• While, as shown with creatures such as hydra and Planarian worms, it is indeed possible for a creature to be biologically immortal, these are animals which are physiologically very different from humans, and it is not known if something comparable will ever be possible for humans. (wikipedia.org)
  • The gut microbiomes of city-dwelling animals, including coyotes, lizards, and birds, show similarities to those found in humans who also live in urban environments. (the-scientist.com)
  • They then compared the animals' microbiomes to those of humans living in similar environments in the US, Venezuela, and Tibet. (the-scientist.com)
  • When we compared wild [rural] animals to urban humans, and compared urban animals to urban humans, we saw that the urban animals and the urban humans were more similar than what we would expect," Dillard says. (the-scientist.com)
  • Because the similarities between urban wildlife and city-dwelling humans were evident even when the two groups didn't live together-the microbiomes of anoles in Mexico were more similar to those of humans in Venezuela or Canada, for example-the findings weren't simply caused by local transmission from humans to animals. (the-scientist.com)
  • Urban Puerto Rican anoles, for instance, had a high frequency of a particular bacterium that is common in humans and associated with a diet high in protein and animal fats. (the-scientist.com)
  • The bacteria gets to the small intestine and then multiplies, producing proteins that are toxic to humans and cause watery diarrhea. (livescience.com)
  • They assess the safety of GE foods to humans, animals, plants, and the environment. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Scientists found mercury at levels high enough to cause severe neurological damage in humans and demonstrated for the first time that the toxic element cadmium can cross the blood-brain barrier. (understandinganimalresearch.org.uk)
  • In many cases, these studies have revealed tantalizing clues of microbiome-driven evolution in animals, including humans, and in some cases, pointed to specific adaptations that likely owe their origin, at least in part, to bacteria in the digestive tract. (the-scientist.com)
  • Every species on Earth - bacteria, animals, humans - has the same genetic structure, made up of four units. (scrippsnews.com)
  • I have read articles and seen photographs of babies born with animal features, or worse yet, demonic looking creatures being born to humans. (exposingsatanism.org)
  • Zoo" is short for zoonosis, the spread of diseases from animals to humans . (aphrc.org)
  • Mostly harmless, E. coli usually leads a quiet life in the digestive tract of warmblooded animals, from humans to birds to mice. (aphrc.org)
  • He explained, "E. coli is able to survive in the environment and it can also be shared between humans and animals. (aphrc.org)
  • Identifying beneficial associations, such as this one, could be an effective strategy in the search for new, bioactive natural products to protect plants, animals and humans. (msucares.com)
  • When these blooms become harmful to the environment, animals, and humans, scientists call them cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs). (cdc.gov)
  • They also can produce powerful toxins that affect the brain and liver of animals and humans. (cdc.gov)
  • As a commensal bacteria, it doesn't cause illness in humans [when residing in gut flora or colonizing skin and mucosal surfaces]. (medscape.com)
  • Perhaps the best-known example occurs when the bacterium Clostridium difficile invades the gut, causing painful and sometimes deadly colitis. (dictionary.com)
  • ; Rodriguez-Palacios A, et al ] that isolated a bacterium called Clostridium difficile from meats sold in grocery stores. (cdc.gov)
  • However, for a long time, scientists have found it convenient to consider bacterial cells as merely "average. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Next, the bacterial residents of the animals' colons were assessed. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • But I challenge readers to think of a living thing - anything, be it animal, vegetable, or bacterial (if you know any particular bacteria), and try to find it, clicking on circles that represent classes and phylums. (escapistmagazine.com)
  • As their name suggests, these infect and kill co-resident bacteria, and in doing so they perform an essential role in controlling bacterial populations, thereby stabilising marine ecosystems. (oup.com)
  • It turns out a bacterial infection killed the elephants in Zimbabwe, according to the research based on samples taken from 15 of the animals that died in that country. (cbsnews.com)
  • To address this problem, the research team screened for bacterial E. coli genes whose deletion alleviates the PD symptoms in an animal model of PD. (hku.hk)
  • From a genome-wide screen, Dr Zheng's team identified 38 bacterial genes that can promote neurodegeneration in the animal host. (hku.hk)
  • Dr Zheng pointed out the importance of the study and said: "This study established a new paradigm for understanding how bacterial components from the gut microbiome can influence neuronal health in animals. (hku.hk)
  • Now, they have found that the structure of the bacterial communities varied depending on the scent profiles of the sour, musky-smelling 'pastes' that the animals left on grass stalks to communicate with members of their clan. (bioedonline.org)
  • Stafford and his team discovered that the feces of several endangered animals harbored bacteriophages capable of killing bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics. (medscape.com)
  • The studies use both in vitro cellular models of bacterial communities (biofilms) to characterise the phenotype of disease-causing bacteria. (lu.se)
  • CRISPR-Cas systems enable bacteria to acquire immunity against their viruses by capturing snippets of their DNA and using RNA-guided nucleases that cleave the viral DNA. (rockefeller.edu)
  • Of course, these questions can be discussed at several levels from the philosophical to the practical to the scientific, but the bottom line is that although viruses are well known for causing potentially lethal infectious diseases in animals and plants, they are not all bad. (oup.com)
  • For example, every litre of sea water contains around 10 billion bacteria and approximately 100 billion viruses, mostly bacteriophages (phage for short). (oup.com)
  • Scientists uncovered viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages, in animal poop and are testing whether they could work as antibiotics. (livescience.com)
  • Bacteriophages, commonly known as phages, are viruses that selectively target and kill bacteria. (medscape.com)
  • Overview of Immunization Immunization (vaccination) helps the body defend itself against diseases caused by certain bacteria or viruses. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Scientists recently began using TAL effectors to modify DNA in a variety of organisms. (nih.gov)
