Recent Bacteria Articles page 6

Seattle Times - But nothing beats a wooden toothpick, according to Petroski, not only because it softens in the mouth but because of its natural bacteria-killing organisms. Let aristocrats torture their gums with germ-laden, unyielding implements! Common folk in the ...

Newsday - Bacteria, scientists say, become resistant through a variety of mechanisms: Gene swapping between microbes in the environment is one way. Bolder, highly infectious strains exchange genes with milder ones, creating a new superbug in the process. But ...

Miami Herald - It piped sugar and air underground to feed bacteria that were supposed to convert ammonia to harmless gas as groundwater flowed toward mangroves. A prototype reduced ammonia levels, but according to DERM, never got close to meeting the mark. After some ...

Daily Telegraph - The warning came from Craig Venter, an American scientist currently working on a project which uses DNA building blocks to create the world's first synthetic life form. Critics argue that artificially-created microbes – bacteria which can cause ...

Miami Herald - While county health officials could not confirm that any of the four contracted the much-publicized methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, the district took precautions to ensure the safety of students and staff. ''We're working very ...

AZCentral.com - A small but growing proportion of the bacteria has become resistant to most antibiotics, including methicillin. MRSA generally causes skin infections, which can be difficult to treat, but it can turn deadly if it gets into the bloodstream or lungs. ...

International Herald Tribune - Agricultural processor Archer Daniels Midland Co. provides corn feedstock for making Mirel, which requires genetically engineered bacteria to aid in fermentation. The most widely used bioplastic, NatureWorks — a product of a subsidiary of Minnesota ...

McAllen Monitor - LA JOYA — An eighth-grade female student at Ann Richards Middle School has been diagnosed with the antibiotic-resistant staph strain national health officials issued an alarm about last week. The La Joya school district’s head nurse received a ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - This technique, known as phage therapy, uses naturally occurring, bacteria-specific viruses to combat infections. The problem of resistance is avoided by phages because they mutate at a higher rate than their hosts -- co-evolving to counter any ...

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to conventional wisdom, the appendix may not be useless after all. New research suggests that the structure helps beneficial bacteria survive and repopulate the colon after these organisms become depleted as a ...