A new study shows that field-portable assays are effective at identifying microbes directly in the field in real time, making it easier to study and explore caves. The researchers established a roadmap for thoroughly studying cave life, emphasizing the need to sample widely and from different materials.
A study of commensal bacgteria shows that Streptococcus mitis can kill the pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae during a physiological state known as competence, when bacteria become able to take up DNA from their surroundings.
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Researchers adapted a fluorescent imaging system typically used to study human cells, enabling real-time observation the parasite’s growth, a promising breakthrough against an organism that that infects both humans and animals.
Scientists developing a single-cell sequencing pipeline have revealed previously unknown diversity from a group of free-living protists closely related to the parasites that cause sleeping sickness.
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