Gut Microbiome Splits a Species
This is some fascinating research, published in the latest issue of the journal Science. Ed Yong has a great writeup about it, but unfortunately the original paper is behind a paywall. It demonstrates that...
Tagged: Bacteria
Quorum Sensing and Virulence
Following on the heels of my recent post on Bacterial Biofilms, I wanted to write about quorum sensing next. This is a fascinating topic, and understanding how it works helps explain how a bacterium...
The Swarming Bacteria
This is a great bit of research on bacterial biofilms, published open access in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal. Researchers discovered that bacteria build an intricate network of tunnels within...
Radioactive Bacteria used in Cancer Treatment
I’ve been meaning to write this post for ages now about research describing how radioactive bacteria was used to treat pancreatic cancer in mice. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s not; this was...
Battling Antibiotic-resistant Microbes with Milky HAMLET
• Infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a huge problem in our healthcare system. Prior to the discovery of antibiotics, bacterial infections usually meant a death sentence. But now these weapons against bacterial infections are...
