microbiology
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Space-Mutated Bacteria Could Be Bad News For Humans
A new experiment shows that long-term exposure to microgravity affects bacteria at the genetic level — conferring reproductive advantages that persist even after the bacteria is reintroduced to unaffected colonies and normal levels of gravity here on Earth.
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Your Crappy Diet Might Leave Your Gut Bacteria Stunted
Adopting a healthy lifestyle might not seem that hard on the outset. You ate a lot of cheeseburgers and drank a lot of soft drink, and now you’re going to stop doing that. But a new study in mice suggests that it takes a while for the gut’s bacterial zoo, or microbiome, to adapt to…
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This Smartphone Microscope Lets You Play Games With Microbes
Introducing the LudusScope, a 3D-printed, open-sourced system that lets you control and play games with living microbes on your smartphone. Tormenting single-celled organisms has never been so much fun.
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A Vaccine For Flesh-Eating Bacteria Is Now In Sight
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have taken a significant step forward in the effort to develop a vaccine against the bacteria responsible for strep throat, toxic shock syndrome and flesh-eating disease.