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Mixotrophic Microbes Create Carbon Tipping Points Under Warming

A climate feedback loop that can expedite climate change has been determined by scientists studying a group of extensive but often neglected microbes. However, it is not all bad news: this one shows an early warning signal.

2 Jun 2023

Evaluating the Impacts of Environmental Change on Mixotrophic Dynamics and Carbon Flux

New research finds that a warming climate could flip globally abundant microbial communities from carbon sinks to carbon emitters, potentially triggering climate change tipping points. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society journal Functional Ecology.

2 Jun 2023

Study Offers New Perspective on the Understanding of Fungal Symbionts

Symbiotic and pathogenic fungi that interact with plants are distantly related and don't share many genetic similarities.

2 Jun 2023

Two Bacteria Species Capable of Collapsing Stubborn Class of "Forever Chemicals" Discovered

Chemical and environmental engineering researchers from the University of California, Riverside, have determined two species of bacteria discovered in soil, which collapse a class of stubborn “forever chemicals.” This gives belief in affordable biological clean-up of industrial pollutants.

31 May 2023

Study Finds Insects Heavily Rely on Bacteria for Essential Nutrients

According to a new study performed at Lund University in Sweden, for insects, there is a huge dependence on bacteria for essential nutrients that are lacking in their diet.

30 May 2023

IgA Described as "Tuner" in Microbe Interaction Regulation

Throughout the world, IgA deficiency is considered to be the most common primary immune deficiency, but its presentation has continued to confuse researchers and physicians.

29 May 2023

Salmonella Employs Unique Tactics to Escape Cellular Defense

Salmonella enterica, a disease-causing bacterium, employs a variety of strategies to evade the human body’s defense mechanisms, much like thieves.

29 May 2023

Promising Gene Editing Tool Could Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance

A new instrument that has the potential to help minimize the spread of antimicrobial resistance is revealing early potential, by using a bacterial immune system as a gene-editing tool.

26 May 2023

Failed Antibiotics Could Become Weed Killers in the Future

Weed killers of the future could soon be based on failed antibiotics.

25 May 2023

Molecular Method Reveals Whether or Not Bacteria Respond to Antibiotics Within Minutes

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a molecular method able to detect whether or not bacteria respond to antibiotics within minutes.

23 May 2023

Microorganisms Mitigate Climate Warming: Study Finds

A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the ability of microorganisms to adapt to climate warming will slow down global warming by storing carbon in soil.

23 May 2023

Compound Found in Magnolia Tree Bark Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication in Several Cell Types

A compound called honokiol, which is found in the bark of multiple species of magnolia tree, inhibits replication of SARS-CoV-2 virus in several types of cells, according to a team of researchers in the Netherlands.

23 May 2023

Revealing the Molecular and Cellular Underpinnings of Summit Disease

Carolyn Elya, a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, illustrates the molecular and cellular underpinnings of the parasitic fungus Entomophthora muscae’s (E. muscae’s) ability to influence the behavior of fruit flies in new research published in eLife.

22 May 2023

Microbiology

Mixotrophic Microbes Create Carbon Tipping Points Under Warming

Evaluating the Impacts of Environmental Change on Mixotrophic Dynamics and Carbon Flux

Study Offers New Perspective on the Understanding of Fungal Symbionts

Two Bacteria Species Capable of Collapsing Stubborn Class of "Forever Chemicals" Discovered

Study Finds Insects Heavily Rely on Bacteria for Essential Nutrients

IgA Described as "Tuner" in Microbe Interaction Regulation

Salmonella Employs Unique Tactics to Escape Cellular Defense

Promising Gene Editing Tool Could Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance

Failed Antibiotics Could Become Weed Killers in the Future

Molecular Method Reveals Whether or Not Bacteria Respond to Antibiotics Within Minutes

Microorganisms Mitigate Climate Warming: Study Finds

Compound Found in Magnolia Tree Bark Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication in Several Cell Types

Revealing the Molecular and Cellular Underpinnings of Summit Disease

Novel Gene-Editing Strategy Harnesses Unusual Protective Ability to Eliminate HIV-1 Infection

Researchers Discover How Deadly Hospital Pathogen can Survive Harsh Environments

Long-Ignored Antibiotic may Provide Much-Needed Protection Against Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria

Heat-Loving Marine Bacteria can Help Reduce Asbestos' Toxicity

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Help in Clostridioides difficile Infection

Understanding the Motility of H. pylori Using 3D Model

Infections with the Fungus Candida auris on the Rise in Germany

CITES: Regulating the International Wildlife Trade to Preserve the Viability of Species

How can the adoption of AI technology accelerate drug discovery?

Gaining insights into human disease biology through CRISPR platforms

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