The ISME Journal advance online publication 15 July 2010; doi: 10.1038/ismej.2010.106 Big sulfur bacteria, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Geomicrobiology, Aarhus…

People have been wondering where the Gulf of Mexico oil has gone. Some years ago our friend Dr Banwari Lal from TERI New Delhi has been working on some microorganisms that degrade the oil by eating…

The existence of multicellular organisms,  the first complex life forms (made up of several cells) has been extended from about 600 million years in the past to over 2 billion years ago,…

Abstract:  Four types of DNA stains were evaluated based on safety, ease of use, cost, and resolution.  Ethidium Bromide was tested primarily as a comparison to the standard stain normally…

Each day the humans are confronted with a variety of pathogens. Most of them are fended off by our immune system.  For a successful infection, bacteria must deliver so-called virulence factors…

A new strain of bacteria  can produce non-toxic, comparatively inexpensive rhamnolipids and effectively help degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs – the environmental pollutants that…

I have come to believe that science has abandoned its viability and veracity.  For example, we can make microcameras and artificial organs but micro technology to fight things like viruses and…

A bacterial pathogen can communicate with yeast to block the development of drug-resistant yeast infections according to Irish scientists writing in the May issue of Microbiology. The research could…

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg have discovered a brand new species of bacterium found only in the Gullmarsfjord north of Gothenburg in Sweden. The new species has been dubbed…

by Amanda Siekierski (student) I once read that "age doesn't matter, unless you're a cheese." This somewhat comical phrase is referring to the process of cheese production where various milks,…