Vampire-like Predatory Bacteria Could Become A Living Antibiotic : Discover Magazine
“What’s the news: If bacteria had blood, the predatory microbe Micavibrio aeruginosavorus would essentially be a vampire: it subsists by hunting down othe...
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Philips – Design Probes – Microbial Home
“The Microbial Home Probe consists of a domestic ecosystem that challenges conventional design solutions to energy, cleaning, food preservation, lighting,...
Philips unveils an elegant ‘Microbial Home’ concept | SmartPlanet
“Although these appliances won’t be manufactured any time soon, lifelike models of the concepts are currently on view at the Piet Hein Eek gallery during ...
Host response: Probiotic ingestion alters mood : Nature Reviews Microbiology
“There is growing evidence that the intestinal microbiota interacts with the host central nervous system (CNS) to modify stress responses and anxiety beha...
PLoS ONE: Barcoded Pyrosequencing Reveals That Consumption of Galactooligosaccharides Results in a Highly Specific Bifidogenic Response in Humans
“Prebiotics are selectively fermented ingredients that allow specific changes in the gastrointestinal microbiota that confer health benefits to the host. ...
Human Excrement to Blame for Coral Decline – ScienceNOW
“Coral reef ecologists have laid a persistent and troubling puzzle to rest. The elkhorn coral, named for its resemblance to elk antlers and known for prov...
Superbugs Predate Wonder Drugs – ScienceNOW
“It’s a “carefully done study,” adds George Church, a geneticist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. “Non-s...
Mind-Altering Bugs – ScienceNOW
“Hundreds of species of bacteria call the human gut their home. This gut “microbiome” influences our physiology and health in ways that scient...
Your Gut Bacteria Are What You Eat – ScienceNOW
“A large European-Asian consortium brought some order to the chaos when it reported in a Nature paper in April that humanity can be roughly divided into t...
World’s Oldest Fossils Found in Ancient Australian Beach – ScienceNOW
“Brasier and David Wacey, a geologist at the University of Western Australia in Crawley, say they have discovered 3.4-billion-year-old cells, possibly the...