Researchers have found that living colonies of bacteria in deep oil reserves, up to two kilometers underground, are changing the quality of the oil.
Researchers have found that living colonies of bacteria in deep oil reserves, up to two kilometers underground, are changing the quality of the oil.
... have devised a microscale tool to help them understand the mechanical behavior of biofilms, slimy colonies of bacteria involved in most human infectious diseases. Most bacteria in nature take the form ...
... rather than the smooth appearance of a classic bacteria colony. These bacteria are believed to form in response to cell ... conducted a genome-wide gene expression analysis of L-form colonies of E. coli ...
A study on one of the world's most primitive colonies of bacteria has found that life on Earth may have begun much earlier than 3.5 billion years ago.
Research at the University of Arkansas shows that Campylobacter jejuni is vulnerable to stress, so it survives by latching onto other colonies of bacteria known as biofilms.
... inside a Lebanese weevil covered in ancient Burmese amber, a tiny colony of bacteria and yeast has lain dormant for up to 45 million years. Raul Cano now brews barrels of pale ale ...
... a biofilm: a dense quasi-two-dimensional colony of bacteria. Biofilms grow in and on living tissues, ... work provides a multiscale description of cell colony growth.
"Our results reveal how cell growth ...
... from up to 50% of the 1000 or so known Streptomyces family of bacteria.
Colonies of bacteria such as Streptomyces naturally make antibiotics as a defence mechanism when those colonies are under ...
... with genetically similar individuals."
This kind of work is important in understanding biofilms, colonies of bacteria or fungi that can harm humans and other mammals, she said. For example, people ...
... the upper hand in outsmarting bacteria once and for all. The secret weapon against a colony of bacteria may be to stress it with its own protection system, which forces it to reduce its population ...
... are living in tiny, volcanic greenhouses."
The CU-Boulder team also discovered unique colonies of bacteria living on the slopes of Socompa in extremely dry soils not associated with fumaroles. The ...
... modern organisms were originally formed by the symbiotic combination of prokaryotic cells and colonies of bacteria, and then had to battle for years to have this recognised by the science community. ...
... is to design ionic liquids with the lowest possible toxicity to humans while wiping out colonies of bacteria that cause hospital acquired infections."
Microbial biofilms are not only problematic in ...
... June 2009 issue of Plasma Processes and Polymers.
Sedghizadeh explained that biofilms are complex colonies of bacteria suspended in a slimy matrix that grants them added protection from conventional ...
