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Bacteria Resistant
Bacteria Resistant: is the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of medication that once could successfully treat the microbe. The term antibiotic resistance is a subset of AMR, as it applies only to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
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APR 26, 2016Microbiology
Bacteria love to take up residence in urinary catheters. Now, there’s a new bit of technology that can tell health ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 18, 2016Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 12, 2016Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells secrete a molecule that kills some bacteria but signals the survivors to form a biofilm. P. ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 10, 2016Microbiology
The ESKAPE pathogens are so-named because they have managed to “escape” the activity of our modern antibioti ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 18, 2016Microbiology
University of Houston researchers developed a new, photothermal technique to kill bacteria. The technique uses gold disk ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 15, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Georgia Institute of Technology identified potentially-path ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 12, 2016Immunology
A new study of gut bacteria in premature infants highlights the problem of antibiotic resistance and stresses how extrem ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 09, 2016Microbiology
This just in, antibiotic resistance doesn’t spread through meat products. Researchers from Colorado State Universi ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 25, 2016Health & Medicine
Over time, the influenza virus has evolved a mechanism to spread as quick as possible in a human host by avoiding detect ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2016Videos
It turns out that the GI tract isn't the only place that beneficial microbes are hunkering down, providing multiple help ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Bacteria are not without protection from antibiotics, they actually incorporate a system of closely-linked genes from th ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 19, 2016Immunology
Bacteria are a little more clever in the way they enter the body and stay undetected than scientists realized. From the ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 09, 2016Microbiology
Scientists have found traces of life in mantle rocks in core samples taken from the seabed near the famous Lost City hyd ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 01, 2016Microbiology
To most of us “virulent” means “aggressive,” or just plain “bad,” but to a microbiol ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 29, 2016Microbiology
University of British Columbia researchers are taking the fight to antibiotic resistant bacteria - with mud. Well, techn ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 14, 2016Microbiology
Bacteria are socialists. That’s according to University of Vermont researchers who identified a new strategy ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 12, 2016Cancer
Nisin, a naturally occurring preservative found in many foods, is showing promise as a way to fight cancer and anti ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 05, 2016Microbiology
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is definitely the most terrifying bacterial species I’ve written about. What sets ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 03, 2016Microbiology
A study from the University of Georgia identifies industrial waste as a factor contributing to antibiotic resistance. &n ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 29, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna showed that Bacillus cereus forms “small colony var ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 26, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Bacterial biofilms are among the biggest scourges in hospitals, causing infections that are difficult to treat because m ...DEC 19, 2015Cardiology
Manipulating the activity of the gut microbiome has been linked to reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease like str ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2015Immunology
Studies have shown that early exposure to farm animals reduces the risk of children developing atopic diseases, but scie ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Staphylococcus pneumoniae are a species of bacteria known for their significant impact on the upper respiratory tract. T ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
APR 26, 2016
Microbiology
Bacteria love to take up residence in urinary catheters. Now, there’s a new bit of technology that can tell health
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 18, 2016
Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 12, 2016
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells secrete a molecule that kills some bacteria but signals the survivors to form a biofilm. P.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 10, 2016
Microbiology
The ESKAPE pathogens are so-named because they have managed to “escape” the activity of our modern antibioti
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 18, 2016
Microbiology
University of Houston researchers developed a new, photothermal technique to kill bacteria. The technique uses gold disk
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 15, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Georgia Institute of Technology identified potentially-path
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 12, 2016
Immunology
A new study of gut bacteria in premature infants highlights the problem of antibiotic resistance and stresses how extrem
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 09, 2016
Microbiology
This just in, antibiotic resistance doesn’t spread through meat products. Researchers from Colorado State Universi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
Over time, the influenza virus has evolved a mechanism to spread as quick as possible in a human host by avoiding detect
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2016
Videos
It turns out that the GI tract isn't the only place that beneficial microbes are hunkering down, providing multiple help
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Bacteria are not without protection from antibiotics, they actually incorporate a system of closely-linked genes from th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 19, 2016
Immunology
Bacteria are a little more clever in the way they enter the body and stay undetected than scientists realized. From the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 09, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists have found traces of life in mantle rocks in core samples taken from the seabed near the famous Lost City hyd
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 01, 2016
Microbiology
To most of us “virulent” means “aggressive,” or just plain “bad,” but to a microbiol
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 29, 2016
Microbiology
University of British Columbia researchers are taking the fight to antibiotic resistant bacteria - with mud. Well, techn
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 14, 2016
Microbiology
Bacteria are socialists. That’s according to University of Vermont researchers who identified a new strategy
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 12, 2016
Cancer
Nisin, a naturally occurring preservative found in many foods, is showing promise as a way to fight cancer and anti
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 05, 2016
Microbiology
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is definitely the most terrifying bacterial species I’ve written about. What sets
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 03, 2016
Microbiology
A study from the University of Georgia identifies industrial waste as a factor contributing to antibiotic resistance. &n
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 29, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna showed that Bacillus cereus forms “small colony var
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 26, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Bacterial biofilms are among the biggest scourges in hospitals, causing infections that are difficult to treat because m
...
DEC 19, 2015
Cardiology
Manipulating the activity of the gut microbiome has been linked to reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease like str
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2015
Immunology
Studies have shown that early exposure to farm animals reduces the risk of children developing atopic diseases, but scie
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Staphylococcus pneumoniae are a species of bacteria known for their significant impact on the upper respiratory tract. T
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich