general microbiology

(Society for General Microbiology) Scientists studying arsenic pollution have discovered a living sensor that can spot contamination.

They have also discovered new bacteria that can clean up arsenic spills even in previously untreatable cold areas, microbiologists heard today (Monday Sept. 8, 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin.

(Society for General Microbiology) Bacteria save energy by producing proteins that moonlight, having different roles at different times, which may also protect the microbes from being killed.

The moonlighting activity of one enzyme from the tuberculosis bacterium makes it partially resistant to a family of broad-spectrum antibiotics, according to a paper published in the September issue of the journal Microbiology.

(Society for General Microbiology) Scientists have isolated a new bacterium in pigs' stomachs thanks to a pioneering technique, offering hope of new treatments to people who suffer with stomach ulcers, according to research published in the June issue of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.

(Society for General Microbiology) New research into the toxins, virulence, spread and prevention of the superbug Clostridium difficile is reported in the June special issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology.

These findings will play a crucial role in providing us with ammunition in the fight against a sometimes deadly pathogen.

(Society for General Microbiology) Big pharma gave up on soil bacteria as a source of antibiotics too soon, according to research published in the June issue of Microbiology.

Scientists have been mining microbial genomes for new natural products that may have applications in the treatment of MRSA and cancer and have made some exciting discoveries.

(Society for General Microbiology) Bacteria that cause the bubonic plague may be more virulent than their close relatives because of a single genetic mutation, according to research published in the May issue of the journal Microbiology.

Eating Feta cheese made from raw milk in small seaside tavernas when you are on holiday in Greece could be a good way to combat food poisoning, according to researchers speaking Thursday, April 3, 2008 at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

Natural sugars found in breast milk that are now included in prebiotic foods may help in the fight against Salmonella and other food poisoning bacteria, scientists heard Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

Doctors are running out of treatments for today's trauma victims and critically ill patients because of infections due to drug resistant microbes -- even after resorting to using medicines thrown out 20 years ago because of severe side effects, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

The climate changing gas dimethyl sulphide is being made by microbes at the rate of more than 200 million tonnes a year in the world's seas, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.