All Umeå University articles
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Nanoplastics can impair the effect of antibiotics
Researchers investigating how some of the most common nanoplastics interact with tetracycline found significant accumulation of the antibiotics on the surfaces of the nanoplastic particles.
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Research on calcium transport can fight bacteria and provide safer food
Researchers have revealed details on how bacteria use calcium to regulate vital processes, in a way that differs from human cells. This breakthrough is significant in the fight against antibiotic resistance and for increasing safety in food production.
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Study unveals a novel protective mechanism in bacterial cell wall
Researchers from Umeå University, Sweden, and Cornell University, USA, have discovered a widespread mechanism in bacteria that enhances the bacteria’s defense against environmental threats. Source: Umeå University Sara Hernandez and Laura Alvarez, two of the researchers behind the study in the lab. The discovery, which may be ...
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Better together: Gut microbiome communities’ resilience to drugs
Many human medications can directly inhibit the growth and alter the function of the bacteria that constitute our gut microbiome. EMBL Heidelberg researchers have now discovered that this effect is reduced when bacteria form communities.
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Antibiotic usage can damage the protective mucus layer in the gut
Researchers have found that a history of repeated antibiotic use causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier of the gut, due to antibiotic-driven alterations in the microbiota.
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Degradation of cell wall key in the spread of resistance
A new study shows how an enzyme breaks down the bacteria’s protective outer layer, the cell wall, and thus facilitates the transfer of genes for resistance to antibiotics.
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Uptake of methylmercury by phytoplankton is controlled by thiols
A new study shows that the concentrations of so-called thiols in the water control how available the methylmercury is to living organisms.
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Mapping methane emissions from rivers around globe reveals surprising sources
Researchers have found that methane emissions in tropical aquatic habitats are comparable to those in the much colder streams and rivers of boreal forests and Arctic tundra habitats.
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D-amino acids play role in cholera bacterium’s bid to escape
Cholera bacteria use specific D-amino acids to escape unfavourable niches and form complex ecological systems, a new study shows.