| 单词 | bacterium |
| 例句 | In the early 1920s, Griffith, a medical officer at the British Ministry of Health, began to investigate a bacterium named Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcus. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z His cilia are not cilia at all, but individual spirochetes, and at the base of attachment of each spirochete is an oval organelle, embedded in the myxotricha membrane, which is a bacterium. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This bacterium actually kills by poisoning rather than by disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A bacterium uses roughly a million bits of information—which is about 100 printed pages. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “All right, so, B. cepacia is a hardy bacterium. It’s so adaptive that it actually feeds on penicillin instead of being attacked by it. So our first line of defense is...” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The bacterium which causes tuberculosis was discovered not invented by Robert Koch in 1882. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Bruno Latour maintained that the fact that the bacterium that causes tuberculosis has been discovered in the lungs of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, Ramses II, did not mean that Ramses died of tuberculosis. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Within three months Ole and I had finished a set of experiments on the fate of a bacterial-virus particle when it multiplies inside a bacterium to form several hundred new virus particles. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Most important, very little protein entered the bacterium. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He published a paper suggesting that perhaps “transformed” cells behaved the same not because they’d become cancerous, but because they’d been contaminated by something—most likely a virus or bacterium—that made them behave similarly. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z At least for a while, though, as long as the patient is still alive, the cholera bacterium profits from being massively broadcast into the water supplies of its next victims. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Pneumococcal pneumonia after influenza infection—the epidemic within the epidemic—was of such concern that the ministry had deployed teams of scientists to study the bacterium and develop a vaccine against it. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z How might a bacterium even “know,” or sense, that the sugar source had been switched? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z By some standards, it is about as smart as a grasshopper; by others, only as intelligent as a bacterium. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Provided that each victim thereby infects on the average more than one new victim, the bacterium will spread, even though the first host happens to die. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Agricultural use of insect diseases, caused by a bacterium highly specific for certain lypes of insects, is already being tried in California, and more extended tests of this method are under way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Grown on either sugar alone, the bacterium begins to divide rapidly, doubling in number every twenty minutes or so. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Jahrling guessed that the flask had been wiped out by a common soil bacterium called pseudomonas. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All of us carry the bacterium in our bodies, probably since birth or immediately thereafter. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Reed favored the idea that a bacterium, first identified by Italian scientists and usually found in swamps, was the culprit. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It took nature hundreds of millions of years to evolve a bacterium, and billions to make a grasshopper. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z How could heat-killed bacterial debris—no more than a lukewarm soup of microbial chemicals—have transmitted a genetic trait to a live bacterium by mere contact? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Following work performed in Germany by others, he discovered that the bacterium came in two strains. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z At various places inside the monkey house, they set out patches of paper saturated with spores of a harmless bacterium known as Bacillus subtilis niger. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Powell says the bacterium he used to carry the wheat gene into the chestnut chromosome is already found, naturally, in the DNA of some tree species, including the walnut. Perspective | Blight wiped out the American chestnut. Parallel efforts are close to bringing it back. 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by a spore-forming bacterium. Suspicious powder sent to Eric Idle sparks anthrax scare 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z In fact, the bubonic plague was not transmitted by odors but rather, it would be discovered in the late 19th century, by a bacterium carried by fleas that had bitten infected rats. Revisiting the Posy in Our Current Moment 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z InVade Bio Drain also contains a bacterium, along with citrus oil, although it’s not clear whether the bacterium is the same. Why are these mosquitoes still thriving indoors — in the winter? 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z It typically forms, by chance, when a specific bacterium attacks an aquilaria tree, setting off the production of the dark, aromatic resin inside its trunk. I.H.T. Special Section: Middle East: For a Coveted Resin, the Scent of Rarity Takes Hold 2011-04-28T05:01:18Z Municipal water treatment plants use chlorine and other chemicals that kill off the bacterium’s natural predators, allowing Mycobacterium to thrive. A Book That Will Make You Terrified of Your Own House 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Among the inhibited is the bacterium that causes botulism. Perspective | The ‘uncured’ bacon illusion: It’s actually cured, and it’s not better for you. 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Worrying as that may sound, the bacterium does respond to antibiotics and is rarely fatal these days. TB and scarlet fever: why Victorian diseases are making a comeback 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Fortunately, the bacterium remains sensitive to the other drug used in first line therapy, ceftriaxone. TB and scarlet fever: why Victorian diseases are making a comeback 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Last week's story about the extraordinary arsenic bacterium, which generated huge public interest and speculation, was based on a piece of research you must pay $15 to read. Science Weekly podcast: A bacterium that can live on arsenic; and an augmented-reality dinosaur 2010-12-06T00:01:00Z To do that they used a complicated method to “feed” foreign DNA to a specifically engineering E. coli bacterium. Creating “alien” DNA on Earth: Lab creates life with genetic code outside our own 2014-05-08T16:10:00Z Historically, chymosin was extracted from young cow stomachs, but in the 1990s scientists managed to genetically engineer a bacterium to synthesize it. What’s the latest on GMOs and gene-edited foods — and what are the concerns? 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z This bacterium is more likely to survive and reproduce than one that is not resistant to the antibiotic. Ever wondered about antibiotics? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The number of new species of bacterium known to science exploded in the 1990s, and the field of metagenomics—the study of entire microbial communities—was born. With a little help from my friends 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z A freak electrical storm outside a small laboratory in London releases a nitrogen-eating bacterium into the world. Review | The 1923 novel ‘Nordenholt’s Million’ explores issues unnervingly familiar in the Trump-covid era 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z They exist to feed one subspecies of bacterium, Bifidobacterium longum infantis, which digests the sugars in order to produce molecules that feed an infant’s gut cells and regulate its nascent immune system. With a little help from my friends 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Second place receives a cute, cuddly plush E. coli, donated by Loser Elizabeth Molyé, who, despite being Norwegian, walked right into the Losers’ Post-Holiday Party this month carrying a deadly bacterium. Style Invitational Week 1264: A cry for Yelp 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Buckner suggested products containing Bti, a biological or naturally occurring bacterium found in soil that affects only the larvae of mosquitoes and other pests, such as black flies and fungus gnats, when used as directed. How to get rid of mosquitoes, and other tips for dealing with these pesky insects 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Other lineages, connecting art and pathology, suggest themselves: Kazimir Malevich’s obsession with the tuberculosis bacterium, as a model for the development of abstraction, or Hannah Wilke’s unsparing documentation of her own terminal illness. Please Smell the Art: Anicka Yi Will See That You Do 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Finding a healthy region of the brain that’s completely dormant is as likely as looking under a stone and not finding a weevil, worm, or wily bacterium. Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z You called the manufacturer, who said that it was a harmless bacterium that grows after packing. Hints From Heloise: Are Plastic Eggs OK? 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z It is caused by a bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes, which is also responsible for strep throat and the skin infection impetigo, as well as more serious skin infections – particularly in elderly people – including flesh-eating disease. TB and scarlet fever: why Victorian diseases are making a comeback 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z We found both rural and urban streams have high levels of Escherichia coli, a bacterium found in human or animal feces and commonly identified in freshwater and coastal environments in Aotearoa. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in New Zealand's wild cockles and watercress puts people at risk 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Benjamin Platt, investigating why a bacterium is killing soldiers recuperating from surgery. 'Damaged': Alex Kava's eighth Maggie O'Dell thriller 2010-07-30T23:28:00Z Six years later, Sambhu Nath De discovered that cholera released a poisonous toxin, which deserved just as much attention as the bacterium itself. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z In an incredible breakthrough at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, scientists created a living bacterium that contains lab-created “alien” DNA. Creating “alien” DNA on Earth: Lab creates life with genetic code outside our own 2014-05-08T16:10:00Z “You want to ensure that the facility is minimizing the bacterial load to reduce the possibility of transmitting a potential antibiotic-resistant bacterium,” he says. Your gym is teeming with invisible members: Germs. Here’s how to avoid them. 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Mosquito Bits, which consists of corn cob granules impregnated with the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, does all of its killing within 24 hours; the manufacturer recommends reapplying it every seven to 14 days. Why are these mosquitoes still thriving indoors — in the winter? 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z A gentler approach is to use a product named milky spore, which is a bacterium that attacks the grubs. Birds, chipmunks, snakes, insects: At some point, the gardener feels like an intruder 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Within a short span of time, Notaro nearly died of a gastrointestinal infection from the bacterium C. difficile, experienced the sudden death of her mother and was diagnosed with cancer in both breasts. The half-hour heartbreak: Amazon’s new comedies find laughs in painful places 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z His job centered on Project: Red Hands, a tactile bacterium infection being developed as a bioweapon. Review | ‘Red Hands’ is either creepily satisfying or a trigger for your worst nightmare 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z “Our next step will be to try to develop a bacterium that could be deployed industrially.” Gut microbe makes diesel biofuel 2013-04-25T15:14:00Z The Lyme disease bacterium had been flourishing for months and had entered my brain and central nervous system. How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z For reasons that remain slightly murky, Hecht injected the bacterium into himself, thereby becoming the project’s first human subject: one who was seemingly immune and a carrier, like Maeve. Review | ‘Red Hands’ is either creepily satisfying or a trigger for your worst nightmare 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z In the nightmare they grow me from a pinprick, an infinitesimal scrap of bacterium, study me through microscopes while wearing radiation suits and masks.” Books Of the Times: ‘The Panopticon,’ a Debut Novel by Jenni Fagan 2013-07-15T21:25:07Z Next, co-first author Cameron Roberts, a Ph.D. student in the lab, meticulously tested a variety of molecules produced by either the bacterium or the virus, including DNA, RNA, and proteins. How bacteria recognize viral invasion and activate immune defenses 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z For this study, the researchers created 12 different MPNs and used them to encapsulate Pseudomonas chlororaphis, a nitrogen-fixing bacterium that also protects plants against harmful fungi and other pests. Microbes could help reduce the need for chemical fertilizers 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z "We were fortunate to have access to a STEM-EDS instrument and collaborators at VINSE, and we quickly proved that there was an accumulation of iron 'dots' within the bacterium." Novel C. diff structures are required for infection, offer new therapeutic targets 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z "This bacterium is an autotrophic organism, like a plant. It does, however, not need light like a plant, as it draws its energy from phosphite oxidation." The mystery of phosphite -- a scientific detective story 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Over the years, the bacterium has found a way to dodge nearly every available antibiotic. Gonorrhea Is Becoming Drug Resistant. Scientists Just Found a Solution. 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Undergraduate phage hunters at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County isolated a satellite phage called MiniFlayer from the soil bacterium Streptomyces scabiei. Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Using a technique that has shown promise in targeting cancer tumors, a Duke Health team has found a way to deploy a molecular warhead that can annihilate the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. New antibiotic approach proves promising against lyme bacterium 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Iron storage "spheres" inside the bacterium C. diff -- the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections -- could offer new targets for antibacterial drugs to combat the pathogen. Novel C. diff structures are required for infection, offer new therapeutic targets 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Surprisingly, it turned out that the bacterium is not only a new species, but actually forms an entirely new genus of bacteria. The mystery of phosphite -- a scientific detective story 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Zoliflodacin is a new type of antibiotic, boosting hopes that the bacterium will remain susceptible to it for a long time. Gonorrhea Is Becoming Drug Resistant. Scientists Just Found a Solution. 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z In particular, infections with the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa are feared due to numerous resistance mechanisms and can lead to complicated lung and bloodstream infections, especially in seriously ill patients. Neutralizing antibodies that target resistant bacteria 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Tested in cell cultures using the Borrelia burgdoferi bacterium, the approach holds the potential to target not only bacteria, but also fungi such as yeast and viruses. New antibiotic approach proves promising against lyme bacterium 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The findings, reported Nov. 15 in the journal Nature, are also a rare demonstration of a membrane-bound structure inside a pathogenic bacterium. Novel C. diff structures are required for infection, offer new therapeutic targets 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z A research team has discovered antibodies that could lead to a new approach to treating acute and chronic infections with the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. New antibodies neutralize resistant bacteria 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Tuberculosis is an airborne disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Contra Costa County links 11 confirmed tuberculosis cases to Pacheco casino. What you need to know 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The researchers hypothesised that repeated exposure to the bacterium in these patients would lead to the development of antibodies able to effectively inhibit the virulence of P. aeruginosa. Neutralizing antibodies that target resistant bacteria 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Baccilus cereus is a common bacterium found all over the environment. What is ‘fried rice syndrome’? A microbiologist explains 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z "We think our study is a rare demonstration of an organelle in a pathogenic bacterium," he said. Novel C. diff structures are required for infection, offer new therapeutic targets 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Infections with the bacterium P. aeruginosa in particular are a threat due to numerous resistance mechanisms, often leading to complicated infections of the lungs and dangerous sepsis, especially in severely ill patients. New antibodies neutralize resistant bacteria 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Department of Agriculture found a fortuitous combination of a yeast—Saccharomyces exiguus—and a bacterium, apparently of the genus Lactobacillus. History: November 2023 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Thanks to a robust screening test, the researchers indeed found monoclonal antibodies in the blood samples of some cystic fibrosis patients that are able to neutralise the virulence of the bacterium. Neutralizing antibodies that target resistant bacteria 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z "Fried rice syndrome" refers to food poisoning from a bacterium called Bacillus cereus, which becomes a risk when cooked food is left at room temperature for too long. What is ‘fried rice syndrome’? A microbiologist explains 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Cholera, an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by consuming food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, can spread quickly in cramped and dirty conditions. Zimbabwe's cholera crisis fuelled by chronic water shortages 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z These antibodies block an important virulence factor of the bacterium, the so-called type III secretion system, which plays an important role especially in severe infections with P. aeruginosa. New antibodies neutralize resistant bacteria 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Genetic sequencing confirmed that the bacterium that caused sepsis was the same germ found in the probiotic product. FDA warns about giving probiotics to preterm babies after infant death, other injuries 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z In extensive experiments with cell culture and animal models, the researchers were able to show that the newly developed antibodies are just as effective against the bacterium as classical antibiotics. Neutralizing antibodies that target resistant bacteria 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z A bacterium, closely associated with deadly septicaemia, could have caused the deaths of six African elephants in Zimbabwe and possibly more in neighbouring countries. Scientists uncover cause of mysterious deaths of elephants in Zimbabwe 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Crucially they found a potential cause - a bacterium called Bisgaard taxon 45 - in six of the animals. Zimbabwe Elephant deaths: Mysterious bacterium found in bodies 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z In extensive experiments using cell cultures and animal models, the researchers were able to show that the newly developed antibodies are as effective against the bacterium as conventional antibiotics. New antibodies neutralize resistant bacteria 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z By feeding rats the engineered Lactobacillus paracasei bacterium as a probiotic, researchers were able to introduce human ACE2 in their guts, which specifically reduced their gut angiotensin II and, in turn, lowered their blood pressure. Study shows engineered gut bacteria can treat hypertension 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z "There is a growing movement to find micro-substances that target a specific pathway in a single bacterium, rather than treating patients with broad spectrum antibiotics that wipe out the microbiome and cause antibiotic resistance." New 'subway map' of Lyme disease pathways identifies potential new treatment targets 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z To date, most efforts to combat tick-borne diseases have concentrated on developing vaccines that target Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Racing to defuse a 'ticking' public health time bomb 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z A type of bacterium never seen before in wild elephants has been found in the bodies of six African Savannah elephants that died in mysterious circumstances in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Elephant deaths: Mysterious bacterium found in bodies 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z It works by taking pieces of phage DNA and adding it to the bacterium's genome. Scientists uncover new way viruses fight back against bacteria 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z "What we're seeing with this one protein in this one bacterium -- there's room for it to be applied to other proteins in other clinically relevant bacteria." Scientists discover the possible triggers for bacterial pathogens, opening the door for new treatment strategies 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Scientists at Tufts University School of Medicine have developed a genome-scale metabolic model or "subway map" of key metabolic activities of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. New 'subway map' of Lyme disease pathways identifies potential new treatment targets 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is an extremely dangerous pathogen that is found, among other places, in hospitals: Many of the bacterial strains are resistant to different classes of antibiotics. The deep slumber of a hospital pathogen: Why infections with Acinetobacter baumannii can flare up again and again 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z A bacterium found in the sea can degrade a plastic that otherwise resists microbial breakdown in marine environments. Marine bacteria take a bite at plastic pollution 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z If the E. coli tries to change this pump to escape the phage, it reduces the bacterium's ability to pump out antibiotics. Dangerous ‘Superbugs’ Are on the Rise. What Can Stop Them? 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Most recently, the bugs have been found to spread the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, a pathogen that has decimated olive groves in the Apulia region of Italy. Meadow Spittlebug's record-breaking diet also makes it top disease carrier for plants 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The bacterium encodes enzymes that can digest complex carbohydrates such as starches, Seal said. Gut bacteria found in wild wolves may be key to improving domestic dogs' health 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z It's commonly understood that the first eukaryotic cells resulted from the fusion of an early form of bacteria with an archaeon, a single-celled organism similar to a bacterium. A hygiene program for chromosomes 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The bacterium's potential, and its enzyme molecule that breaks down PBS, was discovered by researchers at Hokkaido University, working with colleagues at the Mitsubishi Chemical Group in Japan. Marine bacteria take a bite at plastic pollution 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The target bacterium can still evolve resistance to an individual phage — but by picking the right combination of phages, scientists can make it so that the bacterium's evolution comes at a cost, Turner said. Dangerous ‘Superbugs’ Are on the Rise. What Can Stop Them? 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Traditional vaccine technology has been based on dead or weakened versions of the original virus or bacterium - or by using fragments of the infectious agent. Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z In the unusually hot summer of 2016, Bacillus anthracis, a bacterium that lurks in soil worldwide and causes anthrax, killed 2649 reindeer in Siberia. Permafrost can imprison dangerous microbes for centuries. Will the Arctic thaw release them? 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z More frequent droughts and floods, a consequence of warming, could expose more people to deadly waterborne microbes such as the cholera-causing bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Malaria cases could ebb in an even hotter world. But other diseases will get worse 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Such a target can, for instance, be an enzyme that enables a bacterium to withstand antibiotics or a virus to infect its host. Drug discovery on an unprecedented scale 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The key components of this immune system include molecular scissors, known as Cas proteins, and a memory bank of DNA snippets that a bacterium has collected from phages that once infected it. Dangerous ‘Superbugs’ Are on the Rise. What Can Stop Them? 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Researchers have shown in a mouse model and lab cultures that a compound derived from hops reduces the abundance of a gut bacterium associated with metabolic syndrome. Compound derived from hops reduces abundance of gut microbe associated with metabolic syndrome 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z They had found traces of the bacterium clostridium botulinum in one of Neruda's teeth. Pablo Neruda: Chilean poet's death still shrouded in mystery 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Cholera is caused by Vibrio cholerae, a bacterium that can produce a toxin and spreads when the stool of infected people contaminates drinking water and food. Malaria cases could ebb in an even hotter world. But other diseases will get worse 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z "The bacterium we described has a rather unbalanced diet," explains Loy, "it specializes in consuming taurine." That smell: New gut microbe produces smelly toxic gas but protects against pathogens 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Doctors diagnosed him with a Shewanella algae infection, a bacterium that thrives in brackish water. The Beach Is Lovely. The Water, Maybe Not So Much. 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Symptoms include bloating, heartburn and general stomach pain, which can be triggered by an infection of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. Bruce Springsteen postpones eight shows due to peptic ulcer disease 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The bacterium was first identified in 1977 as the cause of an outbreak of severe pneumonia at an American Legion convention centre in Philadelphia a year earlier. Rzeszow: Legionnaires' disease kills 14 in Poland 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Floods can aid spread by causing latrines to overflow into water sources, for instance, and droughts can boost the concentration of the bacterium in shrinking ponds and streams and force people to use unsafe water. Malaria cases could ebb in an even hotter world. But other diseases will get worse 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The bacterium spreads most commonly in two ways. Flesh-Eating Bacteria at the Beach? What You Need to Know. 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z For this design, they targeted Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a nasty bacterium associated with deadly diseases like hard to treat forms of pneumonia and sepsis syndromes. Newly developed lung-like organoids could revolutionize how we treat respiratory infections 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z In May researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and McMaster University published a study on their use of an AI algorithm to identify an antibiotic that can kill a particularly resistant type of bacterium. AI Could Quickly Screen Thousands of Antibiotics to Tackle Superbugs 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Only some of the Nepali microbiomes contained this microbe, suggesting that the bacterium is dying out as societies become more industrialized. Modern Hunter-Gatherers Have Thriving Gut Microbiome, Compared with Californians 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Keesing tested positive for Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness caused primarily by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, after finding the telltale bull’s-eye rash on the back of her knee. How to Protect Yourself from Ticks and the Dangerous Diseases They Spread 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The bacterium also spreads when people who are immunocompromised or have liver disease eat raw oysters that are contaminated. Flesh-Eating Bacteria at the Beach? What You Need to Know. 