Archive for July, 2007

Coal Purifying Bacteria

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a bacteria that will produce a more proficient and cleaner burning coal, this news release stated.

Bacteria Live in the Esophagus

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

In this press article released by the New York University (NYU) Medical Center, it is believed that the esophagus, the passage from which food moves down between the throat and the stomach, may actually be a reservoir for bacterial growth and is no longer deemed sterile.

Crustacean Compound Fights Bacterial Biofilms

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

In this article, Alan Mozes from the Health Day News writes about how the possibility of preventing cross contamination of bacteria in medical equipment by coating them with an antimicrobial compound that is found in crustaceans.

Bacteria for Uranium Cleanup

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Toxic waste, a combination of harmful toxins and pollutants, is the heritage of the Cold War, the hostile yet nonviolent relations between the former Soviet Union and the United States, and their respective allies, from around 1946 to 1989. During this time, they manufactured weapons with no disregard to how its waste products may affect […]

Study Finds the Air Rich with Bacteria

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

The article discussed about the biological diversity of bacteria found in the atmosphere. There are approximately one thousand eight hundred kinds of bacteria based from the census conducted by the scientists of Berkeley Laboratory on airborne microbes. Scientists wanted to determine if the microbes have direct connections with the alteration of the climate due to […]

University of Wisconsin - Madison Researchers Develop Novel Method to Find New Antibiotics

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Researchers are putting tons of their efforts in order to create a new technique to discover new antibiotics. In an article the bacteria are said to be a shrewd and scheming adversary. At a worrying time, the bacteria are developing opposition to the present armory of antibiotic drugs. In the absence of novel drugs, community […]

Shedding New Light on Proteorhodopsin

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Here is a discussion on recent findings on a light sensitive protein known as proteorhodopsin, which were discovered in numerous marine bacteria. Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have illustrated that when the capability to breathe oxygen is messed up, bacterium outfitted with proteorhodopsin will exchange to […]

Genome-Wide Analysis Provides Detailed Understanding of Flesh-Eating Bacteria Epidemics

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

The article dealt with the detailed comprehension of flesh-eating bacteria epidemics through analysis of genomes. Recent research utilizing approximately a dozen various genomic testing methods has exposed exceptional detail regarding the molecular features and virulence of group A streptococcus also known as GAS, which is the flesh-eating bacteria. These findings are were based from the […]

New Biofilm Research Center to explore the Wonderful World of Slime

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

The article contained information regarding a recent biofilm research study being performed by scientists which aims to understand the behaviors and abilities of microbial slimes also known as the biofilm.
Slime is a substance that the housekeepers or any members of the household will not want to nurture. Such substance can be the yellowish layer that […]

New way to peer inside Bacteria

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

Scientists discovered to investigate cells with great detail without the hassles of staining cells and tissues. As part of the search for better ways to track and clean up soil contaminants, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have developed a new way to image or to look […]

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