All The Microbiologist articles in Web Issue – Page 265
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NewsStudy to analyze how coronavirus spreads between wildlife and humans
The data will be used to create predictive models that can be used to prepare and protect human health for future variants and diseases.
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NewsiBridge programme proposes alternatives to chemical factories
A computer simulation program “iBridge” has been developed that can put together microbial cell factories quickly and efficiently to produce cosmetics and food additives, and raw materials for nylons.
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FeaturesVirgin soil effect: how did European diseases impact native populations in The Americas
The transfer of disease across the ocean is believed to be a major contributor to allowing Spanish conquistadors to take over the Americas. How big of a contributor was infectious disease in the European colonisation?
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NewsAnti-fire blight bacterium shows potential as biocontrol agent to reduce Salmonella contamination of produce
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have isolated a microbe that can prevent the growth of Salmonella enterica on cantaloupe melons during the pre- and post-harvest periods.
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NewsWHO updates its guidance on treatments for COVID-19
The new recommendations reflect the evolving nature of the virus and the changing role of Covid-19 therapies.
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News Bacteria-virus arms race provides rare window into rapid and complex evolution
Researchers documenting rapid evolutionary processes in simple laboratory flasks show that intricate ecological networks emerge from simple beginnings that feature repeating patterns of evolutionary development.
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News Crowd-sourced potent SARS-CoV-2 antiviral lead compound announced by COVID Moonshot Consortium
More than 200 scientists and students, triggered by a Twitter appeal, have identified and developed novel compounds with excellent antiviral activity against a key enzyme of the SARS-COV-2 virus, the main protease (Mpro).
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NewsZooplankton in ocean and freshwater rapidly escalating the global threat of plastics
Rotifers, a kind of microscopic zooplankton, are able to chew apart microplastics, breaking them down into even smaller, and potentially more dangerous, nanoplastics. Each rotifer can create between 348,000 and 366,000 per day.
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CareersLife after Microbiology: Perspectives on a clinical career following a Microbiology PhD
Insights and advice for anyone thinking of re-training, or transferring from academia to clinical care.
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NewsEarly life exposure to broccoli sprouts protects against colitis in IBD
High fiber diets, like those that include broccoli sprouts or other cruciferous vegetables, may reduce disease symptoms and improve quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study conducted in mice.
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NewsLive shingles vaccine still protecting 10 years on - despite waning effectiveness
The effectiveness of live zoster (shingles) vaccine is highest in the first year after vaccination and then wanes substantially, but it continues to provide some protection against shingles ten years after vaccination.
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NewsHospital superbugs with hypervirulence and carbapenem resistance rise in China
A new bacterial threat, the carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKP), is rapidly spreading in clinical environments in China, posing a significant public health challenge.
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NewsFirst evidence of how Asian malaria mosquito spreads drug-resistant malaria in Africa
Researchers have discovered the role played by the Asian malaria mosquito (Anopheles stephensi) in the spread of drug and diagnosis-resistant malaria in Africa.
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NewsLink revealed between gut microbiota and prostate inflammation in aging men
A new study suggests that the gut microbiota can act to prevent or create an inflammatory microenvironment in the prostate gland.
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NewsNew dawn in the fight against TB
UNITE4TB, the largest public-private collaboration in tuberculosis drug development, announces the start of clinical trials.
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NewsBacteria use organic phosphorus and release methane in the process
Researchers have investigated how bacteria inadvertently release methane in order to obtain phosphorus – with significant effects on atmospheric greenhouse gases.
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NewsNew microscopy method reveals host-microbe interactions
Researchers are developing a method that reveals the chemical communication between microbes and their host.
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NewsTemperature increase triggers the viral infection
Researchers have mapped on an atomic level what happens in a virus particle when the temperature is raised.
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NewsLetters in Applied Microbiology launches reviewer training scheme
Applied Microbiology International (AMI) has launched its reviewer training scheme for the journal Letters in Applied Microbiology (LAM), building upon its development opportunities for early career scientists in journal publishing.
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NewsEducation key to curbing antimicrobial resistance in cats
Better education for cat owners, more communication from veterinarians, increased drug choices and cheaper, rapid diagnostic tools can help improve antimicrobial use in cats.