Bacteria vs. Bacteria: The New Fight Against Salmonella
Scientists develop more effective ways to fight the deadly germ. Salmonella is actually a group of bacteria. This one is called Salmonella arizonae. Credit: CDC Salmonella and other potentially deadly bacteria in poultry face a new enemy, as ... [... more]
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Picture Perfect Method to Detect Deadly Bacteria
Scientists there have developed a system in which a treated silicon chip is combined with a digital camera to identify E. coli instantly. The lab version of the new E. coli detector. Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center A new method of ... [... more]
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Microbots Designed to Swim Like Bacteria
A remarkable micromotor will allow tiny robots to swim like an E. coli bacterium, which uses its flagella to move around. Transmission Electron Microscopy photograph of an Escherichia coli bacterium with flagella. Micro-robots are being developed ... [... more]
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Space Yogurt Made With Astro-Bacteria
The bacteria were sent into space, and only the strong survived. They supposedly take the taste of this new yogurt to a new level. Himawari Dairy, a Kochi-area dairy manufacturer, reserved a seat aboard a Soyuz rocket that took off from Baikonur ... [... more]
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New Approach Disarms Deadly Bacteria
A new strategy for treating bacterial disease without producing drug-resistant strains. A warmer, gentler approach to controlling bacteria may be the answer for the emerging menace of drug-resistant diseases. For more than 50 years antibiotics, ... [... more]
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War on Bacteria is Wrongheaded
Got antibacterial soap? It could be doing you more harm than good. Pity the poor bacterium, the Rodney Dangerfield of the unicellular world. It eats our trash, makes soil fertile, turns the food we swallow into useful vitamins, and yet it gets no ... [... more]
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Is Antibacterial Soap Really Necessary?
And what about those soapless sanitizers? Some folks at the Harvard Medical School wondered the same things, so they did a review of all the studies on the topic. The upshot: Eh. Beyond easing your mind, the more expensive products will indeed ... [... more]
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Bacteria Found Nearly 2 Miles Underground
Scientists found a gold mine of bacteria almost two miles beneath the EarthâEURs surface where the Sun donâEURt shine. Nearly 1.8 miles deep in the EarthâEURs crust, Dr. Duane Moser examines a simple bacterial community that has [... more]
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Bacteria Added to Gum, Toothpaste and Deodorant
Chewing gum, and toothpaste might one day contain the beneficial bacteria found in yogurt as a way to fight tooth decay. Chewing gum, toothpaste and deodorant might soon contain beneficial bacteria to fight tooth decay and underarm stench. The ... [... more]
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Eureka! Bacteria Have the Midas Touch
Scientists have discovered that a lowly bacteria appears to turn dissolved metal into solid gold. Scientists have discovered that a lowly bacteria that has the Midas touch-it appears to turn dissolved metal into solid gold. Image above: Colored ... [... more]
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Bacteria & Fungi Ride Dust Across Oceans
Disease-causing pathogens might be hitchhiking their way from Africa on microscopic dust particles. Dust clouds blowing across the Atlantic Ocean carry hidden pathogens that might reach the United States. While the dust itself can cause ... [... more]
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Starving Bacteria Cooperate to Make 'Superstrain'
An population on the brink of social collapse is saved by a single gene population. Spores of Myxococcus xanathus. Each spore is about 100 micrometers in diameter and made up of about 100,000 cells. Credit: M. Vos A single genetic mutation is all ... [... more]
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