Microbiology – Page 3
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ResearchEntirely new way of sensing iron discovered in bacteria
Novel class of riboswitches can directly and selectively sense iron
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FeatureHow Crispr went from niche to Nobel
Katrina Kramer tells the story of how Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna developed the gene editing tool that won them the 2020 Nobel prize in chemistry
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NewsMedicine Nobel prize goes to discoverers of hepatitis C virus
Harvey Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles Rice share prize for uncovering the disease-causing agent affecting more than 71 million people
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FeatureUnnatural selection in chemical systems
Great strides have been made in the lab with chemical systems that ape life’s behaviour
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ResearchUnprecedented biosynthetic transformation found to connect antibacterial polyketides from ant microbiome
Study identifies enzymes that convert flat fasamycins into three-dimensional formicamycins
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OpinionRita Colwell: ‘Pseudoscience is almost like a disease’
The former director of the US National Science Foundation on persevering and flourishing as a woman in science
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ResearchCheating bacterium becomes antibiotic-tolerant at expense of other species
Coexistence triggers counterintuitive antibiotics response in bacteria, which could be used to tackle hardy species
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ResearchLaser-lit honeycomb polymer boosts bacterial bioelectricity
Technique delivers orders-of-magnitude increase in microbial fuel cell current
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ResearchSugars designed to disrupt bacterial cell wall biosynthesis
Rare monosaccharides explore concept for new narrow-spectrum antibiotics
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Research‘Living bricks’ that can reproduce could cut construction’s carbon footprint
Bacterial biomineralisation harnessed to create building material from sand
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ResearchChronic exposure to battery nanomaterial leads to resistant bacteria
Shewanella onedensis MR-1 adapts to media spiked with complex metal oxide nanoparticles
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ResearchSynthetic flame retardant compounds turn up as marine natural products
Finding an alga that biosynthesises halogenated anilines increases likelihood of finding an organism that can degrade the toxic compounds too
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ResearchElusive protein and key to many tropical diseases found after decades of searching
Discovery offers powerful new target to treat trypanosome parasite illnesses that affect millions
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ResearchMicrobes and renewable energy turn carbon dioxide into edible protein
Sustainable method for producing proteins for human consumption made possible by clever two-stage bioprocess
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ResearchEngineered cyanobacteria turn carbon dioxide into petrol substitute
Strategy transforms wild photosynthetic organism into a system that could reduce humanity’s reliance on fossil fuels
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ResearchSulfonated polymer kills drug-resistant microbes in minutes
New application for an existing material
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ResearchBacterial lasso gets to the heart of stem cell retention problem
A sticky bacterial protein on the surface of stem cells increases homing and retention on damaged heart tissue
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ResearchFirst bacterium with a totally redesigned genome created
Designer E. coli uses a simplified genetic code to make proteins
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ResearchSwitching to sulfur stops deadly bacteria growth
Modified sugar prevents growth of Clostridium difficile while retaining useful properties
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OpinionHow Danish children discovered 10 new species of bacteria
A simple citizen science project that could lead to real-world change