News tagged with beneficial bacteria


Novel research to root out how microbes affect rice plants

Novel research to root out how microbes affect rice plants

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Plants that live in the soil don't live alone -- a mere teaspoon of soil teems with an estimated billion microscopic organisms.


DNA of good bacteria drives intestinal response to infection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study shows that the DNA of so-called "good bacteria" that normally live in the intestines may help defend the body against infection.





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A motley collection of boneworms

A motley collection of boneworms (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 12 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- It sounds like a classic horror story -- eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green "roots" to devour their bones. In fact, such worms do exist ...


Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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(AP) -- People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect - the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, ...


The upside of feeling down

The upside of feeling down

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 4

A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...


The bizarre lives of bone-eating worms

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The females of the recently discovered Osedax marine worms feast on submerged bones via a complex relationship with symbiotic bacteria, and they are turning out to be far more diverse and widespread than scientists expected. ...


Virtual reality games could help bullying victims

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.


Iowa State University researcher discovers key to vital DNA, protein interaction

Researchers discover key to vital DNA, protein interaction

Biology / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at Iowa State University has discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what the scientist ...


New imagining technique could lead to better antibiotics and cancer drugs

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A recently devised method of imaging the chemical communication and warfare between microorganisms could lead to new antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral and anti-cancer drugs, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.


Antimicrobials: Silver (and copper) bullets to kill bacteria

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dana Filoti of the University of New Hampshire will present thin films of silver and copper she has developed that can kill bacteria and may one day help to cut down on hospital infections. The antimicrobial properties of ...


Mood improves on low-fat, but not low-carb, diet plan

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

After one year, a low-calorie, low-fat diet appears more beneficial to dieters' mood than a low-carbohydrate plan with the same number of calories, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Me ...


Now hear this: Mouse study sheds light on hearing loss in older adults

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Becoming "hard of hearing" is a standard but unfortunate part of aging: A syndrome called age-related hearing loss affects about 40 percent of people over 65 in the United States, and will afflict an estimated ...



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