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How bacteria create a piggy bank for the lean times

Published: 14 October 2021

Bacteria can store extra resources for the lean times. It鈥檚 a bit like keeping a piggy bank or carrying a backup battery pack. One important reserve is known as cyanophycin granules, which were...

Rules of the road: the navigational 鈥榮trategies鈥 of bacteria in motion

Published: 11 May 2021

Bacteria that move around live on the edge. All the time. Their success, be it in finding nutrients, fending off predators or multiplying depends on how efficiently they navigate through their...

"Good bacteria" in breast milk changes over time

Published: 23 February 2021

The cocktail of beneficial bacteria passed from mother to infant through breast milk changes significantly over time and could act like a daily booster shot for infant immunity and metabolism.

Specialized cellular compartments discovered in bacteria

Published: 20 July 2020

Researchers at 平特五不中 have discovered bacterial organelles involved in gene expression, suggesting that bacteria may not be as simple as once thought. This finding could offer new...

Bacteriophages may play a role in childhood stunting鈥 and be able to help treat it

Published: 12 February 2020

New research spearheaded by 平特五不中 has discovered that bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) found in the intestinal tracts of children may play a role in childhood stunting, a...

Detecting bacteria in space

Published: 22 May 2019

Scientists at the University of Montreal and 平特五不中 have pioneered and tested a new genomic methodology which reveals a complex bacterial ecosystem at work on the International Space...

Nano-sized traps show promise in diagnosing pathogenic bacterial infections

Published: 30 July 2018

A new type of 鈥渓ab on a chip鈥 developed by 平特五不中 scientists has the potential to become a clinical tool capable of detecting very small quantities of disease-causing bacteria in just...

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