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What is staph?
Staph is found everywhere and can be isolated from air, dust, food, human and animal bodies. Staphylococcus is a member of the skin lice or mucosal mucus.
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Are you killing a lot of bacteria under each of your steps?
While walking or jogging, many of us often try to make sure we don't step on any tiny creature, such as ants crawling on the ground.
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Super-strong cholera bacteria are all from Asia
Recent research shows that large cholera outbreaks are caused by bacteria originating in Asia, opening up hope to control the disease globally.
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The fungi and bacteria that follow shoes enter the house
Many cultures and countries including Scandinavia, China, Japan, Hawaii, Thailand, Turkey, India, some Middle Eastern countries have a tradition of banning shoes from en…
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Up to 3000 different bacteria live on paper money
In a research project to identify DNA on paper money at New York University, the researchers found that currencies are the refuge of hundreds of different types of bacte…
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Parasites: 'You' or 'enemies' of humans?
There is nothing wrong with saying the parasite is harmful to the host. They cause disease even death, so we often try to avoid parasitic infection at all costs.
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Bacteria 'super' are resistant to drugs when in outer space
Not only adjusting to adapting to life in a new environment, some of the bacteria brought to the space station became even stronger when it was able to resist antibiotic…
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Golden bridge - 'defending champion' antibiotic resistance
In 1878, Robert Koch (who discovered the TB bacterium) discovered golden staph from pustules and isolated were golden staph.
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Forget sharks, these 5 bacteria also make you
The list below will tell you what scary bacteria can be
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This bacterium will be the world's new energy source
Cyborg bacteria trained to cover solar panels are more efficient than chlorophyll.
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99% of bacteria in the human body are not known
This finding was done by accident when the team was investigating less invasive measures to predict whether the patient's body would reject the transplant agency.
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Bacteria live 86 million years without eating or drinking
Recently, Danish scientists have discovered a species of deep-sea bacteria of the Pacific Ocean that does not need to eat and still exist for 86 million years. After ana…
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This bacterium in beer will help drinkers boost their immune system
Probiotics are living bacteria that have been shown to be good for health because they help improve the balance of the intestinal bacteria.
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50,000 billion bacteria in ... dishwashing pieces
The startling information has just been published by scientists in a recent study in Scientific Reports.
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How do bacteria damage food?
Collectively known as saprophyte, the group of bacteria that break down food is