News in Marine Biotechnology – Page 3
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NewsRediscovery of rare marine amoeba Rhabdamoeba marina
Researchers have successfully established a culture strain of the marine amoeba Rhabdamoeba marina from seawater sourced from the coast of Tottori Prefecture, Japan, and advocated for its reclassification into the class Chlorarachnea.
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NewsTiny vesicles exchange genetic information between cells in the sea
Extracellular vesicles play a much greater role in horizontal gene transfer in the ocean than previously assumed.
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NewsBook scopes out marine natural compounds in search for anti-infective medicines
The latest volume of the Bentham Science book series, Frontiers in Antimicrobial Agents, scopes out the potential of marine natural compounds in the search for anti-infective medicines.
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NewsClimate crisis could trigger outbreak of new and lethal infectious diseases
Researchers have identified Candida orthopsilosis, a hybrid microorganism that originated from two other parental fungi in a marine environment, as a potential pathogen that could pose a future threat to human health.
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NewsResearchers share up to $13.6 million to solve maritime challenge
Researchers are working on a more sustainable alternative to antifouling paint that would employ natural marine microbes as “building blocks” to form smooth, stable biofilms that reduce drag.
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NewsSoft, living materials made with algae glow under stress
A team of researchers has developed soft yet durable materials that glow in response to mechanical stress, such as compression, stretching or twisting, and deriving their luminescence from single-celled algae known as dinoflagellates.
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NewsScientists uncover new pathway of diatom-mediated calcification
Researchers have found that the photosynthesis of a common diatom can induce substantial aragonite precipitation from artificial/natural seawater under significantly lower supersaturation levels required for the precipitation of inorganic CaCO3.
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NewsWhale shark health relies on habitat, diet – and the right mix of microbes
Scientists from around the world have collaborated to sample microbes on the skin surface of the world’s largest fish – the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) – at five of the most famous diving sites around the world.
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NewsMarine microbes reveal extreme cooling ended the first human occupation of Europe
Paleoclimate evidence shows that around 1.1 million years ago, the southern European climate cooled significantly and likely caused an extinction of early humans on the continent, according to a new study.
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NewsDiazotrophs show nitrogen fixation hotspots in Atlantic seaweed communities
A new study examining nitrogen fixation among diazotrophs – microorganisms that can convert nitrogen into usable form for other plants and animals – has found significant hotspots in sargassum communities.
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NewsScientists reveal how microalgae cope with environmental challenges
A study has shed new light on the intricate relationship between competition, evolution, and ecological communities in microalgae.
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NewsMicrobes yield secrets of ocean events off Basque coast
Two studies by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) show that marine microfauna reflect today’s marine currents and also Cretaceous oceanic conditions.
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NewsApplied Microbiology International announces new president
Professor Jack Gilbert has taken over the reins from Professor Brendan Gilmore as President of Applied Microbiology International (AMI).
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NewsChanging sponge microbiome triggers gene regulation modifications
Researchers demonstrate that sponges react to changes in their microbiome with extensive modifications in gene regulation.
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NewsD-amino acids play role in cholera bacterium’s bid to escape
Cholera bacteria use specific D-amino acids to escape unfavourable niches and form complex ecological systems, a new study shows.
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NewsStudy unveils gene expression of photosynthetic symbiont in marine diatom
A new study explores the genetic expression of a photosynthetic symbiont that lives inside an abundant marine organism.
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NewsScientists reveal how Captain Cook microbe forms clumps
Researchers have described for the first time how the marine microorganism Trichodesmium filaments form aggregates through a simple yet exquisitely effective behavioural strategy.
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NewsNew research centre to calculate gas impact of microbes on atmosphere
One of the first research centres in the world to specialise in how much gas is released by plants, soil, fungi and bacteria has opened at the University of Copenhagen.
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NewsReef grazer fish faeces is deadly to coral
Faeces from fish that are typically thought to promote healthy reefs can damage and, in some cases, kill corals, according to a recent study.
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NewsPlankton trawl reveals new viruses related to both giant viruses and herpes viruses
Metagenomic data from Tara Oceans on marine plankton has enabled the discovery of a major group of DNA viruses found abundantly from the equator to the poles: mirusviruses.