamental role of soil biodiversity in maintaining the functioning of the world’s parks and gardens.
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NewsSugar cane pathogen delivers promising new antibiotic candidate
A potent plant toxin with a unique way of killing harmful bacteria has emerged as one of the strongest new antibiotic candidates in decades.
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NewsScientists create computer simulation based on digital microbes
Researchers at University of Galway associated with APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-leading SFI Research Centre, have created a resource of over 7,000 digital microbes – enabling computer simulations of how drug treatments work and how patients may respond. The resource is a milestone in scientific understanding of human response to ...
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NewsRhodococcus 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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NewsResearcher creates world first computational reconstruction of virus in entirety
An Aston University researcher has created the first ever computer reconstruction of a virus, including its complete native genome.
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NewsCallum Cooper appointed Deputy Editor of Letters in Applied Microbiology
Applied Microbiology International is delighted to announce that Callum Cooper of Sunderland University has been appointed as the new Deputy Editor for Letters in Applied Microbiology.
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NewsMembrane electrical potential influences antibiotic tolerance in bacteria
The electrical potential across the bacterial cell envelope indicates when bacteria no longer operate as individual cells but as a collective, according to researchers at the University of Cologne’s Institute for Biological Physics.
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NewsNew leaf: AMI’s PhD studentship winner Naina Korotania talks trees and phages
Naina Korotania, winner of the Basil Jarvis PhD Studentship, which is awarded by Applied Microbiology International, is poised to embark on a PhD at the Univeristy of Birmingham, developing novel phage-based biopesticides to target cankers in four tree species.
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NewsResearchers scour more than 600 genome sequences in quest for origins of Black Death
Researchers seeking to better understand the origins and movement of bubonic plague have completed a painstaking granular examination of hundreds of modern and ancient genome sequences, the largest analysis of its kind.
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NewsIceland 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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NewsSalmonella exposure poses a risk for colon cancer
Researchers who studied human colon cancer tissue samples and animal models have found that exposure to salmonella was linked with colon cancers that developed earlier and grew larger.
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NewsSilent flagellin delivers insights into how gut bacteria evade the immune system
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen have identified a new type of flagellin in the human gut, termed ‘silent flagellin’, that binds to the immune receptor Toll-like receptor 5 without inducing a pro-inflammatory response. Their work addresses the long-standing question of how benign gut microbes evade the ...
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NewsScientists discover potential new method to treat superbug infections
Researchers at the University of Galway outline how the building blocks of DNA can boost penicillin-type antibiotics in the fight against MRSA.
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News Vésale Bioscience receives €1.8M grant from European Innovation Council for PhageDiag project
Vésale Bioscience has announced it has received €1.8M in grants from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Fund for its PhageDiag project, a phagogram using artificial intelligence that enables decentralized diagnostics and personalized treatment.
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NewsMadagascar mouse lemur retroviruses surprisingly similar to ones found in polar bears or sheep
Researchers studying the mouse lemur genome have identified two endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) that are closely related to viruses found in other, very different mammals such as polar bears or domestic sheep.
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NewsResearchers develop electrochemical biosensor for flu antibody detection
A new testing method uses an electrochemical cell-free biosensor that can directly detect antibodies against diseases such as influenza in blood serum.
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NewsTwo new bacterial species identified from patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Investigators at University Medical Center Utrecht and Yale University have isolated and characterized two new bacterial species from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).