and colleagues at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio which reveals that the brightly colored feathers of parrots protects the birds against microbial damage such as the one caused by bacillus licheniformis.doi:10.1038/467754aNoneNature ResearchNature...
These are (1) membrane proteins, which play roles in adhesion, colonization, and invasions, promote adherence to host cell surfaces, are responsible for resistance to antibiotics, and promote intercellular communication. (2) Polysaccharide capsules that surround the bacterial cell and have anti-...
a strong resistance by bacteria to absorbing stains. —chromatophobic,adj. hemophile,haemophile a bacterium that grows well in the presence of hemoglobin. —hemophilic,adj. microbiology the branch of biology that studies microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and pathogenic protozoa. —mi...
A recent study finds that sense codon reassignment enables phage resistance and encoded polymer synthesis inEscherichia coli. Ashley York Research Highlights14 Jun 2021Nature Reviews Microbiology Volume: 19, P: 482 Differentiating bacteria Two studies report synthetic genetic circuits for inducible asymmetric...
It was, however, interesting to note that the NASA facility located in the most arid environment (JPL is located in southern California) contained the majority of microbes predicted to have desiccation resistance mechanisms (the Firmicutes). View chapterExplore book Our Second Genome—Human Metagenome...
Biology, Epidemiology, Genetics and Breeding for Resistance to Bacterial Pathogens of Phaseolus vulgaris L Summary This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Variability of Bacterial Pathogens Inoculation Methods and Evaluation of Disease Reactions Bact......
(Palumbo et al.2005). Interestingly, the risk of resistance formation by a plant pathogen is low when subjected to this type of antagonism, though pathogens are able to evolve resting structures like endospores, chlamydospores and melanized sclerotia, or suppress the synthesis of antagonistic ...
insect-transmitted viruses are challenging to forecast and control because of their intermittent outbreak patterns, which are usually attributed to increased population densities of vector insects due to cereal crop rotations and indiscriminate use of pesticides, and lack of resistance in commercial ...
ResearchOpen Access10 Jan 2025Communications Biology Volume: 8, P: 39 A CRISPR-Cas9 system protectingE.coliagainst acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes Danna Lee Petra Muir Sanna Koskiniemi ResearchOpen Access09 Jan 2025Scientific Reports
During the past 60 years, since the introduction of the penicillins, much has been learned about drug resistance, bacterial virulence, and the treatment of infections. Sequencing of bacterial genomes has made it possible to characterize these organisms more precisely, and has provided new insights ...