News tagged with vibrio bacteria

Scientists reveal how cholera bacterium gains a foothold in the gut

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of biologists at the University of York has made an important advance in our understanding of the way cholera attacks the body. The discovery could help scientists target treatments for the globally ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Fish may provide key to stopping disease spread, researcher says

A small fish may prove useful to understanding a worldwide health problem, if a Wayne State University researcher is correct.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Researchers describe how the cholera bacteria becomes infectious

In a new study, Dartmouth researchers describe the structure of a protein called ToxT that controls the virulent nature of Vibrio cholerae, the bacteria that causes cholera. Buried within ToxT, the researchers were surpri ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Bacterial pathogens and rising temperatures threaten coral health

Coral reefs around the world are in serious trouble from pollution, over-fishing, climate change and more. The last thing they need is an infection. But that's exactly what yellow band disease (YBD) is—a bacterial infection ...

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created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3




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Decoding the molecular machine behind E. coli and cholera

Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered the workings behind some of the bacteria that kill hundreds of thousands every year, possibly paving the way for new antibiotics that could treat infections ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New probiotic bacteria shows promise for use in shellfish aquaculture

The use of probiotic bacteria, isolated from naturally-occurring bacterial communities, is gaining in popularity in the aquaculture industry as the preferred, environmentally-friendly management alternative to the use of ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unique E. coli protein may be not after all

A bacterial protein recently thought to be a unique mechanism for utilizing iron may not be after all. Researchers from the University of Georgia, the Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes, the University of Oklahoma and ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Coral reefs in warming seas

Disease outbreaks are often associated with hot weather. Because many bacteria typically multiply more rapidly in warmer conditions, it's a commonly held notion that warm-weather outbreaks are a straightforward consequence ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New technology uses solar UV to disinfect drinking water

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Purdue University researchers has invented a prototype water-disinfection system that could help the world's 800 million people who lack safe drinking water.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Scientists: Bacteria spreading in warming oceans

(AP) -- Warning: The warming of the world's oceans can cause serious illness and may cost millions of euros (dollars) in health care charges.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Cholera pandemic's source discovered

Researchers have used next generation sequencing to trace the source and explain the spread of the latest (seventh) cholera pandemic. They have also highlighted the impact of the acquisition of resistance to antibiotics on ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists pinpoint river flow associated with cholera outbreaks, not just global warming

An examination of the world's largest river basins found nutrient-rich and powerful river discharges led to spikes in the blooms of plankton associated with cholera outbreaks. These increased discharges often occur at times ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Glowing squid thrive in symbiotic relationship

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria generally have a bad reputation – they’re good only for causing disease, and are best avoided. But Spencer Nyholm of the molecular and cell biology department in the College ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New technology helps fight deadly outbreaks

Sequencing the DNA of outbreak-causing microbes is nothing new -- but completing the entire process in a few short hours is.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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