Breaking down the microbiology world one bite at a time
Four antibiotics and the intestinal microbiota
The ironic role of orally administered antibiotics: savior or destroyer of our gut?
Relationship Advice from Mucus
Healthy relationships require a fine balance between communication and boundaries. Get the best tips from mucus, mediator of our relationship with our gut microbes.
When #2 can be your #1 solution…
Your Best Friend’s #2 could be your #1 solution to fight C-Diff infections; exploring the success of fecal transplantation for the treatment of recurrent C Diff infection.
Attack strategy 101 of the debutant phage SI01
Recently isolated novel phage SI01 is now here to provide some insights into how phages regulate algal growth in oceans.
Soil protists as indicators of pollution
Although scientists know a lot about soil, the same cannot be said about soil protists. Read about these peculiar microorganisms, and how they can help with identifying polluted land areas.
Tale of a troubled microbe
Microbes converse through the exchange of metabolites. Who knew that a simple conversation could improve the drug tolerance of microbes?
Veillonella takes you to the Olympics!
Could your gut microbiome make you run faster or even take you to the Olympics?
Fire! A close up look at bacterial spearguns
Spring-loaded: bacterial spearguns are ready to fire! Getting a closer look at molecular nanomachines that act as spearguns.
An Abundant Marine Microbe Makes its Own Oxygen
This marine microbe is able to make its own oxygen in a low oxygen environment. And it can use it to its own advantage.
Squirreling into the gut of ground squirrels
Ground squirrels are known to hold on to long periods of hibernation through the strategic help of ureolytic bacteria. Here’s the why and how this connection is important to us.
The Bacteriophage’s gambit
Bacteriophages strategically use the protein signalling system to determine when it’s best for them to proliferate or to stay dormant
Intraterrestrials – microbes living under our feet
Don’t you mean extra-terrestrials? Well, humans have been looking for life outside our planet, but there’s also life inside it.
A Voice for Protists
Uncover just how widespread and versatile protists can be thanks to metabarcoding.
Cleansing the Water from Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs)
Disinfection technologies in wastewater treatment plants can contribute to the removal of microbes and their ARGs. How do we respond to resistant microbes that are still determined to survive the treatment?
The future is green
World, where all processes are carbon-neutral, is closer than you think! Learn how and why algae are important for this transition.
A probiotic cream to treat acne
Skin conditions like acne have been treated with antibiotics for a long time. Alternative treatments are possible now with emerging knowledge about the beneficial effects of bacteria like Lactobacilli.
‘You are what you eat.’
Can bat gut microbiomes provide proof for this generalized truth?
Bats with different dietary specializations have ‘distinct’ microbiomes that suit their nutritional pathways. So it turns out that you might indeed be what you eat… but it is not as straightforward as that.
Secret growth stimulators
Most trees form an intimate relationship with fungi. Researchers have now shown for the first time how important this partnership is for the growth of trees.
An arms race between SARS-CoV-2 and our immune systems
New covid-19 variants keep on arising and spreading, but can our bodies still recognize these variants and protect us from serious disease?
Next-level gene editing with DARTs
Genome editing just reached a whole new level: Instead of targeting isolated bacteria, researchers developed tools to target them in their natural communities.
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