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Food Microbiology
Food microbiology is the scientific study of microorganisms, both in food and used for the production of food. This includes microorganisms that contaminate food, as well as those used in its production; for example to produce yoghurt, cheese, beer and wine.
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DEC 03, 2016Microbiology
Animals live in symbiosis with microorganisms, and that concept was established as early as the nineteenth century ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2016Microbiology
Viruses are a unique form of life that have challenged scientists since the dawn of biomedical research. They have even ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2016Microbiology
New work in Applied and Environmental Microbiology investigated the amount of bacterial growth on whole lettuce leaves a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A trace of us is left on everything we come into contact with, in the form of microbes and trace amounts of chemicals. R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2016Microbiology
Chances are you’ve taken a probiotic, whether you realized it or not. They line the grocery store shelves and have ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 13, 2016Microbiology
Researchers have demonstrated that the consumption of prey by predators can stimulate a cyclical increase and decrease i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2016Immunology
Healthy populations of bacteria, called the microbiome, live in the mouths and gastrointestinal tracts of humans, and th ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 07, 2016Cancer
Emulsifiers, common food additives used to enhance the smoothness of food textures, have been linked to colon cancer in ...NOV 05, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry outlines how certain cells in the intestine, enterocytes, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2016Microbiology
A new study from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) has shown ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2016Microbiology
Chemosynthetic symbionts are microbes that reside on the surface or inside of animals; they have to be able to function ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2016Immunology
The innate immune system helps an infected cell in one of two ways: calling the troops to bring in effector immune cells ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 12, 2016Health & Medicine
The adaptive bacterial immune system known as CRISPR has taken biomedicine by storm in the years following its discovery ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Vitamin D deficiency impacts millions of men, women and children globally. Children that are born with very low levels o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds. ...OCT 01, 2016Microbiology
There has been a lot of talk about antibiotic resistance in recent years; it’s a growing problem that science has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Bacteria present in poop can sway the fat content in our bodies. This is the startling conclusion scientists made after ...SEP 26, 2016Microbiology
Food poisoning sickens many people, and can lead to outbreaks of disease. Rapid detection of a common strain of pathogen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2016Microbiology
For as long as civilization has existed, the enjoyment of fermented drinks has been a part of various cultures and tradi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2016Microbiology
Finding contamination in food is a very important public health concern. Infection from one specific pathogenic bacteriu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2016Microbiology
Drought is not an unusual phenomenon. California experienced years of drought conditions and many places in the American ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2016Microbiology
Listeria gets a pretty bad rap. And I’ll be honest, it probably deserves it. This is what happens when you are one ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 13, 2016Microbiology
Researchers took the time to scientifically test out the common belief that if you pick food up fast enough after it&rsq ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2016
Microbiology
Animals live in symbiosis with microorganisms, and that concept was established as early as the nineteenth century
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2016
Microbiology
Viruses are a unique form of life that have challenged scientists since the dawn of biomedical research. They have even
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2016
Microbiology
New work in Applied and Environmental Microbiology investigated the amount of bacterial growth on whole lettuce leaves a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A trace of us is left on everything we come into contact with, in the form of microbes and trace amounts of chemicals. R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2016
Microbiology
Chances are you’ve taken a probiotic, whether you realized it or not. They line the grocery store shelves and have
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 13, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have demonstrated that the consumption of prey by predators can stimulate a cyclical increase and decrease i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2016
Immunology
Healthy populations of bacteria, called the microbiome, live in the mouths and gastrointestinal tracts of humans, and th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 07, 2016
Cancer
Emulsifiers, common food additives used to enhance the smoothness of food textures, have been linked to colon cancer in
...
NOV 05, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry outlines how certain cells in the intestine, enterocytes,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2016
Microbiology
A new study from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) has shown
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2016
Microbiology
Chemosynthetic symbionts are microbes that reside on the surface or inside of animals; they have to be able to function
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2016
Immunology
The innate immune system helps an infected cell in one of two ways: calling the troops to bring in effector immune cells
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
The adaptive bacterial immune system known as CRISPR has taken biomedicine by storm in the years following its discovery
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Vitamin D deficiency impacts millions of men, women and children globally. Children that are born with very low levels o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds.
...
OCT 01, 2016
Microbiology
There has been a lot of talk about antibiotic resistance in recent years; it’s a growing problem that science has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Bacteria present in poop can sway the fat content in our bodies. This is the startling conclusion scientists made after
...
SEP 26, 2016
Microbiology
Food poisoning sickens many people, and can lead to outbreaks of disease. Rapid detection of a common strain of pathogen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2016
Microbiology
For as long as civilization has existed, the enjoyment of fermented drinks has been a part of various cultures and tradi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2016
Microbiology
Finding contamination in food is a very important public health concern. Infection from one specific pathogenic bacteriu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2016
Microbiology
Drought is not an unusual phenomenon. California experienced years of drought conditions and many places in the American
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2016
Microbiology
Listeria gets a pretty bad rap. And I’ll be honest, it probably deserves it. This is what happens when you are one
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 13, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers took the time to scientifically test out the common belief that if you pick food up fast enough after it&rsq
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch