Nature – Pathogens
- Faster detection of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases among care home staff in England through the combination of SARS-CoV-2 testing technologies March 29, 2024
- Gasdermin D promotes influenza virus-induced mortality through neutrophil amplification of inflammation March 29, 2024
- Heterologous cAd3-Ebola and MVA-EbolaZ vaccines are safe and immunogenic in US and Uganda phase 1/1b trials March 29, 2024
- Urinary tract infections in very premature neonates: the definition dilemma March 29, 2024
- Association of body mass index with long-term outcomes in older adults hospitalized for COVID-19: an observational study March 29, 2024
Nature – AMR
- Colonisation of hospital surfaces from low- and middle-income countries by extended spectrum β-lactamase- and carbapenemase-producing bacteria March 29, 2024
- Going to extremes: progress in exploring new environments for novel antibiotics March 25, 2024
- Mutations in the efflux pump regulator MexZ shift tissue colonization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa to a state of antibiotic tolerance March 22, 2024
- Drug-resistant tuberculosis: a persistent global health concern March 22, 2024
- Emergence and clonal expansion of a qacA-harbouring sequence type 45 lineage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus March 21, 2024
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Persistant Bacteria
Contributed by Bart C. Weimer, Ph.D. Food microbiologists have wrestled with the concept of non-culturable bacteria (NCB). It is well accepted in environmental microbiology the NCB are common. The expanded importance of the gut microbiome has raised this issue to … Continue reading
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Haiti’s Five-Year Cholera Outbreak, and How Not All Aid Is Helpful
Contributed by Azarene Foutouhi Following a devastating earthquake in 2010 Haiti felt the beginnings of a Cholera outbreak. As in the case of many natural disasters, there was a resultant influx of aid in the form of supplies and volunteers … Continue reading
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Pharmacomicrobiomics
Contributed by Ning Chin The U.S. National Institutes of Health has devoted a considerable amount of research funds on the Human Microbiome Project. Since 2008, a lot of research was done to identify the species of bacteria existing on the … Continue reading
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Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcers
Contributed by Roberto Torres Helicobacter pylori is a gram negative bacterium which colonizes the human gastric mucosa. In the 1980’s, through biopsies and histological observations, Doctors Robin Warren and Barry Marshall proposed that peptic ulcers were caused by a gastric epithelial … Continue reading
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Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and citrus greening disease
Contributed by Nguyet Kong The beneficial bacteria in the citrus tree is actually the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), a pest that is the carrier spreading huanglongbing (HLB) The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), which spreads the pathogen believed to cause citrus greening … Continue reading
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Weddings—a coming together of microbiomes.
Contributed by Poyin Chen For my upcoming wedding, we will have a tree planting ceremony. As part of the ceremony, we will be planting our little love tree in soil from both of our families’ homes…a little from the Bay … Continue reading
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Happy Thanksgiving
Contributed by Robin Jones Happy Thanksgiving! As I woke this morning my mind was filled with excitement for the upcoming events of the day. The oven is already hot and in use, the house is beginning to smell of delicious … Continue reading
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UC Davis 100k Genome Project co-PI in Genome Canada’s $10 mil. grant
Researchers from McGill and Laval universities will receive close to $10 million over the next four years for work that is designed to both identify and find natural solutions for the reducing the growth of the salmonella strains that cause … Continue reading
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Five-question interviews with the 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge finalists
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH BART WEIMER, PH.D., PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS JUNE 29, 2015 This post is part of a series of five-question interviews with the 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge finalists. Register for Demo Day on July 7th to see the finalists … Continue reading
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FDA Food Safety Challenge Demo Days Announced
The FDA Demo Days for the first ever Food Safety Challenge have been announced. Join us via live webcast on July 7, 2015 to see finalist UC Davis’ team presentation. The starting time is 12:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Please notice the link … Continue reading
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