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Study bacteria eating oil and gas in oil spills
Researchers found that water temperature plays an important role in how bacteria respond to oil spills.
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Bacteria grow older?
For a long time, biologists have always said that the bacterial population is always young and not old. In other words, the bacteria are not aging and do not have age, a…
Biology
Turn 'vampire' bacteria into living antibiotic
US scientists think it is possible to use a vampire-like bacterium
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E.coli bacteria are also helpful
Some strains of E.coli bacteria can convert sugar in plants into fatty acid derivatives, which are often used to produce fuel.
Biology
Detection of bacteria helps wounds heal
Russian scientists discovered new characteristics of red bacteria, called so by bright red, that secrete wound healing substances.
Biology
Harmless bacteria in soil kill cancer?
Scientists have studied a strain of harmless bacteria that could soon be used as a useful and alternative method for drugs for cancer treatment.
Biology
E.coli is encoded with confidential information
Scientists have developed a method of encoding information into E. coli bacteria through genetic technology to transmit confidential information.
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Detecting 16 harmful insects in coffee plants
The Department of Plant Protection in Dak Lak province said that the unit has detected 16 pests on coffee trees, concentrated in 12 families of 6 insect sets.
Biology
'Redesign of E. coli bacteria to prevent green pus bacilli
Singapore scientists have redesigned E.coli bacteria to fight P.aeruginosa (also called green pus bacillus).
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Bacteria also know 'suicide bombing'
Singapore's Nanyang Technological University has found a way to kill drug-resistant bacteria.
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Armed in ... a drop of water
Some waters have very little creature, at first glance like 'saltwater desert' but when thoroughly studied there are surprisingly high concentrations of microorganisms.
Biology
Use Pseudomonas bacteria as fertilizer
Scientists working at Michigan Technological University, USA, found Pseudomonas capable of removing copper, increasing soil fertility in the soils (formerly copper mines…
Biology
The second human genome
A collection of genetic information encodes all microorganisms that are in harmony in our bodies, collectively called microbiomes, forming a second human genome.
Biology
Bacteria eat caffeine
A new bacterium called Pseudomonas putida CBB5, using caffeine as a food source was discovered in a study at the University of Iowa (USA). New bacteria use an enzyme to…