Microbiology – Page 3
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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
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BusinessBuilding a biological biocide
Aqualution Systems produces stable hypochlorous acid, a natural biocide up to 300 times more effective than bleach
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ResearchHarnessing plants and microbes to tackle environmental pollution
Eucharia Nwaichi is using biochemistry to clean up one of the most polluted places on Earth
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ResearchNew family of peptides from extremophile show antibiotic promise
Scientists isolate salinipeptins from a bacterium living in America’s Dead Sea
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ResearchAlzheimer’s linked to infection of the brain by gum disease bacterium
Drug firm is developing treatment to inhibit bacterial enzymes believed to be damaging important protein