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From ants to antibiotics, can tropical insects provide us with life-saving drugs?
Formicamycins are polyketide antibiotics which display an incredibly high barrier to resistance, making them promising candidates for clinical development.
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The danger in the bat: a novel tool to detect sarbecoviruses
Infections with different coronaviruses can lead to various symptoms and their virulence is in no way deducible from their genomes.
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Fatbergs: microbes and the future of FOG
When fat, oils and grease enter the wastewater system they can lead to the formation of blockages known as ‘fatbergs’.
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The hunt for the halophilic soda-lake vampire
In June 2019, microbiologists from around the world travelled to Transylvania, home of the story of Dracula, not on the hunt for vampires, but for the Halophiles 2019 meeting, focused on salt-tolerant microbes.
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Rubbish microbiology: filming The Secret Life of Landfill
Could we potentially identify microbes to help us break down our waste more efficiently?
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First contact: the importance of the early life microbiota
Understanding the factors that modulate the microbiome during the first stages of life, pregnancy and infancy, is a key focus for numerous research groups.
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Phage and bacteria: A war in a biofilm
Recent work has indicated that bacteria can tip the balance to survive in the presence of predatory phage when they form biofilms.
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Viral discovery gone mainstream
There are more viruses in the ocean than there are estimated stars in the universe.
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John Innes Centre: much more than compost
The John Innes Centre (JIC) is probably most famous for John Innes compost, but a lot more goes on there.
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Green cell factories for sustainable CO2-neutral chemical and fuel production without the use of fossil resources
Modified photosynthetic cyanobacteria may be our future sustainable CO2-neutral producers of selected products that are currently made from fossil resources.
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Movie microbes under the microscope
The film Contagion has seen a huge spike on download sites amid the coronavirus pandemic, but what you may not know is that microbes have been movie stars since the earliest days of cinema.
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The soil crisis: the pivotal role of microbes in this global health problem
Soil is the thin, fragile, non-renewable skin of the planet and home to our terrestrial biosphere.
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The hidden symbiosis between blueberries and ericoid mycorrhizal fungus
Wild blueberries are known to form a unique, specialised symbiosis with ericoid mycorrhizal fungi.. Estimated to date back to 117 million years, this type of mycorrhizal symbiosis is the most recent to have evolved
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Assuring the safety of vaccines
A vaccine undergoes a comprehensive regime of testing, and its use is subject to continuous vigilance throughout its lifecycle to ensure safety, efficacy and quality.