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z In fact, it was revealed that the bacterium exploits the body's own mucus production, giving it the advantage it needs to colonize the human airway. Newly developed lung-like organoids could revolutionize how we treat respiratory infections 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Collins explains that the new drug, named abaucin, works by disrupting the bacterium’s protective outer layer, the cell membrane. AI Could Quickly Screen Thousands of Antibiotics to Tackle Superbugs 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Because bacteria can swap genes and have high genetic diversity, identifying a species isn’t as helpful in determining how dangerous a bacterium is to humans as studying what genes are present in its DNA. Giant Seaweed 'Blob' Could Carry Dangerous Bacteria 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z This information was fed into the AI so it could learn the chemical features of drugs that could attack the problematic bacterium. New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The intestinal problems occur more quickly in people who have ingested the bacterium, usually by eating raw oysters. Flesh-Eating Bacteria at the Beach? What You Need to Know. 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z In addition to colonizing the lungs of patients using ventilators, the bacterium is especially dangerous for cystic fibrosis patients. Newly developed lung-like organoids could revolutionize how we treat respiratory infections 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z TB, a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which spreads from infected people through the air, killed 1.6 million people in 2021, according to the World Health Organization. Arrest Order Extended for Washington State Woman Refusing TB Treatment 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The bacterium depicted has a flagellum protruding from one narrow end. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 3.12 A macrophage has phagocytized a potentially pathogenic bacterium into a vesicle, which then fuses with a lysosome within the cell so that the pathogen can be destroyed. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z An open wound means any cut, scrape or other abrasion that might allow the bacterium into your body. Flesh-Eating Bacteria at the Beach? What You Need to Know. 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Added to a petri dish of rice cells, the modified bacterium inserted its own DNA—including the added gene—into the crop’s DNA. ‘Game changer.’ Scientists are genetically engineering crops to clone themselves 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Identified as a type of bacterium called a chlorobium, its modern relatives use photosynthesis to survive on small amounts of light and live in anaerobic conditions, such as stagnant water. ‘Lost’ microbial genes found in dental plaque of ancient humans 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z The vaccine’s effects may vary depending on the virus or bacterium it is pitted against, Dr. Curtis said. A Century-Old Vaccine Fails to Protect Against Covid 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The crystal toxin genes have been cloned from the bacterium and introduced into plants, therefore allowing plants to produce their own crystal Bt toxin that acts against insects. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Avoid swimming in the ocean if you have a cut, scrape or other abrasion that might let in the bacterium. Flesh-Eating Bacteria at the Beach? What You Need to Know. 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z If cattle were to become infected with the highly contagious Brucella abortus bacterium, it would result in a lockdown of the animals. Mass Yellowstone Hunt Kills 1,150 Bison 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Inside the gut of a caterpillar lives a worm, and inside the worm lurks a bioluminescent bacterium named Photorhabdus asymbiotica, which makes the caterpillar glow in the dark. Bacterial ‘Nanosyringe’ Could Deliver Gene Therapy to Human Cells 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The bacterium is resistant to most antibiotics and is particularly dangerous in health-care settings and for people with weakened immune systems. What to know about the eyedrop recall linked to deaths and vision loss 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z This bacterium is carried by fleas living on black rats. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Pablo Neruda’s teeth showed signs of Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that produces a neurotoxin that paralyzes muscles and the nervous system and can eventually lead to death. News at a glance: New asteroid hunter, shark hatchery, and a telescope disrupted 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z He cut the DNA of a monkey virus into pieces and inserted them into a second virus that infects a common human intestinal bacterium called E. Coli, creating a shared strand of DNA. Paul Berg, scientific firebrand who pioneered genetic engineering, dies 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The company’s researchers created the greenhouse-tested trees using a bacterium that splices foreign DNA into another organism’s genome. For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an aggressive bacterium that is found all over the environment, including in water, soil and human waste. What to know about the eyedrop recall linked to deaths and vision loss 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z In molecular cloning with bacteria, a desired DNA fragment is inserted into a bacterial plasmid using restriction enzymes and the plasmid is taken up by a bacterium, which will then express the foreign DNA. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z The forensic investigators from four countries who inspected Neruda’s corpse said he did not die from his cancer and ruled out postmortem contamination as a source of the deadly bacterium. News at a glance: New asteroid hunter, shark hatchery, and a telescope disrupted 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Colgate-Palmolive’s announcement mentions two species of Pseudomonas, a bacterium commonly found in soil or water. Almost 5 million bottles of Fabuloso cleaner recalled over bacteria risk 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z By contrast, a team of scientists who genetically engineered a blight-resistant chestnut tree using the same bacterium method employed earlier by Living Carbon have been awaiting a decision since 2020. For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Such transfer can occur between different types of bacterium, allowing resistance to hop between species — including from harmless bacteria to pathogenic ones. How Antidepressants Help Bacteria Resist Antibiotics 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z When lactose is not present in the bacterium’s environment, the lac genes are transcribed in small amounts. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z A considerably more serious rat event took place in 1907, when three Seattle residents died after contracting the bubonic plague, which typically happened after being bitten by a rodent flea carrying the plague bacterium. Rats in Seattle: They’re creepy, clever and everywhere, but there is help 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The company, Dalan Animal Health, which is based in Athens, Ga., developed a prophylactic vaccine that protects honeybees from American foulbrood, an aggressive bacterium that can spread quickly from hive to hive. U.S.D.A. Approves First Vaccine for Honeybees 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z McKenzie’s team identified a strongly antifungal bacterium that is naturally found in the endangered toads’ Rocky Mountain habitat and in small quantities on their skin. Rare Animals’ Microbiomes Harbor Survival Secrets 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Once you start introducing these little chemical factories — that's what a bacterium is, a tiny, little chemical factory — there's only three morphologies. The Medea Hypothesis: Does life on Earth sow the seeds of its own extinction? 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z When lactose is present, the genes are transcribed and the bacterium is able to use the lactose as a food source. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z “There’s one particular bacterium called Staphylococcus epidermidis, which is all over the body,” says Thomas. Why do our feet and armpits stink sometimes? 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Before you start imagining a tiny syringe being inserted into a bee, the vaccine, which contains dead versions of the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae, comes in the form of food. U.S.D.A. Approves First Vaccine for Honeybees 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z The discovery of a giant bacterium with complex innards shook biology this year. Science’s 2022 Breakthrough of the Year: A telescope’s golden eye sees the universe anew 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z When a different bacterium was endowed with genes for making fatty acid amides and fed to germ-free mice, the mice again got a dopamine boost. Gut microbes make mice exercise more. Might they do the same in humans? 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Genes are inserted into plants, using plasmids in the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens, which infects plants. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z The term campylobacter refers both to the disease itself and the bacterium which causes it. How to kill the most common pathogens in turkey 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Multiple viruses can attack a bacterium at the same time, leading to "phage wars" inside an infected cell, she says. CRISPR is so popular even viruses may use it 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Diffusing molecules can’t travel very far, limiting how big a bacterium can be—or so the thinking went. Science’s 2022 Breakthrough of the Year: A telescope’s golden eye sees the universe anew 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Cholera is contracted by eating food or drinking water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Haiti cholera outbreak worsens as cases rise 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Figure 13.5 The features of a typical bacterium cell are shown. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z But the bacterium that causes it, Mycobacterium leprae, has other, unusual properties, including the ability to perform "biological alchemy", converting one type of bodily tissue into another, which are fascinating scientists. Leprosy: Ancient disease able to regenerate organs 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Armadillos stash a secret under their shells—their liver grows dramatically when they are infected with the bacterium that causes leprosy in people. Leprosy spurs growth in armadillo livers, offering clues to organ regeneration 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z In October, they reported in Nature that survivors were much more likely to carry gene variants that boosted their immune response to Yersinia pestis, the flea-borne bacterium that causes the plague. Science’s 2022 Breakthrough of the Year: A telescope’s golden eye sees the universe anew 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z A cholera infection is caused by consuming food or water infected with the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. Conflict, crisis fuel cholera surge across Mideast hot spots 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z If a nonpathogenic bacterium takes up DNA from a pathogen and incorporates the new DNA in its own chromosome, it too may become pathogenic. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z His skeleton also shows signs of a TB infection, although the researchers didn’t find traces of the bacterium that causes the disease in the plaque. Medical, scientific racism revealed in century-old plaque from Black man’s teeth 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z In 2013, synthetic biologist George Church of Harvard Medical School and colleagues genetically tweaked the bacterium Escherichia coli, replacing one of its stop codons with another version. Rewritten genetic code allows bacteria to fend off viral attacks 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z The results were confirmed in modern day experiments using the plague bacterium - Yersinia pestis. Black Death 700 years ago affects your health now 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In 1878, he succeeded in identifying and culturing the bacterium that caused the avian disease fowl cholera. Louis Pasteur's work still saves lives 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In transduction, bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria, move DNA from one bacterium to another. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Across Florida, there have been a record 11 confirmed deaths attributed to the bacterium this year, and a total of 65 cases, according to state health data. Florida flesh-eating illness cases spike after Hurricane Ian 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The team modified the bacterium’s tRNAs so that when it reads the original stop codon—say, in the genome of an invading virus—it installs an inappropriate amino acid that impairs the viral protein. Rewritten genetic code allows bacteria to fend off viral attacks 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z A newly described bacterium is shaking up what it means to be a complex organism. Odd cave bacterium forms a multicellular ‘body,’ like plants and animals 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z After bird cholera, Pasteur turned to the prevention of anthrax, a widespread plague of cattle and other animals caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Louis Pasteur's work still saves lives 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Researchers have genetically engineered other bacteria to consume petroleum products; indeed, the first patent application for a bioremediation application in the U.S. was for a genetically modified oil- eating bacterium. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Besides summer burlap banding, trees can be treated in spring with Btk, the naturally occurring bacterium, when caterpillars are up to a half-inch long. What to do if you see a spongy moth (or its very hungry caterpillars) 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Designing a vaccine against a parasite has proved much more challenging than creating one against a virus or bacterium. At Long Last, Can Malaria Be Eradicated? 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Kouhei Mizuno wasn’t looking for more examples of such microbial complexity when he collected a bacterium denoted “HS-3” from a cave on Kyushu, an island off southern Japan 17 years ago. Odd cave bacterium forms a multicellular ‘body,’ like plants and animals 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Instead, SeqCode accepts a full or comprehensive set of a bacterium’s genome sequence data as its “type” material and outlines a protocol for assigning a Latin name. News at a glance: Bringing kids along to field sites, restricting EU trawling, and calling the pandemic ‘over’ 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Staphylococcus aureus, often called “staph,” is a common bacterium that can live in and on the human body, which usually is easily treatable with antibiotics. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z If the bacterium's DNA gets compromised, that's bad news for the lambda phage nested within it. Viruses may be ‘watching’ you 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z An ancestral strain of Yersinia pestis—the bacterium responsible for the Black Death—was sequenced from the teeth of two 14th-century women buried eight years before the plague spread across Europe. News Briefs from around the World: September 2022 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Thus, to her, “The cave bacterium is another example for a prokaryote with a transient multicellular stage.” Odd cave bacterium forms a multicellular ‘body,’ like plants and animals 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Only one fifth the size of a typical bacterium, they punch above their weight. Predatory Bacteria Are Fierce, Ballistic and Full of Potential 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z The research is ongoing, and larger studies are needed, Lowry said, but the evidence to date suggests that anti-inflammatory bacterium could make people more resilient to stress. How gardening may extend your life and make it better 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z One example is phage phi29, which exploits its host's transcription factor to detect when the bacterium is getting ready to generate a spore, or a kind of bacterial egg capable of surviving extreme environments. Viruses may be ‘watching’ you 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z A newfound, centimeter-long bacterium challenges conventional wisdom that bacteria cannot grow large enough to be seen with the naked eye. News Briefs from around the World: September 2022 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z People with recurrent illness caused by hard-to-treat bacterium Clostridium difficile can be offered faecal transplants, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has said. Faecal transplants recommended for Clostridium difficile 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Food and Drug Administration received consumer complaints about a bacterium that can cause severe, life-threatening infections or inflammation of the membranes that protect the brain and spine. Abbott to Restart Production of Similac Baby Formula 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Calculate the approximate number of atoms in a bacterium. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z However, a third nucleotide insertion restored the ability of the virus to infect the bacterium. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The bacterium is found in faeces and can survive in the environment. Nurseries closed in East Lothian E. coli outbreak 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Cronobacter sakazakii is a bacterium that can cause life-threatening infections or inflammation of the membranes that protect the brain and spine. Nutrition Drinks Including Varieties of Oatly and Glucerna Are Recalled 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Liu plans to further verify that this is an evasion tactic that other strains of staph use and to investigate how the bacterium is actually tricking our immune system. A Staph Vaccine Trial Failure Shows Challenges of Stopping Common Bugs 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Assume that the average mass of an atom in the bacterium is ten times the mass of a hydrogen atom. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z In plants, tumors caused by the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens occur by transfer of DNA from the bacterium to the plant. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z US health officials say they have found a rare but dangerous type of bacterium in soil and water samples in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi. Dangerous bacterium found in Mississippi soil 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium that makes dangerous toxins that could cause a severe form of food poisoning, according to the World Health Organization. Nutrition Drinks Including Varieties of Oatly and Glucerna Are Recalled 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Our skin is crawling with Staphylococcus aureus, the bacterium responsible for most staph infections. A Staph Vaccine Trial Failure Shows Challenges of Stopping Common Bugs 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The major difference is that several UV photons are required to disrupt cell reproduction or kill a bacterium, whereas single γ -ray and X-ray photons can do the same damage. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z By 1997, the genome sequences of two important model organisms were available: the bacterium Escherichia coli K12 and the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Worldwide, most cases are in people who live in, or have travelled to, areas where the bacterium naturally occurs, such as parts of South and South East Asia and northern Australia. Dangerous bacterium found in Mississippi soil 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Typhoid is caused by a bacterium that enters the body through cells in the digestive system. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Researchers have genetically engineered other bacteria to consume petroleum products; indeed, the first patent application for a bioremediation application in the U.S. was for a genetically modified oil-eating bacterium. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Take the ratio of this force to the bacterium's weight. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z This bacterium is resistant to a variety of antibiotics, making it difficult to treat. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Three of the samples tested positive, suggesting the bacterium has been present in the area since at least 2020. Dangerous bacterium found in Mississippi soil 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The protein produced by the CF allele helps block the entry of this bacterium. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z One explanation for the breakdown of tolerance is that, after certain bacterial infections, an immune response to a component of the bacterium cross-reacts with a self-antigen. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z If a tick feeds on an infected white-footed mouse, the tick has a 90 percent chance of picking up the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, says Felicia Keesing, a Bard College disease ecologist. The Quest for a ‘Tick Map’ 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Koch worked primarily with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium that causes tuberculosis and developed postulates to identify disease-causing organisms that continue to be widely used in the medical community. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Bti is a bacterium that specifically targets mosquito larvae without affecting other organisms. How to get rid of mosquitoes without killing friendly pollinators 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The bacterium makes new viral proteins and nucleic acids. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z This brings the phagocyte and bacterium into close proximity and enhances the phagocytosis of the bacterium by the process known as opsonization. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Diffusion is a slow process, and a bacterium the size of T. magnifica would need several hours to move stuff around, grinding its biochemistry to a halt. Scientists baffled by discovery of bacteria that ought to be too big to function 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Although contracting bubonic plague before antibiotics meant almost certain death, the bacterium responds to several types of modern antibiotics, and mortality rates from plague are now very low. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Without a nucleus, each bacterium typically carries a loop of DNA floating freely around its interior. You Don’t Need a Microscope to See the Biggest Bacteria Ever Found 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Plant cells can be transformed using different methods: inserting a bacterium that contains a small DNA tumor-producing plasmid, removing plant cell walls, or injecting DNA directly into the cell. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z The researchers said they aren’t certain why the bacterium is so large, but co-author Volland hypothesized it may be an adaptation to help it avoid being eaten by smaller organisms. World’s biggest bacterium found in Caribbean mangrove swamp 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Another germ that is often found in hot tubs is Pseudomonas, a bacterium that causes body rashes, said Dr. Allen Perkins, a family medicine doctor at the University of South Alabama. How to Avoid Nasty Pool Germs This Summer 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z For example, Staphylococcus aureus, often called “staph,” is a common bacterium that can live in the human body and is usually easily treated with antibiotics. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Each pepin may make a special sets of proteins needed in its own region of the bacterium. You Don’t Need a Microscope to See the Biggest Bacteria Ever Found 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z To determine which part of the virus entered the bacterium, Hershey and Chase grew viruses with radioactive isotopes. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Gros also found the bacterium attached to oyster shells, rocks and glass bottles in the swamp. World’s biggest bacterium found in Caribbean mangrove swamp 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Three of the complaints concerned Cronobacter sakazakii, a bacterium that can cause severe, life-threatening infections or inflammation of the membranes that protect the brain and spine. Abbott Baby Formula Plant Again Stops Production, This Time Because of Flooding 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z In the past, it was relatively common to hear about sporadic cases of botulism, the potentially fatal disease produced by a toxin from the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z They will also tackle other mysteries, such as how the bacterium manage to be so tough without a molecular skeleton. You Don’t Need a Microscope to See the Biggest Bacteria Ever Found 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z When the bacterium is in an environment with lactose as a food source, the lac operon genes are transcribed. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z The research team were able to find the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, in three of them. Plague: Ancient teeth reveal where Black Death began, researchers say 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z They found genetic fingerprints of the bacterium Yersinia pestis in individuals who had been buried with tombstones referring to a “pestilence” at the site by Lake Issyk Kul, in what is now Kyrgyzstan. Black Death’s ancient origins traced to lake in Central Asia 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Some of the most common sources for this bacterium were non-acidic canned foods, homemade pickles, and processed meat and sausages. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z “But now, this bacterium has showed us the way.” You Don’t Need a Microscope to See the Biggest Bacteria Ever Found 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z To use lactose for food, the bacterium must have the proteins coded for by the genes of the lac operon. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, Slavin is senior author of a new study of ancient DNA from the “pestilence” victims showing they were indeed infected with the bacterium, Yersinia pestis, that caused the Black Death. 800-year-old graves pinpoint where the Black Death began 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z While the authors acknowledge it is theoretically possible for the bacterium to have originated elsewhere and spread to Central Asia without changing significantly, the evidence suggested this was unlikely, DeWitte said. Black Death’s ancient origins traced to lake in Central Asia 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z He was working with Streptococcus pneumoniae, the bacterium that causes pneumonia. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z What was known as the Black Death — named after black spots that appeared on victims’ bodies — is caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, that is carried by fleas that live on rodents. Where Did the Black Death Begin? DNA Detectives Find a Key Clue. 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z The bacterium seems to “know” when the products of the lac operon genes are needed and when they’re not needed. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z The bacterium jumped from rodents to humans just before the Kyrgyzstan burials, perhaps after sudden changes in rainfall or temperature, the researchers propose this week in Nature. 800-year-old graves pinpoint where the Black Death began 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z But then, more than 1.5 billion years ago, something remarkable happened: One of those primitive cells, belonging to a group known as the archaea, swallowed another, different one — a bacterium. Heated Debate Persists over the Origins of Complex Cells 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The mutant could not infect the bacterium Escherichia coli and neither could viruses with a second insertion of a second DNA nucleotide. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z It is caused by a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae and people tend to catch it by eating food or drinking water contaminated with the bug. Cholera in Mariupol: Ruined city at risk of major cholera outbreak - UK 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z For example, if the bacterium grows in a medium where lactose is the only food source, the genes are transcribed to produce the proteins. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Her son, she learned, had been exposed to Cronobacter sakazakii, a deadly bacterium that is often linked to babies who consume powdered formula and can cause serious brain damage, developmental disabilities and death. Baby Formula Shortage Reveals Gaps in Regulation and Reporting 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Instead of being digested, the bacterium took up permanent residence within the other organism as what biologists call an endosymbiont. Heated Debate Persists over the Origins of Complex Cells 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Some genes from the bacterium E. coli have sequences that are similar to genes found in humans. