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Microbials
Microbials (Bacteria) are unique living organisms that live their life as a single cell for its entirety. Bacillus is a specific type of (genus) of bacteria which grow aerobically (with oxygen) and to some extent anaerobically (without oxygen and forms spores. Microbial pre-treatment, also known as pre-acidification or multi-stage fermentation, is a simple kind of pre-treatment technology in which the first steps of anaerobic digestion (hydrolysis and acidogenesis) are separated from acetogenesis and methanogenesis.
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JAN 05, 2022Microbiology
Microbes are known for their ability to evolve. Many types of microbes can interact with one another, and easily exchang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2021Microbiology
Anthrax conjures thoughts of bioterrorism, though it's a disease caused by a rare but naturally-occurring bacterium, Bac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2021Microbiology
We've long known that there are bacteria in the human gut; some can be dangerous if they are ingested. But genetic and c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Morning glory is a name for about 1,000 flowers that are in the Convolvulaceae family, and many produce ergot alkaloids.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2021Microbiology
Cheese doesn't have many ingredients, and while it doesn't contain preservatives, it does contain milk. So why doesn't i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2021Microbiology
There have been a few mass extinction events on our planet. One of them was apparently prolonged by microbes that were s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
In some cases, viruses have been linked to cancer. For example, HPV, which is now preventable with a vaccine, can lead t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2021Health & Medicine
Long-term cannabis smoking can increase the risk of altering oral health and consequently brain heath. A recent study of ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 16, 2021Microbiology
About half of Americans have used at least one prescription drug at some point in the past thirty days, according to dat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2021Plants & Animals
The history of life on earth can be visualized as a branched tree. Some of those branches have spawned more, while other ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2021Microbiology
Researchers engineered a genetic circuit to make pathogenic bacteria called Myxococcus xanthus move in swirled patterns.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2021Plants & Animals
Obesity has become a global health crisis. Since 2000, an estimated 300 million people around the globe classified would ...Written By: Ryan VingumDEC 14, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have mapped bacterial signatures that differentiate healthy gums from those with gingivitis and periodontiti ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 10, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The radiation in space is not great for biological health. Space radiation is known to damage DNA. Many types of human c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2021Microbiology
Microplastics pose a clear threat to the environment. They have been found nearly everywhere, from remote areas like the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2021Microbiology
The human microbiome is closely connected to our immune system. Our bodies have to be able to keep the bacterial populat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Sepsis describes the uncontrolled inflammatory response when the host cell is attacked by bloodstream infections. Sepsis ...Sponsored By: bioMérieux IncDEC 03, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The gene editing tool CRISPR was originally inspired by an immune defense system used by bacteria, and it's been adapted ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2021Microbiology
The bacteria that live in the gut microbiome have gotten a lot of attention, and for good reason; gut bacteria have been ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have connected the dots between bacteria in the digestive system and an increased risk of malignant pa ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 29, 2021Genetics & Genomics
There are many bacterial organisms, and they can live cooperatively, or they can battle one another. They are also capab ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can swap genetic material with one another easily; one way they do it is a process called bacterial conjugation ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2021Microbiology
Accumulating evidence has suggested that the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tracts of most organisms have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2021Microbiology
On Thursday, November 2021, South African health officials announced that they had identified a new variant of the pande ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2022
Microbiology
Microbes are known for their ability to evolve. Many types of microbes can interact with one another, and easily exchang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2021
Microbiology
Anthrax conjures thoughts of bioterrorism, though it's a disease caused by a rare but naturally-occurring bacterium, Bac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2021
Microbiology
We've long known that there are bacteria in the human gut; some can be dangerous if they are ingested. But genetic and c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Morning glory is a name for about 1,000 flowers that are in the Convolvulaceae family, and many produce ergot alkaloids.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2021
Microbiology
Cheese doesn't have many ingredients, and while it doesn't contain preservatives, it does contain milk. So why doesn't i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2021
Microbiology
There have been a few mass extinction events on our planet. One of them was apparently prolonged by microbes that were s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
In some cases, viruses have been linked to cancer. For example, HPV, which is now preventable with a vaccine, can lead t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2021
Health & Medicine
Long-term cannabis smoking can increase the risk of altering oral health and consequently brain heath. A recent study of
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 16, 2021
Microbiology
About half of Americans have used at least one prescription drug at some point in the past thirty days, according to dat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2021
Plants & Animals
The history of life on earth can be visualized as a branched tree. Some of those branches have spawned more, while other
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2021
Microbiology
Researchers engineered a genetic circuit to make pathogenic bacteria called Myxococcus xanthus move in swirled patterns.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2021
Plants & Animals
Obesity has become a global health crisis. Since 2000, an estimated 300 million people around the globe classified would
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
DEC 14, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have mapped bacterial signatures that differentiate healthy gums from those with gingivitis and periodontiti
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 10, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The radiation in space is not great for biological health. Space radiation is known to damage DNA. Many types of human c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2021
Microbiology
Microplastics pose a clear threat to the environment. They have been found nearly everywhere, from remote areas like the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2021
Microbiology
The human microbiome is closely connected to our immune system. Our bodies have to be able to keep the bacterial populat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sepsis describes the uncontrolled inflammatory response when the host cell is attacked by bloodstream infections. Sepsis
...
Sponsored By:
bioMérieux Inc
DEC 03, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The gene editing tool CRISPR was originally inspired by an immune defense system used by bacteria, and it's been adapted
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2021
Microbiology
The bacteria that live in the gut microbiome have gotten a lot of attention, and for good reason; gut bacteria have been
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have connected the dots between bacteria in the digestive system and an increased risk of malignant pa
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 29, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
There are many bacterial organisms, and they can live cooperatively, or they can battle one another. They are also capab
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can swap genetic material with one another easily; one way they do it is a process called bacterial conjugation
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2021
Microbiology
Accumulating evidence has suggested that the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tracts of most organisms have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2021
Microbiology
On Thursday, November 2021, South African health officials announced that they had identified a new variant of the pande
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch