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Disinfectants may promote growth of superbugs

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Using disinfectants could cause bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics as well as the disinfectant itself, according to research published in the January issue of Microbiology. The findings could have important implic ...





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Scientists Show How Bacteria Move Electrons Across a Membrane

Scientists Show How Bacteria Move Electrons Across a Membrane

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of East Anglia, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Pennsylvania State University have demonstrated for the first time the mechanism by which some bacteria ...


Simplest bacteria unravelled at the cellular level

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Even the simplest cell appears to be far more complex than researchers had imagined. In a series of three articles in the journal Science, researchers including Vera van Noort at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) ...


Molecular chaperone keeps bacterial proteins from slow-dancing to destruction

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Just like teenagers at a prom, proteins are tended by chaperones whose job it is to prevent unwanted interactions among immature clients. And at the molecular level, just as at the high school gym level, it's a job that usually ...


Drug-resistant urinary tract infections spreading worldwide

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A sudden worldwide increase in an antibiotic-resistant bacterium is cause for concern, according to a review in f1000 Medicine Reports.



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