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Bacteria: is a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
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SEP 29, 2025Microbiology
In Parkinson's disease, certain dopamine-producing neurons in the brain die off, disrupting movementWritten By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2025Microbiology
In the US, the most common reason why someone needs a liver transplant is alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD)...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2025Microbiology
Microbes have long been engaged in warfare; these cells have to find a place to survive and thrive, and collect enough n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2025Microbiology
When investigating the human mouth microbiome, researchers made a surprising discovery.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 09, 2025Microbiology
The World Health Organization has estimated that in 2022, at least 149 million children under 5 were too short for their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have discovered the DNA of ancient microbes inside of the remains of woolly and steppe mammoths.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2025Microbiology
How can trillions of microbes live in our gut without causing a massive immune reaction? Scientists have been researchin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2025Microbiology
As bacterial pathogens evolve, the common antibiotics used to treat these bacterial infections have become less effectiv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2025Microbiology
The gut microbiome is closely linked to many aspects of human health. The microbes there produce their own compounds, ma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2025Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the community of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract, has many significant influences on th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2025Microbiology
In 2013, divers began to notice something terrible happening to sea stars in the waters around Washington State. The sea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Cyanobacteria use light to survive, and these organisms are regulated by circadian rhythms, the 24-hour biological cycle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
There are trillions of microbes in the human gut, and they have a variety of impacts on our health and well-being...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can ocean viruses influence the global carbon cycle? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 14, 2025Microbiology
Can a fungus serve as an STD that is deadly to mosquitoes, to prevent malaria transmission?Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2025Microbiology
Remnants of everything that humans ingest ends up in waste water, including medications that people may be taking, like ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2025Microbiology
Scientists have discovered how a bacteria makes a kind of detergent, which could help eliminate some forms of pollution. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2025Microbiology
Octopuses have many amazing abilities and characteristics; they have huge brains and can solve puzzles; their ink can di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2025Microbiology
Bacteria can be ruthless. A new study has shown that when their survival is threatened because of food scarcity, they wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term for the inflammatory disorders Crohn's disease and ulcerative colit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2025Microbiology
Many important antibiotics are becoming less effective against bacterial infections, as bacteria continue to evolve, gai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2025Microbiology
Obesity is considered a major public health epidemic that affects an estimated 600 million people or more around the wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Cholera is caused by water-borne bacterial pathogen called Vibrio cholerae that may be transmitted through the consumpti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2025Microbiology
A deadly bacterial pathogen that is often found in hospitals and frequently resistant to drugs, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2025
Microbiology
In Parkinson's disease, certain dopamine-producing neurons in the brain die off, disrupting movement
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2025
Microbiology
In the US, the most common reason why someone needs a liver transplant is alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD)...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2025
Microbiology
Microbes have long been engaged in warfare; these cells have to find a place to survive and thrive, and collect enough n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2025
Microbiology
When investigating the human mouth microbiome, researchers made a surprising discovery.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2025
Microbiology
The World Health Organization has estimated that in 2022, at least 149 million children under 5 were too short for their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have discovered the DNA of ancient microbes inside of the remains of woolly and steppe mammoths.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2025
Microbiology
How can trillions of microbes live in our gut without causing a massive immune reaction? Scientists have been researchin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2025
Microbiology
As bacterial pathogens evolve, the common antibiotics used to treat these bacterial infections have become less effectiv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2025
Microbiology
The gut microbiome is closely linked to many aspects of human health. The microbes there produce their own compounds, ma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2025
Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the community of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract, has many significant influences on th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2025
Microbiology
In 2013, divers began to notice something terrible happening to sea stars in the waters around Washington State. The sea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cyanobacteria use light to survive, and these organisms are regulated by circadian rhythms, the 24-hour biological cycle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are trillions of microbes in the human gut, and they have a variety of impacts on our health and well-being...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can ocean viruses influence the global carbon cycle? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 14, 2025
Microbiology
Can a fungus serve as an STD that is deadly to mosquitoes, to prevent malaria transmission?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2025
Microbiology
Remnants of everything that humans ingest ends up in waste water, including medications that people may be taking, like
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2025
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered how a bacteria makes a kind of detergent, which could help eliminate some forms of pollution.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2025
Microbiology
Octopuses have many amazing abilities and characteristics; they have huge brains and can solve puzzles; their ink can di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2025
Microbiology
Bacteria can be ruthless. A new study has shown that when their survival is threatened because of food scarcity, they wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term for the inflammatory disorders Crohn's disease and ulcerative colit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2025
Microbiology
Many important antibiotics are becoming less effective against bacterial infections, as bacteria continue to evolve, gai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2025
Microbiology
Obesity is considered a major public health epidemic that affects an estimated 600 million people or more around the wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cholera is caused by water-borne bacterial pathogen called Vibrio cholerae that may be transmitted through the consumpti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2025
Microbiology
A deadly bacterial pathogen that is often found in hospitals and frequently resistant to drugs, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch