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Researchers Identify Universal Microbes in Animal Decomposition Process

For the first time, researchers have identified what appears to be a network of approximately 20 microbes that universally drive the decomposition of animal flesh.

13 Feb 2024

Quorum Bio: Where Synthetic Biology Meets Sustainable Farming

We speak with Sudharsan Dwaraknath, CEO of Quorum Bio, a synthetic biology startup developing sustainable agricultural technologies.

From Quorum Bio 12 Feb 2024

Penn State Professor Receives NIH Grant to Study How Microbial Communities Impact Human Health

The bacteria and microorganisms that live within the human body -; the microbiota -; can impact human health, disease risk and even how the body absorbs medications, but the details of these processes are unclear.

6 Feb 2024

Exploring the Potential of Gut-Derived Nisin-Like Lantibiotics

A common preservative used to kill pathogens in food has been found to also affect beneficial bacteria, endangering the balance of beneficial bacteria in the gut microbiome.

5 Feb 2024

New Model Predicts How Soil Microbes Impact Climate

Climate models are essential to predicting and addressing climate change, but can fail to adequately represent soil microbes, a critical player in ecosystem soil carbon sequestration that affects the global carbon cycle.

5 Feb 2024

Gut Bacteria Shape Our Defense Against Respiratory Viral Infections

The composition of microbiota found in the gut influences how susceptible mice are to respiratory virus infections and the severity of these infections, according to researchers from the Center for Translational Antiviral Research in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

31 Jan 2024

QIAGEN Announces Partnership With Penn State University to Advance Microbiome Sciences

QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced a first-in-kind collaboration with Penn State University in the United States to create a shared research and education facility for the fast-developing microbiome sciences.

From Qiagen 27 Jan 2024

New Method Labels Viruses for Efficient Tracking and Tailoring

At the grocery store, barcodes make it quick and simple to identify products and frequently contain important details like quantity, location, and tracking.

22 Jan 2024

Domestication Drives Convergent Plant-Microbial Partnerships Across Continents

The communities of microorganisms connected to plants can change as a result of human domestication of crops, according to recent research headed by the University of Oxford.

17 Jan 2024

Genetic Analysis Unlocks Secrets of Previously Unknown Bacteria

Unknown germs are a common occurrence in hospitals. Researchers at the University of Basel have spent many years collecting and analyzing them.

12 Jan 2024

Understanding Thermal Stress Response in Corals Species

For the first time, scientists have identified a single-celled microbe that can protect corals from ocean warming-related events like bleaching.

12 Jan 2024

Boosting Post-Transplant Survival: Tailoring Gut Microbiome to Fight GvHD

After stem cell transplantation, the donated immune cells sometimes attack the patients' bodies. This is known as graft versus host disease or GvHD.

9 Jan 2024

Swiss Scientists Unearth 35 New Bacteria Species in Hospital Samples

Unknown germs are a common occurrence in hospitals. Researchers at the University of Basel have spent many years collecting and analyzing them.

9 Jan 2024

Mycorrhizal Interactions Influences Global Forest Diversity Patterns and Structure

Recent research published in Nature Communications Biology adds to the increasing understanding of the disproportionate impact that microbes have on everything from crop yields to human digestion: Global forest diversity appears to be influenced by microbes in the soil, in this case, fungi.

8 Jan 2024

Engineering Plants to Fight Disease with Friendly Bacteria

For the first time, scientists have modified the plant microbiome to increase the amount of “good” bacteria that shield the plant from harm.

8 Jan 2024

Unlocking the Gut's Metabolic Secrets

The variety of enzymes that microbes employ to make energy in the low-oxygen environment of the gut is highlighted by a survey of bacterial genomes.

8 Jan 2024

mEnrich-seq: A High-Specificity Bacterial Enrichment Technique for Microbiome Research

In a landmark study recently published in the journal Nature Methods, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have unveiled mEnrich-seq-;an innovative method designed to substantially enhance the specificity and efficiency of research into microbiomes, the complex communities of microorganisms that inhabit the human body.

5 Jan 2024

B12-Producing Gut Bacteria Modulate Neurotransmitter Levels and Reduce Seizures in C. elegans

A new study published in Nature Cell Biology by Mark Alkema, PhD, professor of neurobiology, establishes an important molecular link between specific B12-producing bacteria in the gut of the roundworm C. elegans and the production of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter important to memory and cognitive function.

5 Jan 2024

Researchers Discover How Microbes Enhance Fruit Fly Reproduction

For many of us, when we think of microbiomes, our first thoughts are probably about the beneficial microorganisms that live in our guts.

26 Dec 2023

New Insights Into the Microbiome's Influence on Kidney Stone Risk

A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University published in the journal Microbiome has found changes in the microbiome in multiple locations in the body are linked to the formation of kidney stones.

21 Dec 2023