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Hampton Roads Daily Press - He's missing part of his right heel as a result of a nearly year-long battle with the stubborn and sometimes deadly methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus bacteria, better known as MRSA. But even after recent surgery cut the infection out of his ...

Seattle Times - 1997: For the first time, U.S. inspectors discovered E. coli bacteria in imported Canadian beef, halting shipments of 34,000 pounds. Today's Birthdays Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing , 88. Actor Christopher Lloyd , 69. Actress Annette Funicello ...

Philadelphia Inquirer - ... been found in western North America; evidence suggests they originated there, then migrated to Asia when the continents were connected. The new specimen had large, curved rib bones, indicating it had a big potbelly. "You need a big, fermenting bacteria ...

BusinessWeek - The latest threat to America's health is a drug-resistant strain of bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae , that causes ear infections in children as well as pneumonia and meningitis in adults. It was first spotted in Czechoslovakia 20 years ago and ...

USA Today - 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 ...

Scotsman - EXPERTS stress that it is important to prepare food safely to help stop harmful bacteria from spreading and growing. Before starting to prepare salad vegetables, hands should be washed thoroughly with soap and warm water. The surfaces they are ...

Washington Post - I just liked the whole concept of being able to find a disease, pull out a specimen from a human, isolate bacteria and then cure the human. That is just a great cycle for me." She is a spunky woman. Depending on what the bacteria look like under a ...

AZCentral.com - The company announced the recall 18 days after initial tests showed contamination with the potentially deadly E.coli bacteria. The federal inspector assigned to Topps didn't find the E.coli contamination. That discovery was made after dozens of people ...

Wired News - The slimes he's referring to are known as biofilms, which are three-dimensional colonies of bacteria that secrete a starchy covering that protects the tiny creatures from predators, UV radiation and antibiotics. If scientists could weave them into ...

Guardian Unlimited - Further from development but equally plausible are bacteria that could mop up oil spills or extract heavy metal contamination from soil. The most tantalising possibilities might offer help with climate change: bacteria that could break down cellulose ...