In a study published in Nature Biotechnology, scientists discover that based on the genome analysis of Tricoderma reesei, the fungus has the genes required to break down plant cell walls, to simple...
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Scientists have engineered a cyanobacteria to produce sugars which may be used as raw material for ethanol and designer fuels production. Nobles made the new cyanobacteria (also known as blue-green...
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Researchers have demonstrated that a water treatment system using microorganisms called membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) is effective in eliminating the common contaminant chlorinated solvent...
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By growing them together with a strain of Steptomyces, scientists were able to trigger anitbiotic production in Rhodococcus, a soil bacteria that does not normally produce antibiotics but whose genome...
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What: Natural Products Discovery & Production II: Celebrating Successes of Traditional and Novel Cultures When: June 22-26, 2008 Where: Hilton Whistler Resort, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada...
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Preliminary data indicates that scientists may have identified a new approach that may be effective in reducing the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus, the bacterium responsible for most staph...
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Preliminary data indicates that Sirolimus (trade name: Rapamune), a macrolide compoundisolated from the bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus in a soil sample collected from Easter Island, may have...
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced the official launch of the Human Microbiome Project, the collective genomes of all microorganisms present in or on the human body. Part of the...
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Cornell researchers have developed a drug candidate against potential bioterror agents, Hendra and Nipah viruses. The compound is a peptide (protein) related to a parainfluenza virus that appeared to...
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Researchers have discovered that the bacteria Shewanella can produce semiconducting nanotubes that may be useful in the creation of a new generation of nanoelectronic devices. This is the first report...
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An aerosol preparation of live <span style=" />Haemophilus influenzae delivered to the lungs of mice has been found set off a healthy immune response and provided powerful protection...
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Filed in archive Microbiology
by ruth on September 20, 2007
Researchers from the University at Buffalo have filed several patents related to genetically engineering microorganisms, such as E. coli, into tiny "cellular factories" to produce...
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Researchers have discovered that morphological changes in an aquatic microbe may be used as a biosensor to determine levels of toxic heavy metals and metal-like substances in air or water. Andrew...
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Filed in archive Microbiology
by ruth on August 30, 2007
Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, and the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) announced today publication of the...
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Filed in archive Microbiology
by ruth on August 08, 2007
Cornell University scientists have discovered that a novel group of E. coli bacteria - containing genes similar to those described in uropathogenic and avian pathogenic E. coli and enteropathogenic...
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Austrian researchers have developed a miniaturized, flexible fiber tips for allowing the laser to be used in endodontic (root canal) treatment. Such high-tech dental lasers which were mainly used to...
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As presented recently by Dutch researchers at the Cereals & Europe meeting in Montpellier, France; the novel alpha-glucan produced by the bacteria Lactobacillus reuteri - Reuteran- may already be...
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In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers have shown that bacteria may be used to deliver "smart nanoparticles" into a cell to precisely position sensors, drugs or DNA for...
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CABI's fungal collection will be screened by the University of Strathclyde for potential lead compounds against MRSA, cancers and other diseases. CABI houses one of the world's largest...
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