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Technology to tackle viral infections
How can we use new sequencing technologies to efficiently screen for viral infections such as SARS-CoV-2?
Breaking the Mold: A Yeasty Way to Fight Against Viral Infection
Yeasts are not just for bread. Scientists discovered yeasts might hold the key to understanding how we combat viral infection.
Wired for Clean Energy: How unique bacteria make electricity-conducting wires
Meet the methane-munching bacteria that make their own molecular wires, paving the way for a sustainable future!
Fermented Ice Cream: Creamy and Probiotic Science
Take your taste buds on a journey to health with fermented ice cream: the creamy and probiotic dessert that packs…
Futuristic fungi
Uncovering the electrical activity of fungi: A promising opportunity for unconventional computing systems
The reign of viruses in acid mine drainage
Being the boss of Acid Mine Drainage is no easy task. Ask the viruses!
The “rare” residents of the eighth continent
The succession patterns of microbes growing on plastic differ from the common species known to humans, and this could cause…
Skin Microbiota Defends Colonisation By Candida auris
What happens when your commensal community in your skin has to subdue one of its own who has gone rogue?
Transmissible microbiomes
Can person-to-person interactions define your innermost microbes?
Gut check: how exercise shapes the microbial community in our gut
Listen to your gut: The surprising link between exercise and gut health – boosting your fitness or harming your microbiota?
Eating viruses!
Viruses can also serve as energy food for some organisms, what impact does it have on the earth’s energy flow?
Solanimycin: The new antifungal in town
Introducing solanimycin: A new antifungal compound from the potato plant-annihilating bacterium Dickeya solani
Resilience is key
With the constant production of new antimicrobials, how do mutations in the genome help bacteria fight back against them?
Organ Lost: How microbes determine a squid’s fate
Read on to learn about how the bobtail squid relies on its trust microbes for the development of an organ!
PCOS and gut microbiota on the body’s social media map
Roughly 10% of women worldwide suffer from polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). How does the gut microbiome impact PCOS : cause…
Social dynamics within a beehive are rooted in the gut
Bees got buzz on the brain thanks to their gut microbiome!
Acne, Antibiotics and Weak Bones
Antibiotics used to combat adolescent acne, can lead to serious problems in the development of the skeletal system. Read on…
Multicellular bacteria
While bacteria are unicellular organisms, sometimes they form multicellular entities to survive.
MicroBites is 2!
MicroBites 2 year anniversary! Let’s have a look at the past two years in numbers.
Demystifying death with BMI And Other Intrinsic Factors
Our unique body composition complicates solving mysteries even beyond death. Let’s explore how!
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