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Salmonella is a bacterium that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, particularly in children, the elderly or people with compromised immune system. Jif peanut butter recalled after multistate salmonella outbreak 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Normally, heavy metals are lethal to bacteria because they emit ions that disrupt a bacterium’s normal cell functions. Living with Lead Creates Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z But the agency’s inspectors did not swab for the bacterium in or near production areas on this September visit, it confirmed. Baby Formula Shortage Reveals Gaps in Regulation and Reporting 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Deep in a bacterium’s gelatinous matrix dwell little “cellular machines” called retrons, which produce single strands of DNA to detect certain viral infections. Mysterious ‘Retron’ DNA Helps Scientists Edit Human Genes 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z If a nonpathogenic bacterium takes up DNA for a toxin gene from a pathogen and incorporates the new DNA into its own chromosome, it too may become pathogenic. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium that usually attacks the lungs, causing symptoms including coughing, fever, night sweats, chest pain and weight loss. Major tuberculosis outbreak at Stafford Creek prison spurs worries among incarcerated 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z In this way, a resistance gene in a bacterium that does not infect humans can quickly spread to one that does, says Michiel Vos, a microbiologist at the University of Exeter in England. Living with Lead Creates Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z They discovered that the company’s own testing from Feb. 6 through 20 found the bacterium 20 times in the plant, including in critical areas, according to the inspection report. Baby Formula Shortage Reveals Gaps in Regulation and Reporting 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z At just five nanometers across—one 200th the length of a typical bacterium—fluorescent nanoantennas can bind to and interact with proteins on a molecular level. Tiny Antennas Made from DNA Light Up Protein Activity 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z In transduction, bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria, sometimes also move short pieces of chromosomal DNA from one bacterium to another. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Could a membrane of graphene, for example, detect vibrational forces of a single bacterium? Listen to what a single bacterium sounds like 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Dedon envisions a small molecule that could interfere with this process and keep a bacterium’s infection-boosting characteristics or antibiotic resistance genes switched off; another option would be to disrupt polyphosphate’s ability to bind to NAPs. Ancient Molecule Helps Bacteria Untangle Genetic Activity 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “The artificial somatostatin was proving not to be very stable when injected inside a bacterium,” Itakura told the Los Angeles Business Journal last year. Arthur Riggs, who helped develop diabetes treatment, dies at 82 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z This is a bacterium that mostly infects cows, sheep, goats and pigs and is usually transmitted to humans from the milk or meat of an infected animal. Her I.B.S. Was Misery. But What If She Actually Had Something Else? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z A bacterium requires only a particular amino acid as an organic nutrient and lives in a completely lightless environment. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Letters containing spores of a bacterium that causes the disease anthrax were sent to people in the news media and to members of Congress in Washington, D.C. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Scientists have also discovered a bacterium in the hot springs at Yellowstone National Park that allows them to more quickly and easily study DNA. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of similarities between those genes and genes in DNA databases, the researchers say those genes may have come from a bacterium found in the guts of fish that people ate. Your gut harbors genes stolen from sea life 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z The bacterium was unveiled in a preprint posted online last week and it has astounded some researchers who have reviewed its features. Largest bacterium ever discovered has unexpectedly complex cells 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z In patients infected with nonresistant strains of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, antibiotics can relieve symptoms fast—in as short of a time as a few weeks. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z To sidestep the problem, researchers with a company called Living Carbon used a bacterium to insert genes from pumpkin and green algae into poplar trees. To fight climate change, a biotech firm has genetically engineered a very peppy poplar 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “The beauty of the work,” he adds, is that Méric and colleagues made the connection between increased levels of the bacterium and patients undergoing depression. Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Novome Biotechnologies, for example, has endowed a seaweed-digesting bacterium with the ability to degrade dietary oxalate, a compound that can lead to kidney stones. Your gut harbors genes stolen from sea life 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z The oversize bacterium is bigger than fruit flies and nematodes, common lab organisms that he and others sometimes infect with much smaller bacteria for their research. Largest bacterium ever discovered has unexpectedly complex cells 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z When a bacterium is destroyed by phagocytic leukocytes, chemicals called endogenous pyrogens are released into the blood. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z They developed septicaemia from the Bacillus cereus bacterium. ITH Pharma admits supplying contaminated baby feed 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Among the findings: The cell, engineered from a mycoplasma bacterium, uses most of its energy to import essential ions and molecules across its cell membrane. News at a glance: Welcoming STEM students, a silent radar satellite, and China’s gene-edited crops 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z In ongoing clinical trials, people at risk for kidney stones take this modified bacterium as a probiotic and ensure it thrives in the gut by also eating seaweed supplements. Your gut harbors genes stolen from sea life 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z The other, water-filled sac may be the reason the bacterium could grow so big. Largest bacterium ever discovered has unexpectedly complex cells 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Figure 33.8 An APC, such as a macrophage, engulfs and digests a foreign bacterium. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The human immune system is remarkably good at distinguishing between “self” and “nonself,” and when it detects a foreign entity—whether a virus, a strange bacterium or someone else’s internal organ—it mounts an attack. Pig Kidneys Transplanted to Human in Milestone Experiment 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z He told her that blood tests showed evidence of a previous infection with mycoplasma, a bacterium that can affect different parts of the body, including the lungs. ‘I’m going blind. Somebody’s got to help me.’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z If for some reason, they need to get rid of this bacterium, they can simply stop taking the seaweed supplement. Your gut harbors genes stolen from sea life 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Like the microbe found in Namibia, the new mangrove bacterium also has a huge sac—presumably of water—that takes up 73% of its total volume. Largest bacterium ever discovered has unexpectedly complex cells 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z A pathogenic bacterium has been engulfed by a phagocytic cell as part of the innate immune response. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z More ticks carrying the bacterium that causes Lyme disease survived the winter in Nova Scotia than did uninfected ones in a new study of 600 of the arachnids kept outside in small vials. News at a glance: Warmest oceans yet, a pig-to-human heart transplant, and the world’s largest breeding colony of fish 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Just one agent identified in the NTP's latest report received the former, more significant classification: chronic infection from H. pylori, a stomach bacterium found in contaminated drinking water. 8 newly flagged substances that could give you cancer 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Sometimes the pathogen—the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi—invades the brain, nerves, heart, and joints, causing arthritis or permanent nerve damage; about 1.6 million people in the United States have chronic problems that can last years. Lyme-carrying ticks live longer—and could spread farther—thanks to warmer winters 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z The DNA-filled sac, also squished along the inner edge of this bacterium, proved extraordinary as well. Largest bacterium ever discovered has unexpectedly complex cells 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z You come to the conclusion that it is a bacterium and not a eukaryotic cell. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The specific bacterium, called mecC-MRSA, was first found in dairy cattle and it had been assumed that the use of antibiotics on dairy farms had caused it to develop its resistance. Antibiotic-resistant superbug evolved on hedgehogs 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z According to research from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, this cancer-causing bacterium disproportionately impacts nonwhite populations — potentially due to poorer access to clean drinking water. 8 newly flagged substances that could give you cancer 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, the toxin attacks the nerves and even in minute quantities can cause muscle paralysis and death. Alan Scott, researcher who pioneered medical uses of Botox, dies at 89 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z By labeling the DNA with fluorescent tags, Volland determined the bacterium’s genome was so big because there are more than 500,000 copies of the same stretches of DNA. Largest bacterium ever discovered has unexpectedly complex cells 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z This organism shows simple diffusion for the uptake of nutrients and is thus classified as a bacterium. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Researchers have developed a technique that uses the common bacterium Escherichia coli to synthetically produce a muscle protein called titin, which could someday build tough and pliable fibers. Bacterial Builders Churn Out Lengthy Muscle Proteins 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Among the new additions are a bacterium, a flame retardant, and six byproducts from water purification, bringing the total number of listed carcinogens up to 256. 8 newly flagged substances that could give you cancer 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z So imagine there’s some bacterium and it’s in a petri dish and it starts making a colony. We asked a physicist whether The Witcher’s multiverse could really exist 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z “But this bacterium shows this couldn’t be much further from the truth.” Largest bacterium ever discovered has unexpectedly complex cells 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z It is the transformation of a bacterium into a pathogenic form. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z If a plasmid instructs E. coli to build the whole protein at once, the bacterium will avoid the production burden by removing or truncating the plasmid. Bacterial Builders Churn Out Lengthy Muscle Proteins 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The ticks fed poorly, fell off early, and often failed to transmit the Lyme-causing bacterium. A hope for Lyme disease? New vaccine targets ticks 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Golden rice provides nutritional vitamin A thanks to the addition of two genes — one from daffodil and another from a bacterium — to the rice genome. Perspective | If we want to save the natural world, we’re going to have to change it 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z TB is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which usually attacks the lungs. Tuberculosis, like COVID, spreads in aerosols, report finds, upending centuries of conventional wisdom 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z In the 1940s, infections by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus could be treated with penicillin; today populations exist that are completely resistant. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z So the team instead engineered a plasmid that makes E. coli construct shorter protein fragments that are structured to spontaneously link together inside the bacterium. Bacterial Builders Churn Out Lengthy Muscle Proteins 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The disease is caused by a bacterium that often infects the lungs and is highly transmissible when those sickened by it cough or sneeze. Tuberculosis deaths rise for 1st time in years, due to COVID 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The adaptive system creates antibodies, for example, tailored to each virus or bacterium the body encounters. Scientists examine kids’ unique immune systems as more fall victim to COVID 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Researchers have modified a common bacterium to spit out an entire rainbow of dyes for food, clothing, cosmetics, and more. Engineered Bacteria Produce a Rainbow of Colors 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z In particular, human sebaceous glands support the growth of the bacterium Propionibacterium acnes, which uses oil from the glands for food. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The process kills “all the spoilers except the botulism bacterium,” she continues, but botulism “cannot thrive in a pH environment of 4.5 or less.” I found an old-school technique to conquer my jam fears. Then I tried to figure out if it’s safe. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z About one quarter of the world’s population has a latent TB infection, meaning they carry the bacterium, but haven’t become ill and can’t transmit it. Tuberculosis deaths rise for 1st time in years, due to COVID 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z But is the culprit a bacterium, which can be attacked with antibiotics, or a virus, which is harder to target with medication? Virus or Bacterium? Rapid Test Pinpoints Infection’s Cause 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z The Soviets also weaponized and mass-produced a number of dangerous naturally occurring viruses, including the anthrax and smallpox viruses, as well as the plague-causing Yersinia pestis bacterium. Bioweapons research is banned by an international treaty — but nobody is checking for violations 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Describe and apply a mathematical model that can be used to represent the variation of oxygen environments of a bacterium that is being transported with the food along the length of the intestine. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z TDA1, the bacterium consumes around half the plastic to increase its own biomass, with the rest released as carbon dioxide. The fungus and bacteria tackling plastic waste 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Those who harbor the bacterium have a 5 to 10% chance of eventually developing TB. Tuberculosis deaths rise for 1st time in years, due to COVID 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The lesson plan includes diseases that are biotic in nature — caused by a fungus, bacterium or virus. What’s wrong with your tomatoes? And what to do now 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Insect-resistant crops like Bt corn and eggplant, for instance, rely on a gene from a bacterium; neither plant has a gene capable of performing the same function. Learning to Love G.M.O.s 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The first evidence of bacterial communication was observed in a bacterium that has a symbiotic relationship with Hawaiian bobtail squid. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Purcell and his colleagues proved the then-unnamed Xylella was responsible by growing the bacterium from samples taken from plants infected by blue-green sharpshooters, and then directly infecting healthy plants with the lab-grown pathogen. In California, a new strategy to fight grapevine-killing bacteria 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The disease is treatable if caught early, but drug-resistant versions have complicated treatment efforts and scientists are increasingly worried the bacterium will soon outpace available medicines. Tuberculosis deaths rise for 1st time in years, due to COVID 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The microbiologist’s curiosity led to the isolation of a molecule—from a heat-loving bacterium—that is now used in labs across the world to amplify and sequence DNA. Hardy Microbes Hint at Possibilities for Extraterrestrial Life 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The introduction of Bt corn, which contains a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis, a naturally insect-resistant bacterium that organic farmers routinely spray on crops, dropped the crop’s insecticide use by 35 percent. Learning to Love G.M.O.s 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Symptoms of listeriosis, an infection caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, include fever, convulsions, muscle aches and gastrointestinal issues, according to the USDA. Tyson Foods Recalls 8.5 Million Pounds of Frozen Chicken 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Scientists began hunting for such enzymes in earnest in 2016, after Japanese researchers analyzing mud near a plastic recycling factory found a bacterium with an unusual appetite for plastic. Could plastic-eating microbes take a bite out of the recycling problem? 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z They were surprised to find one hunter-gatherer - a man in his twenties - was infected with an ancient strain of plague, caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. 5,000-year-old man was 'oldest plague victim' 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. CDC investigating TB cases linked to tainted bone repair product used in more than 100 patients 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z A primitive bacterium was engulfed by our oldest ancestor — a solo, free-floating cell. Could Mitochondria Be the Key to a Healthy Brain? 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Ticks carrying the bacterium responsible for Lyme disease are infesting Northern California’s birds and may be hitching rides on them into suburban settings, according to a new UC Berkeley study. Ticks on a 'quest' for blood at California's beaches. Is Lyme disease a rising risk? 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z The report said more than 25% of blacklegged tick nymphs tested were carrying the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. UMaine looking for forest owners to help with tick survey 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Humans usually get plague after being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an animal infected with plague. 5,000-year-old man was 'oldest plague victim' 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z For example, a bacterium linked to the beneficial effects of breast feeding, Bifidobacterium longum, was associated with less improvement in the children in the study. Food supplements that alter gut bacteria could ‘cure’ malnutrition 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z It’s “quite an extraordinary organism, really,” Dr. O’Brien said of the bacterium, “and a formidable foe.” A Terrifying Disease Stalks Seaside Australia: Flesh-Eating Ulcers 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z They started with Mycoplasma microbes, parasites that are already pretty minimal—one variety gets by with 525 genes, compared with the roughly 4000 of the common intestinal bacterium Escherichia coli. Scientists coax cells with the world’s smallest genomes to reproduce normally 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z The review says that although disease progress was a major factor it judged that GNE bacterium was a "significant factor" in the cause of death. Infections linked to Glasgow child cancer hospital deaths 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z It stunted plants and covered their leaves with spots, but scientists could not pin the cause on any type of bacterium or fungus. Opinion | The Secret Life of a Coronavirus 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z One drug that may be effective is omeprazole, the ingredient in Prilosec, which reduces stomach acid — an environment in which the bacterium thrives. A Mysterious, Lethal Chimp Disease Is Linked to a Human Illness 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Raccoons harbor rabies; rodents across the American West harbor the bacterium that causes plague. Wisconsin’s mink farming industry now seen at risk of COVID 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Diagnostic sequencing and statistical analyses confirmed that the bacterium was not present in any of the healthy chimps, suggesting a link to ENGS. Pathogen Discovered That Kills Endangered Chimps; Is It a Threat to Humans? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The bacterium was said to be "implicated" in the death. Infections linked to Glasgow child cancer hospital deaths 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z In Nature Communications today, they report that a new species of clover-shaped bacterium infected tissue samples from 13 chimps that died, but not samples from 14 healthy chimps. A mysterious disease is killing chimps in West Africa. Scientists may now know the culprit 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The new bacterium, or others like it, may be more widespread than scientists have realized, Dr. Goldberg said. A Mysterious, Lethal Chimp Disease Is Linked to a Human Illness 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Subsequent work showed the bacterium was attacking other Taï forest mammals, too, including monkeys, mongooses, and porcupines. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Rheumatic fever, a potentially deadly autoimmune inflammation of the heart and brain, is caused by a strain of the same streptococcus bacterium that we know from “strep” throat. What If You Never Get Better From Covid-19? 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z A bacterium is also a cell, with similar attributes, though much simpler. How viruses shape our world 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Further studies of the DNA from the new species of bacterium show it has genes that make it more virulent than S. ventriculi. A mysterious disease is killing chimps in West Africa. Scientists may now know the culprit 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The illnesses and deaths in humans and animals attributed to Sarcina ventriculi may actually be caused by the new bacterium, or similar species. A Mysterious, Lethal Chimp Disease Is Linked to a Human Illness 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z It later became clear, however, that the cause was not the usual anthrax bacterium, but an unusual variant of Bacillus cereus, a soil bacterium that is usually benign. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z A form of autoimmune arthritis can erupt in human knees and other joints after infection by the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi. What If You Never Get Better From Covid-19? 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z For a time a virus was defined mainly by its size—a thing much smaller than a bacterium but that, like bacteria, could cause disease. How viruses shape our world 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z One possibility is that the bacterium is ubiquitous, but something in the environment at the sanctuary or in the apes’ physiology is triggering disease. A mysterious disease is killing chimps in West Africa. Scientists may now know the culprit 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The bacterium is not contagious, and it is not about to cause widespread harm. A Mysterious, Lethal Chimp Disease Is Linked to a Human Illness 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z For example, vaccines against Bordetella pertussis, the primary bacterium that causes whooping cough, or pertussis, do a great job of preventing illness but do not entirely clear the pathogen. Vaccines Need Not Completely Stop COVID Transmission to Curb the Pandemic 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Among those samples, DNA from Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, was found in two ancient Siberians, the researchers report in this month’s Science Advances. Plague may have caused die-offs of ancient Siberians 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z It uses a purified protein from Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes the disease. Endangered ferrets get experimental COVID-19 in Colorado 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Owens is applying for grants to try to identify the source of the bacterium by testing samples of water, air, food, and vegetation she and Goldberg gathered at the sanctuary in 2019. A mysterious disease is killing chimps in West Africa. Scientists may now know the culprit 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Owens tried growing the bacterium in culture, sending it to other labs for sequencing, looking for it in tissue samples. A Mysterious, Lethal Chimp Disease Is Linked to a Human Illness 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Spying was like a bacterium in the soil, a strand in the DNA of a place that had been fought over since before humans were able to record history. My Christmas among the spies. In the Holy Land. In 1974 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z It’s unclear how the plague bacterium first reached Siberia or whether it caused widespread infections and death, Gotherstrom says. Plague may have caused die-offs of ancient Siberians 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z When some phages infect a bacterium, they integrate their genome into the bacterium's genome. Viruses Can Help Us as Well as Harm Us 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z When this bacterium breathes air, it eventually transfers electrons to oxygen atoms. Metal-Breathing Bacteria Synthesize High-Tech Material 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Almost impossible to grow in the lab, the bacterium finally proliferated in a smear of brain tissue. A Mysterious, Lethal Chimp Disease Is Linked to a Human Illness 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Koch and his fellow contagionists maintained that the bacterium was spread through the water. The COVID Science Wars 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z In the 1980s, researchers studying a soil bacterium were puzzled to find many copies of short sequences of single-stranded DNA littering the cells. Microbes’ mystery DNA helps defeat viruses—and has genome-editing potential 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z This is probably a survival strategy; when the host bacterium divides, creating a copy of its genome, it copies the phage genome as well. Viruses Can Help Us as Well as Harm Us 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z That could be an animal the chimpanzees hunt, for instance, or the leprosy bacterium might even live in the environment. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Together, they recreated the bacterium's genetic scissors in a test tube. Two women share chemistry Nobel in historic win 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z The pathogen was small enough to slip through filters, suggesting it was a tiny virus rather than a bacterium. Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for work on hepatitis C 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z The researchers concluded that the retron somehow “guards” another molecular complex that is the bacterium’s first line of antiviral defense. Microbes’ mystery DNA helps defeat viruses—and has genome-editing potential 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, best known for causing pneumonia, triggers a number of illnesses. Viruses Can Help Us as Well as Harm Us 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z In Guinea-Bissau, researchers collecting fecal samples also got lucky: One sample contained enough bacterium to sequence its full genome, which was another rare genotype called 4N/O. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The scientists found that this bacterium could break down PET. ‘Super-Enzyme’ Speeds Up Breakdown of Plastic, Researchers Say 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z That person’s antibodies would react to viral proteins, allowing the scientist to determine which bacterium was carrying the virus’s RNA. Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for work on hepatitis C 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z The linked super-enzyme would be impossible for a bacterium to create, as the molecule would be too large. New super-enzyme eats plastic bottles six times faster 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Scientists think it controls the prevalence of a common gut bacterium called Bacteroides. Viruses Can Help Us as Well as Harm Us 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z She has long suspected the leprosy bacterium may thrive in another reservoir, in part because of the leprosy genome’s small size and other quirks. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z A connection to colorectal cancer was first hinted at about nine years ago, when two research groups discovered that the bacterium's DNA was overrepresented in colon tumor tissue compared with normal tissue. Deadly Spread of Some Cancers May Be Driven by a Common Mouth Microbe 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z This NAD+ destruction halted cell growth in the bacterium Escherichia coli. Bacteria sting viral invaders 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z In 13 cases, severe infection directly caused by a pathogenic bacterium, Streptococcus iniae, was observed. Israel fish deaths linked to rapid warming of seas 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Legionella, the bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease, a type of pneumonia, offers a critical case in point. ‘We’ve always known ours was contaminated’: the trouble with America’s water 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z That signature appears to date back millions of years, to a time before humans, suggesting the bacterium had another host before we evolved. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z A second paper reported that the bacterium induces changes in gene regulation that boost metastasis to the lungs in mice. Deadly Spread of Some Cancers May Be Driven by a Common Mouth Microbe 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium carried by infected deer ticks. Dry summer brings blessed relief from biting insects 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Lyme disease is "caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and rarely, Borrelia mayonii. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks," according to the CDC. Amy Schumer reveals Lyme disease diagnosis: 'I have maybe had it for years' 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Before then, Dr. Williams said, “it was not known that a bacterium would prey on other bacteria in this fashion.” How Bacteria-Eating Bacteria Could Help Win the War Against Germs 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z It is an aquatic bacterium distributed in the environment. First female NSF director on discrimination and COVID-19 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z For instance, Mr. Gavrilides’s policy states that the insurer “will not pay for loss or damage caused by or resulting from any virus, bacterium, illness or disease.” Businesses Thought They Were Covered for the Pandemic. Insurers Say No. 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z In cystic fibrosis, arguably the most important bacterium is Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which contributes to many of the most serious infections in people with the disease. The gender gap in cystic fibrosis 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Humans typically get plague after being bitten by an infected flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an animal infected with plague. Case of human plague identified in northeastern Arizona 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The virus was discovered in the 1890s, when researchers were attempting to isolate the pathogen that was harming the plants, and found that it was too small to be a bacterium. Rosalind Franklin was so much more than the ‘wronged heroine’ of DNA 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Rowan said it’s unclear how the fish were infected but the strain of the bacterium matches that found in the Columbia River in Washington state. California kills 3.2 million trout to halt bacteria outbreak 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Only one result was positive — the test for a distant cousin of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme. She Tested Negative for Lyme Disease. So What Was Wrong? 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z A total of eight premature infants at Geisinger tested positive for the Pseudomonas bacterium between July 1 and Sept. 29, 2019, according to an earlier health department report. Hospital settles suit over infection that killed preemies 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The flesh-eating bacterium that causes it seems to have no single mode of transmission. Daily briefing: Huge data set reveals COVID-19’s unequal toll in the United States 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z While occasional cases are still reported among hunters encountering fleas carrying the bacterium, it is unknown how the man became infected. China reports suspected case of bubonic plague in Inner Mongolia 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z One possibility is that migrating birds visiting the California hatcheries brought the bacterium in their feces but investigators are still working on the cause, Rowan said. California kills 3.2 million trout to halt bacteria outbreak 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z In one bacterium found only in El Churince, a system of lagoons and pozas on the western part of the basin, researchers sequenced the smallest genome ever found in its genus, Bacillus. Pools in the Mexican desert are a window into Earth’s early life 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z After multiplying inside a bacterium, phages use lysins to break through the cell wall of their host, instantly killing it. The Virtuous Side of Viruses 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z They saw a segmented structure about the size of a single bacterium. We may have found life on Mars 24 years ago 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z The posts falsely claim that coronavirus is not a virus but a bacterium causing deadly blood clots. Contact-tracing app rumours debunked 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z For Private Cable, it was Shigella flexneri, the bacterium that causes dysentery. A Living Library Filled With Killer Bacteria 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z About 23% of the world’s population, or about 1.7 billion people, are infected with the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, according to the World Health Organization. KKR, Ambersand Capital in joint bid for Oxford Immunotec: sources 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Their voracious appetite for seeds limited population growth of other seed-eating species, including white-footed mice — the natural reservoir for the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Mass Extinctions Are Accelerating, Scientists Report 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, in an early repurposing experiment, he tested the effect of hydroxychloroquine on a frequently fatal condition known as Q fever, which is caused by an intracellular bacterium. He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z As a result, while discussing the remarkable diversity of creatures dwelling on and in our bodies, he can tell you that his own bellybutton harbors a bacterium, Marimonas, also found in the Mariana Trench. Will the Nature-Nurture Debate Ever End? 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z Only 2 percent of the bacterium’s genome had changed over the century, but those changes were associated with higher virulence, immune evasion and greater antimicrobial resistance. A Living Library Filled With Killer Bacteria 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z They then insert the construct into living cells, often the bacterium Escherichia coli, using the cells’ own machinery to churn out the desired protein. The sprint to solve coronavirus protein structures — and disarm them with drugs 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Another hypothesis is that the bacterium evolved to be less deadly. How Pandemics End 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z He began treating Q fever with a combination of hydroxychloroquine and doxycycline and later used the same drugs for Whipple’s disease, another fatal condition caused by an intracellular bacterium. He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Other vaccines, such as polio, use inactivated or weakened versions of the whole virus or bacterium. Our immune systems weaken with age. Researchers want to solve that. 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z “Evolutionarily, it’s quite an amazing bacterium,” Dr. Alexander said. A Living Library Filled With Killer Bacteria 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z In nature, the microbe adds genes that force the host to make bacterial food; geneticists had hacked the bacterium so that it would insert any gene a scientist wanted. Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Six months earlier, she nearly lost her kidney to a particularly aggressive bacterium. Her M.R.I. Came Back Normal After a Seizure. Could It Be Covid-19? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Another individual was infected with the bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue that causes yaws, a chronic infection of skin, bone and cartilage. 16th-century African skeletons discovered in Mexico City shed new light on early colonial slave trade 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z One of the main concerns is Legionella, a genus of bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease. As lockdowns lift, new hazards lurk in the water 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Perhaps most significant, Delta 32 seems not to protect against plague bacterium, at least in mice. What can the 'plague village' of Eyam teach us? 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The team abandoned that approach and turned to a bacterium that long ago evolved a way to snip other organisms’ DNA and insert its genes. Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Xyllela is a bacterium that has caused significant damage to olive trees in Italy over the past seven years. UK restricts olive tree imports to halt infection 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Salmonella is a pathogenic bacterium that is a frequent cause of food-borne illness. Gut pain sensors help to combat infection 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z The researchers analysed to what extent the climatic conditions in each of the three countries was suitable for the spread of Xylella fastidiosa, the bacterium that causes olive quick decline syndrome. Olive oil industry under increasing threat from 'olive leprosy' 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Spread by insects, the bacterium now poses a potential threat to olive plantations in Spain and Greece. Deadly olive tree disease 'could costs billions' 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z In general, microscopy offers researchers a chance to see how a pathogen - whether it be a virus or bacterium - interacts with a human cell. Montana lab researchers reveal ‘invisible enemy’ 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Natural infection with Clostridium tetani, the bacterium that causes tetanus, on the other hand, offers no protection—and even people getting vaccinated for it require regular booster shots. What Immunity to COVID-19 Really Means 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z “Business income loss from a virus, bacterium or other micro-organism is generally not covered,” said Patrick Shea, co-founder of Tower Program Insurance in Austin, Texas. Proposal threatens to saddle insurance industry with massive coronavirus losses 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z When the body first encounters a virus or a bacterium, the immune system ramps up and begins to fight the invader. The Coronavirus Patients Betrayed by Their Own Immune Systems 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The authors say that while their analysis looks at economics, there are also potentially large touristic and cultural losses caused by the bacterium that can't be ignored. Deadly olive tree disease 'could costs billions' 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The bacterium, which was found at a waste site where plastic had been dumped, is the first that is known to attack polyurethane. Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z I’d have tried to wangle my way into the lab designated containment level 3, the highest-but-one level of biosafety security, where Heeney’s biologists investigate pathogens such as the West Nile virus or the tuberculosis bacterium. 'It’s a razor’s edge we’re walking': inside the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Writing in Nature, Pleguezuelos-Manzano et al.1 report evidence that strengthens a previously suspected connection to a type of gut bacterium. A mutational signature that can be made by a bacterium arises in human colon cancer 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Listeria is an infection that’s typically caused by eating food contaminated with the Listeria monocytogenes bacterium. Californian among 4 dead from listeria outbreak linked to mushrooms 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z “I didn’t want to study one protein in one bacterium for my entire life,” he says. Behind the scenes in the biosafety office 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z A bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic has been discovered by scientists. Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z This would be very useful in the case of bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which causes a range of diseases in different plant species, like Pierce's disease of grapevines, citrus variegated chlorosis, and olive quick decline syndrome. To fight agricultural pests, scientists try spray-on plant vaccines 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z The bacterium is a type of E. coli infection, present in up to one in five people, scientists believe. E. coli gut infection linked to bowel cancer 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z A set of genes in the bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron transforms the chemical that gives brassicas their distinctive flavour into compounds called isothiocyanates, which have protective effects against certain cancers. Daily briefing: Retreating glacier reveals uncharted island in Antarctica 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z One of the institution’s specialities is respiratory diseases, and many researchers work closely with the tuberculosis bacterium. Behind the scenes in the biosafety office 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The researchers trained its neural network to spot molecules that inhibit the growth of the bacterium Escherichia coli, using a collection of 2,335 molecules for which the antibacterial activity was known. Powerful antibiotics discovered using AI 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z The microbes synthesize an antibacterial compound effective against Staphylococcus aureus, a dangerous infectious bacterium. From 'living' cement to medicine-delivering biofilms, biologists remake the material world 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z A common type of gut bacterium may increase a person's chance of developing bowel cancer, according to a study published in the journal Nature. E. coli gut infection linked to bowel cancer 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Anthrax is a disease caused a by bacterium, known as Bacillus anthracis, which releases a toxin that causes the skin to break down and forms ulcers, and triggers pneumonia and muscle and chest pain. Anthrax vs. cancer — researchers harness the deadly toxin to cure dogs and hopefully people 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Researchers genetically modified Snodgrassella alvi, a bacterium that lives happily in the bees’ gut, to produce a specific type of RNA. Daily briefing: Genetically engineered gut microbes can protect honey bees 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Now, researchers are tapping an unusual ally in the fight to bring the bees back: a bacterium that lives solely in their guts. Mite-destroying gut bacterium might help save vulnerable honey bees 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Twenty-one years later, Marshall and his mentor Robin Warren won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery linking the bacterium to chronic inflammation, peptic ulcers and stomach ailments such as cancer. Fighting cancer with microbes 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z And there are signs that the bacterium might be responsible for the variation in how people respond to the rheumatoid-arthritis drug methotrexate. The complex relationship between drugs and the microbiome 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The probiotic bacterium then produces an antimicrobial molecule in response. Therapeutic microbes to tackle disease 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The bacterium proved impervious to antibiotics, ultimately killing 52 of the patients. Scientists Solve a Deadly TB Mystery 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Next, he fed the bacterium to groups of up to 20 bees before exposing them to the mites or the virus. Mite-destroying gut bacterium might help save vulnerable honey bees 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z A toxin produced by a strain of gut bacterium called Bacteroides fragilis, a cause of diarrhoeal disease in young children, was implicated in the development of bowel cancer in 2009. Fighting cancer with microbes 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Like so many visitors to Galveston, the bubonic v bacterium Yersinia pestis, likely entered through the port, where ships from around the world carried not only goods but rats, Summerly said. Galveston marks 100 years since deadly plague outbreak 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z This means all the physiological stress of making a drug or a vitamin would not be placed on just one bacterium. Therapeutic microbes to tackle disease 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The toxin produced by the bacterium that causes diphtheria, Cornybacterium diphteriae, kills cells and leads to the build up of dead tissue in the respiratory tract that forms a dense, gray layer. Scientists find way to make diphtheria treatment without injecting horses with toxin 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The modified gut bacterium persists in the honey bee’s gut for at least the length of the experiments—15 days—providing a steady supply of antimite and antiviral RNA. Mite-destroying gut bacterium might help save vulnerable honey bees 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Based on a painstaking laboratory study of Prometheoarchaeum and observations of its symbiotic - mutually beneficial - relationship with a companion bacterium, the researchers offered an explanation. Deep-sea microbe sheds light on primordial evolutionary milestone 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z However, the nature of the ancestral cell that engulfed this bacterium is unclear. Meet the relatives of our cellular ancestor 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Any modification that imposes an extra burden — say, extra protein production — on a bacterium puts it at a disadvantage, resulting in that organism either being out-competed or ditching its engineered function to survive. Therapeutic microbes to tackle disease 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z From a single cell bacterium, to mushrooms and plants, to you—every living thing on this planet relies on this tiny molecule for cellular communication. Glutamate Built the Brain—Can It Treat It Too? 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z But the risks of injecting a live bacterium directly into the bloodstream — as opposed to injecting it into the skin — need to be better understood. The trick that could inject new life into an old tuberculosis vaccine 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z A total of eight premature infants at Geisinger tested positive for the Pseudomonas bacterium between July 1 and Sept. 29, according to the health department’s report. Regulator cites failures at hospital where 3 preemies died 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Interestingly, albeit for different reasons, both syntrophy and membranes were crucial aspects in an engineered synthetic relationship in which an Escherichia coli bacterium was maintained inside a yeast cell for more than 120 days16. Meet the relatives of our cellular ancestor 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Some interactions are metabolic — one bacterium might produce something that another consumes, for instance. Therapeutic microbes to tackle disease 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z It is widely accepted that an effective vaccine against the bacterium responsible, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, would be the most practical way to control the disease. Tuberculosis vaccine finds an improved route 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z An article in Lancet Infectious Diseases found that about 57 percent of infections in India with Klebsiella pneumoniae, a common bacterium, were carbapenem-resistant. The Ganges Brims With Dangerous Bacteria 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Researchers have entirely replaced the genetic code of much simpler organisms before — for example, the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides — but doing this in yeast cells is much more challenging because of their complexity. The science events to watch for in 2020 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Outbreaks of brucellosis, caused by the bacterium Brucella, often occur in farm animals.Credit: Chinese institutes investigate pathogen outbreaks in lab workers 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Further tests revealed her blood was infected with Streptococcus canis, a bacterium found in dogs and other animals that can be passed to humans. Puppy lick likely caused woman’s dangerous skin infection, report finds 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z At present, if it's known that a pregnant woman is carrying the GBS bacterium, she will be offered an antibiotic drip during labour, which usually prevents the baby developing an infection. ‘A common bug could have killed my baby’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The Justinianic outbreak was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which scholars believe originated in Central Asia, and primarily afflicted the Eastern Roman Empire. Ancient bubonic plague outbreak might have been exaggerated, study shows 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z The blight — caused by the bacterium erwinia amylovora — is native to the United States and predates the introduction of apple trees to North America. Fire Blight Spreads Northward, Threatening Apple Orchards 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The bacterium is also easily transmitted in aerosols. Chinese institutes investigate pathogen outbreaks in lab workers 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Though cellulitis is not typically caused by this bacterium, reports Live Science, the woman told the doctors that she owned puppies that “frequently” licked her feet. Puppy lick likely caused woman’s dangerous skin infection, report finds 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The method of testing for an infection is to take a small sample of blood and to attempt to grow a culture of the bacterium, he points out. ‘A common bug could have killed my baby’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z But the bacterium prefers to grow on sugars such as glucose — and instead of consuming CO2, it emits the gas as waste. E. coli bacteria engineered to eat carbon dioxide 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Unusual spikes in temperature and more wet weather form ideal conditions for the bacterium. Fire Blight Spreads Northward, Threatening Apple Orchards 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z To do so, they re-engineered two essential parts of the bacterium’s metabolism: how it gets energy and what source of carbon it uses to grow. This microbe no longer needs to eat food to grow, thanks to a bit of genetic engineering 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z For instance, the vaccine against the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae, which can cause meningitis and sepsis, generates a poor immune response in babies under 2 months. Tailoring vaccines for older people and the very young 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The team then tweaked its structure so that it could generate immunity to multiple strains of the bacterium. Research round-up: Vaccines 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Instead, Milo’s team inserted a gene that lets the bacterium glean energy from an organic molecule called formate. E. coli bacteria engineered to eat carbon dioxide 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Maybe, he told Multop, a fungus or unusual bacterium was causing infections that didn’t respond to antibiotics. Her lungs seemed to be a mess. But the problem that nearly killed her lay elsewhere. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z On the energy side, the researchers couldn’t give the bacterium the ability to carry out photosynthesis, because the process is too complex. This microbe no longer needs to eat food to grow, thanks to a bit of genetic engineering 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The group is now developing a vaccine against the bacterium Bordetella pertussis — the cause of whooping cough — with a TLR8-activating adjuvant. Tailoring vaccines for older people and the very young 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z However, because the vaccine is based on an engineered protein rather than a live attenuated version of the bacterium, it could prove expensive to produce. Research round-up: Vaccines 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Even with these additions, the bacterium refused to swap its sugar meals for CO2. E. coli bacteria engineered to eat carbon dioxide 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Many species of insects are naturally infected by the bacterium, including the tiny fruit flies dancing around your kitchen. Bacterial allies make dengue fever cases dive 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The researchers also deleted several enzymes the bacterium normally uses for metabolism, forcing it to depend on the new diet to grow. This microbe no longer needs to eat food to grow, thanks to a bit of genetic engineering 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z This protects the bacterium from repeated infection by the same viruses. Researchers use CRISPR to eliminate HIV in mice, DNA and all 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Botulism is caused by a nerve toxin produced by a bacterium. New Mexico sees 3rd suspected case of botulism in 2019 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z To show a proof of principle, UT graduate student Sean Leonard recently engineered a bacterium from the bee gut to produce RNA that increases production of dopamine, a key neurotransmitter. A love of insects and their microbial partners helped this biologist reveal secrets of symbiosis 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z That isn’t concrete proof that the disease is caused by this bacterium. Microbial clues to a liver disease 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z The plague is usually contracted after being bitten by a rodent flea carrying the Yersinia pestis bacterium or by handling an infected animal, according to the CDC. 2 patients diagnosed in China with pneumonic plague 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Ninety percent of the state’s groves are infected by a bacterium called huang long bing, which, like oranges, originated in China. The end of Florida orange juice? A lethal disease is devastating the state’s citrus industry. 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Infection control specialists used DNA testing to trace the Pseudomonas bacterium to equipment used to measure and administer donor breast milk. Bacteria that killed 3 infants traced to hospital equipment 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z It will be exciting to see whether other examples of this toxin are found across the bacterial domain, or perhaps even in bacterium–host interactions. Toxin discovery reveals fresh ammunition for bacterial warfare 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The phage then plunges a kind of syringe through the wall and injects its own genetic material, which co-opts the bacterium into making more phage copies. Phage Therapy Could Beat Drug-Resistant Illnesses 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Now researchers are harnessing Crispr to turn a bacterium’s machinery against itself, or against viruses that infect human cells. Is Crispr the Next Antibiotic? 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Growers are spending $663 more per acre than they did the year before the discovery of the bacterium, a 54 percent increase. The end of Florida orange juice? A lethal disease is devastating the state’s citrus industry. 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z The disease thrives in people who live in crowded conditions, inhaling one another’s germs, and the bacterium dies quickly in sunlight. New TB Vaccine Could Save Millions of Lives, Study Suggests 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z He was the third premature infant to die from an infection caused by the Pseudomonas bacterium, and the eighth to be infected. Suit: Hospital mishandled infection that killed 3 babies 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z He was taking massive daily doses of antibiotics to try to fight his invading pathogen, the tenacious bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Phage Therapy Could Beat Drug-Resistant Illnesses 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z When a virus attacks, the bacterium stores small chunks of the viral genome within its own DNA. Is Crispr the Next Antibiotic? 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Bezos froze, as if worried that the smallest bacterium of controversy might prove contagious. Is Amazon Unstoppable? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Dr. Schaffner said infections from Staphylococcus bacterium, commonly known as staph, were more common than Pseudomonas in intensive care units. 3 Babies Die at a Pennsylvania Hospital After Bacterial Infections 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z |
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