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Food Scientists Profile Microbes at a Fermented Vegetable Facility

September 26, 2018

UMass Amherst food scientists say this study helps to resolve the question of how microbes are transferred within a food ferm...

Microbial Dark Matter Dominates Earth's Environments

September 26, 2018

Scientists have long been aware of this mass of uncultured microbes, also known by scientists as microbial dark matter

How Hospitals Are Fighting Against C. difficile

September 19, 2018

Barriers to eradication remain, but some hospitals are making progress

Scientists Use Bear Saliva to Rapidly Test for Antibiotics

September 13, 2018

The super-fast screening technology could help to discover new treatments

Using Mushrooms as a Prebiotic May Help Improve Glucose Regulation

August 17, 2018

Eating white button mushrooms can create subtle shifts in the microbial community in the gut, which could improve the regulat...

Top-Performing Soil Microbes Could Be Key to Sustainable Agriculture

August 8, 2018

UCR research will help agronomists breed plants that attract their own growth-promoting microbes

Bacteria Can 'Divide and Conquer' to Vanquish Their Enemies

July 4, 2018

Some bacteria can release toxins that provoke their neighbors into attacking each other, a tactic that could be exploited to ...

Aircraft Microbiome Much like That of Homes and Offices, Study Finds

June 8, 2018

Using advanced sequencing technology, researchers studied the bacteria found on three components of an airliner cabin

Deep Italian Cave Provides Clues for How to Detect Life on Mars

April 18, 2018

Researchers identified biosignatures about 1,300 feet below ground in the Frasassi Caves in central Italy

Sewage Sludge Leads to Biofuels Breakthrough

March 28, 2018

JBEI enzyme discovery enables first-time microbial production of an aromatic biofuel

Digging Deep: Harnessing the Power of Soil Microbes for More Sustainable Farming

March 15, 2018

Berkeley Lab's 'farm of the future' project marries microbiology and machine learning

DNA Study of Cow Stomachs Could Aid Meat and Dairy Production

February 28, 2018

The study paves the way for research to understand which types of microbe—such as bacteria—are best at helping ca...

Enzyme from Briny Deep Resurrected in the Lab

January 17, 2018

A new study led by King Abdullah University of Science & Technology scientists suggests a way to exploit this vast untapp...

Real World Native Biocrusts: Microbial Metabolism

January 8, 2018

Functionally linking microbial community structure with environmental chemistry

Genes in Space-3 Successfully Identifies Unknown Microbes in Space

January 2, 2018

First-ever sample-to-sequence process entirely aboard the space station

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