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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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NOV 17, 2015Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 12, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Streptococcus suis is a swine pathogen that was first reported in 1954 and is responsible for severe economic losses in ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 10, 2015Microbiology
When day-dreaming about your microbiome, don’t forget the viruses! The “virome” doesn’t ge ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 05, 2015Microbiology
Everyone poops, cows included. (You remember that children’s book, right?) Cow manure is used as ferti ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 04, 2015Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 29, 2015Microbiology
The problem with antibiotics is that bacteria become resistant. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urban ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 22, 2015Microbiology
A team of investigators recently sequenced the microbiome of a mummy from the Incan capital of Cuzco. The mummy, a ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 14, 2015Microbiology
A study out of Washington University School of Medicine suggests that household pets may acquire methicillin-resistant S ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 09, 2015Microbiology
In developed countries, Salmonella is a relatively benign pathogen. It is typically a cause of food-borne illness, ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 02, 2015Microbiology
A research team at Merck (accidentally) uncovered a new antibacterial target - a riboswitch important for riboflavin (vi ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 25, 2015Microbiology
Clostridium difficile is a Gram positive, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the soil. However, a small number ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 16, 2015Microbiology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a dangerous bacterium that has become increasingly resistant to mu ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 14, 2015Microbiology
This week Food Safety News named the 5 most dangerous foodborne pathogens. You may have heard of some of them due to med ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 13, 2015Cancer
Three researchers won prestigious medical awards for a new approach to treating cancer and insights into how creatures d ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 13, 2015Microbiology
Salmonella enterica are a group of rod shaped bacteria that are most commonly associated with foodborne illness in human ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 11, 2015Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa. ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 09, 2015Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 29, 2015Cancer
The adage “you are what you eat” just got a little better, especially for those who like purple potatoes. Co ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 25, 2015Microbiology
Cassandra Quave, Ph.D., has built a career on the medicinal properties of plants. The Emory University ethnobotani ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 17, 2015Microbiology
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a plant pathogen responsible for crown gall disease. I know what you’re thinkin ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 30, 2015Space & Astronomy
Okay, at first this might seem a little … odd, but once you start learning the details it will start to make sense. So, ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 24, 2015Plants & Animals
According to the CDC, non-typhoidal Salmonella causes over 1 million illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations, 450 deaths, and ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
NOV 17, 2015
Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 12, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Streptococcus suis is a swine pathogen that was first reported in 1954 and is responsible for severe economic losses in
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 10, 2015
Microbiology
When day-dreaming about your microbiome, don’t forget the viruses! The “virome” doesn’t ge
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 05, 2015
Microbiology
Everyone poops, cows included. (You remember that children’s book, right?) Cow manure is used as ferti
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 04, 2015
Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 29, 2015
Microbiology
The problem with antibiotics is that bacteria become resistant. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urban
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 22, 2015
Microbiology
A team of investigators recently sequenced the microbiome of a mummy from the Incan capital of Cuzco. The mummy, a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 14, 2015
Microbiology
A study out of Washington University School of Medicine suggests that household pets may acquire methicillin-resistant S
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 09, 2015
Microbiology
In developed countries, Salmonella is a relatively benign pathogen. It is typically a cause of food-borne illness,
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 02, 2015
Microbiology
A research team at Merck (accidentally) uncovered a new antibacterial target - a riboswitch important for riboflavin (vi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 25, 2015
Microbiology
Clostridium difficile is a Gram positive, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the soil. However, a small number
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 16, 2015
Microbiology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a dangerous bacterium that has become increasingly resistant to mu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 14, 2015
Microbiology
This week Food Safety News named the 5 most dangerous foodborne pathogens. You may have heard of some of them due to med
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 13, 2015
Cancer
Three researchers won prestigious medical awards for a new approach to treating cancer and insights into how creatures d
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 13, 2015
Microbiology
Salmonella enterica are a group of rod shaped bacteria that are most commonly associated with foodborne illness in human
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2015
Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 29, 2015
Cancer
The adage “you are what you eat” just got a little better, especially for those who like purple potatoes. Co
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 25, 2015
Microbiology
Cassandra Quave, Ph.D., has built a career on the medicinal properties of plants. The Emory University ethnobotani
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 17, 2015
Microbiology
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a plant pathogen responsible for crown gall disease. I know what you’re thinkin
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUL 30, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Okay, at first this might seem a little … odd, but once you start learning the details it will start to make sense. So,
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUL 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
According to the CDC, non-typhoidal Salmonella causes over 1 million illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations, 450 deaths, and
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich