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Genetic tools help clean drinking water
A type of genetic tool used by medical researchers can also be used as a new approach to filter harmful bacteria and viruses from the water.
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Bacteria are good for controlling germs
The US Department of Agriculture (ARS) has invented a new way to treat food safety that can increase the effectiveness of traditional food safety methods.
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Bacteria decipher mysterious human body
Great ideas come in small shape. In the case of Shewanella bacteria, they are micro-packed. But this microscopic bacterium can hold the key to producing alternative ener…
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GM crops do not harm beneficial beetles
Genetically modified plants using Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a common soil bacterium, to kill pests will not harm the natural enemies of pests, according to a new stud…
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The impact of climate change on bacteria
Global climate change will not only affect plants and animals, but also affect bacteria, fungi and other bacterial populations - microorganisms that exhibit countless im…
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Found intestinal bacteria beneficial in chicken eggs
Scientists all know that birds get gut bacteria that are healthy for their environment, but a new study at the University of Georgia found that the chickens born have th…
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Bacteria susceptible to dangerous biofilms
Researchers in Massachusetts for the first time announced the discovery that bacteria use tactile to select locations for biofilm formation. Bacterial empires that live…
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How do beneficial bacteria protect us?
The beneficial bacteria in our gut bring many benefits. They both reduce the number of harmful organisms and release molecules that reduce inflammation and prevent colit…
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Decoding the process of bacterial division
Duke University researchers have recently made great strides in understanding the mechanism of bacterial division. This success can bring new antibiotic treatments to pr…
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Bacteria reunite after millions of years of separation
Like the brothers forced to separate because of the harsh life, two species of bacteria conduct the unification process after finding each other in the intestines of ani…
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Nitrogen fixation: relationship between plants and bacteria (Part 1)
The air is almost a joke. Nothing can resist oxygen but 78% of the air is nitrogen. Nitrogen is often the source of life on earth and is a source of nutrition that deter…
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Nitrogen fixation: relationship between plants and bacteria (Part 2)
For plants, allowing symbiotic bacteria is a risky thing. Guests must know to keep themselves from growing out of control, destroying tree structures or interfering with…
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Is nano bacteria a living organism?
Tiny molecules called nanobacteria have confounded scientists in many ways since people discovered it 20 years ago, but the most controversial question it poses is wheth…
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Bacteria by antibiotics
Antibiotics work to kill bacteria, not to nourish them. But scientists at Harvard have discovered hundreds of bacteria in the soil that can take advantage of drugs as th…
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Bacteria that are resistant to fungi can protect wheat
Bacteria that reside in beneficial flowers will soon participate in the prevention of Fusarium graminearum, a pathogenic fungus of