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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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JAN 07, 2018Microbiology
We host a community of microbes in our guts, and researchers know that specific bacteria in that microbiome are connecte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2018Microbiology
There seems to be few definite benefits, and plenty of risks, with this overpriced mystery liquid.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2018Microbiology
A seemingly harmless food additive appears to be the reason behind increasingly frequent and severe outbreaks of Clostri ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 02, 2018Microbiology
Three domains of living things, archaea, bacteria, and eukarya, are organized by shared characteristics fundamental to l ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 01, 2018Microbiology
The microorganisms that reside in our gut have been shown to have a significant influence on our health, and may cause n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2017Microbiology
Bacteria aren't capable of conscious thought, but scientists have developed a technique that imprints a kind of memory i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2017Videos
Since the creation of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool, many new opportunities have opened up for the treatment of dise ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 30, 2017Videos
Clouds are made of ice crystals or droplets, and it may surprise you to know that they also contain microorganisms. As c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2017Technology
Rao's Tethys device is named after the Greek Titan Goddess of Fresh Water.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 29, 2017Microbiology
Scientists anticipate that at the current rate of antibiotic prescriptions, bacteria will evolve to the point of making ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 28, 2017Health & Medicine
When scientists study how viruses mutate and spread, it involves working with very dangerous strains of bacteria. Three ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 27, 2017Microbiology
For eight years, researchers conducted experiments modeling repeated, mild bacterial infections; what they saw shocked t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2017Microbiology
One way that bacterial infections get around antibiotics is by using sleeper cells; these special cells lie dormant, sur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have been working to try to understand how microorganisms and small animals in soil affect the release of ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2017Videos
There is a multitude of ways to classify life by size. One could consider mass, height, volume, or even genomic size as ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2017Microbiology
Once thought to be a sterile environment free of microbes, scientists have directly observed bacteria living in snow and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2017Videos
CRISPR/Cas9 is a revolutionary gene-editing system that comes from bacteria. As explained in the video, bacteria get sic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Life as we know it has been classified into three domains. They were thought to be utterly different, but new work has i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2017Videos
If you look at the world around you now - at the plants, animals, and the people around you, it's easy to take for grant ...DEC 20, 2017Technology
A single wound can contain multiple types of dangerous bacteria that must be identified, treated and monitored.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 19, 2017Immunology
There’s more to blood platelets than blood clotting, according to scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat M ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Microfilaments that are capable of conducting electricity, termed nanowires, were discovered in the bacterium Geobacter ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2017Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 12, 2017Immunology
A certain type of T cells from the immune system is responsible for infiltrating cells infected by bacteria and viruses ...Written By: Kara Marker
JAN 07, 2018
Microbiology
We host a community of microbes in our guts, and researchers know that specific bacteria in that microbiome are connecte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2018
Microbiology
There seems to be few definite benefits, and plenty of risks, with this overpriced mystery liquid.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2018
Microbiology
A seemingly harmless food additive appears to be the reason behind increasingly frequent and severe outbreaks of Clostri
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 02, 2018
Microbiology
Three domains of living things, archaea, bacteria, and eukarya, are organized by shared characteristics fundamental to l
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 01, 2018
Microbiology
The microorganisms that reside in our gut have been shown to have a significant influence on our health, and may cause n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria aren't capable of conscious thought, but scientists have developed a technique that imprints a kind of memory i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2017
Videos
Since the creation of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool, many new opportunities have opened up for the treatment of dise
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2017
Videos
Clouds are made of ice crystals or droplets, and it may surprise you to know that they also contain microorganisms. As c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2017
Technology
Rao's Tethys device is named after the Greek Titan Goddess of Fresh Water.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 29, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists anticipate that at the current rate of antibiotic prescriptions, bacteria will evolve to the point of making
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
When scientists study how viruses mutate and spread, it involves working with very dangerous strains of bacteria. Three
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 27, 2017
Microbiology
For eight years, researchers conducted experiments modeling repeated, mild bacterial infections; what they saw shocked t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2017
Microbiology
One way that bacterial infections get around antibiotics is by using sleeper cells; these special cells lie dormant, sur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have been working to try to understand how microorganisms and small animals in soil affect the release of ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2017
Videos
There is a multitude of ways to classify life by size. One could consider mass, height, volume, or even genomic size as
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2017
Microbiology
Once thought to be a sterile environment free of microbes, scientists have directly observed bacteria living in snow and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2017
Videos
CRISPR/Cas9 is a revolutionary gene-editing system that comes from bacteria. As explained in the video, bacteria get sic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Life as we know it has been classified into three domains. They were thought to be utterly different, but new work has i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2017
Videos
If you look at the world around you now - at the plants, animals, and the people around you, it's easy to take for grant
...
DEC 20, 2017
Technology
A single wound can contain multiple types of dangerous bacteria that must be identified, treated and monitored.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 19, 2017
Immunology
There’s more to blood platelets than blood clotting, according to scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat M
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microfilaments that are capable of conducting electricity, termed nanowires, were discovered in the bacterium Geobacter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2017
Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 12, 2017
Immunology
A certain type of T cells from the immune system is responsible for infiltrating cells infected by bacteria and viruses
...
Written By:
Kara Marker