Mindzilla – E-coli

Bacteria Killed by New Light-Activated Coating

March 6, 2020
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London, UK — A new coating that activates in low intensity light to kill bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli has been developed by a UCL-led team of researchers. To stop...

Greenest Diet: Bacteria Switch to Eating Carbon Dioxide

December 2, 2019
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Rehovot, Israel — Bacteria in the lab of Prof. Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute of Science have not just sworn off sugar – they have stopped eating all of their normal solid food, existing instead...

Hi-Tech Bacteria Gene Tool could Prove Productive, Study Finds

August 26, 2019
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Edinburgh, UK — Bacteria could be used to produce large quantities of medicines and fuels using a new gene programming technique, research suggests. The powerful method could enable bacteria to...

Making Microbes that Transform Greenhouse Gases

August 14, 2019
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Tampa, FL — Researchers at the University of South Florida are harnessing the power of human physiology to transform greenhouse gases into usable chemical compounds – a method that could help...

Researchers Identify Origins of Metabolism

July 2, 2019
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Newark, NJ — A Rutgers-led study sheds light on one of the most enduring mysteries of science: How did metabolism – the process by which life powers itself by converting energy from food into...

Microscopic Topographic Map of Cellular Function

June 13, 2019
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Columbia, MO — The flow of traffic through our nation’s highways and byways is meticulously mapped and studied, but less is known about how materials in cells travel. Now, a team of researchers...

Researchers Unravel Mechanisms That Control Cell Size

May 19, 2019
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La Jolla, CA — Working with bacteria, a multidisciplinary team at the University of California San Diego has provided new insight into a longstanding question in science: What are the underlying mechanisms...

Bacteria Uses Viral Weapon Against Other Bacteria

April 30, 2019
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State College, PA — Bacterial cells use both a virus — traditionally thought to be an enemy — and a prehistoric viral protein to kill other bacteria that competes with it for food according...

Specialist Enzymes Make E. Coli Antibiotic Resistant at Low pH

April 9, 2019
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St. Louis, MO — Scientists long puzzled over why bacteria contain so many “redundant” enzymes. Why make several molecules that do the same job, interchangeably, when it would be much more...

Cell Editors Correct Genetic Errors

March 1, 2019
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Bonn, Germany — Almost all land plants employ an army of editors who correct errors in their genetic information. Researchers at the University of Bonn have now transferred parts of this machinery...

New Drug Design Strategy Boosts the Odds Against Resistance Development

June 15, 2017
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Atlanta, GA — A new rational drug design technique that uses a powerful computer algorithm to identify molecules that target different receptor sites on key cellular proteins could provide a new...

Engineered Bacterium Could Provide Inexpensive Way to Measure Micronutrients

September 2, 2015
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Atlanta, GA — A bacterium engineered to produce different pigments in response to varying levels of a micronutrient in blood samples could give health officials an inexpensive way to detect nutritional...

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