  • Bacteria usually live off other organisms. (dictionary.com)
  • While most cases are not so extreme, anecdotal reports and expert analysis suggest that it is far from rare for scientists, students, and laboratory technicians to develop allergies to the organisms they study. (salon.com)
  • But some scientists report allergies that are almost completely unstudied, potentially because relatively few people - at least in wealthy nations in which many allergy studies are conducted - regularly come into contact with the organisms that cause them. (salon.com)
  • The bacteria that cause cholera grab genes from other organisms in a particularly predatory way, new research finds. (livescience.com)
  • Bacteria often grab genes from other organisms and incorporate that DNA into their own genomes. (livescience.com)
  • Genetic engineering can be done with plants, animals, or bacteria and other very small organisms. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Phytoplankton, the oceans' floating population of tiny marine organisms including bacteria and archaea, are vital for marine life. (oup.com)
  • Poop also plays an unsung role in ecosystems and animal diets, providing essential nutrients that benefit organisms of all sizes. (livescience.com)
  • Although few organisms are as practical to study as fast-growing Drosophila , research on other species in the past decade or so has produced multiple reports of common phylogenetic patterns in animals and their microbial residents-a phenomenon known as phylosymbiosis-and scientists have documented various correlations between microbiome composition and host phenotypes. (the-scientist.com)
  • But these organisms aren't exactly better, faster, stronger - they need synthetic molecules provided by the scientists to replicate. (scrippsnews.com)
  • In contrast to similar studies in the north Atlantic Ocean, we found that bacteria and not seafloor animals were the most important organisms consuming organic detritus that floats down towards the ocean floor. (hw.ac.uk)
  • However, it is important because, having plasmid as a basis, these bacteria can spread to a whole host of organisms. (medscape.com)
  • Until now, scientists had only used TALENs to edit genes in the cell nucleus. (nih.gov)
  • What we did know," says Professor and HHMI-GBMF Investigator Rob Martienssen, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), "was that epigenetic inheritance -- the inheritance by offspring of chemical "tags" present in parental DNA that modify the expression of genes -- is much more widespread in plants than in animals. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This is, however, the first time anyone has observed cholera bacteria - or any bacteria - using this system to gather up new genes. (livescience.com)
  • But sometimes, new strains appear, and the transfer of genes from other species of bacteria (including other kinds of cholera) might be one reason these new strains arrive. (livescience.com)
  • Even so, some genes might alter the outer membrane of the bacteria, for example, making it less visible to the human immune system or tougher for people's stomach acid to kill. (livescience.com)
  • Genetically engineered (GE) foods have had their DNA changed using genes from other plants or animals. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Genetic engineering allows scientists to move desired genes from one plant or animal into another. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Genes can also be moved from an animal to a plant or vice versa. (medlineplus.gov)
  • This bacterium contains only the genes necessary for life, and consists of just 473 genes," Dr. Valda Vinson, deputy editor of Science, said in a press conference. (iflscience.com)
  • As a pioneering study in 1995 revealed, only 525 genes are found within each of these bacteria. (iflscience.com)
  • And E. coli are exceptionally good at swapping genes with other microbes, including genes that transform harmless bacteria into dangerous germs, or that render them immune to antibiotics. (aphrc.org)
  • Read about how mutation affects genes and how scientists clone plants and animals. (hobbyengineering.com)
  • This new approach, called "functional phylogenomics," allows scientists to reconstruct the pattern of events that led to the vast number of plant species and could help identify genes used to improve seed quality for agriculture. (nyu.edu)
  • Bacteria make up most of the kingdom of prokaryotes (Monera or Prokaryota), with one group (the archaea) sometimes classified as a separate kingdom. (dictionary.com)
  • In bacteria and archaea, CRISPRs-clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeats-constitutes a recently discovered genetic interference pathway that protects cells from phages and conjugative plasmids. (rockefeller.edu)
  • Marraffini ultimately hopes to answer fundamental questions about how CRISPR-Cas systems destroy their targets, how the genetic memory is generated, and how CRISPR-Cas immunity affects the evolution of bacteria and archaea. (rockefeller.edu)
  • bacteria, archaea, eukaryotes. (escapistmagazine.com)
  • Scientists have narrowed down the possible cause of the infection to one species of bacteria in the animals' stomach that turned deadly. (businessinsider.com)
  • A certain species of bacteria breaks down compounds, commonly found in black tea, to create a molecule that protects. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • For scientists working with less-common species and those engaged in fieldwork, information on what exactly constitutes appropriate PPE may be very limited. (salon.com)
  • US scientists are hailing a new gene modification technique that leads to the suppression of female mosquitoes of the species that most commonly spreads the deadly malaria parasite. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Scientists dug into a 2,200-year-old pile of Andean condor poop to study the species' diet and changes in habitat. (livescience.com)
  • We rounded up the animal antics and species conservation stories that made us laugh, smile and cheer in 2021. (si.edu)
  • Soil contains a vast diversity of life, with soil animals comprising over 25 percent of all species on the entire planet. (xerces.org)
  • Mice Used as Sperm Factories for Pigs, Goats - Hillary Mayell, for National Geographic News August 14, 2002″For the first time scientists have been able to produce viable sperm from the tissue of sexually immature mammals-and at the same time produce sperm of one species in the body of another species. (exposingsatanism.org)
  • One particular species, M. genitalium , has the smallest known genome of any living bacteria that can independently replicate. (iflscience.com)
  • Bacteria in scent glands give information about hosts' species, sex and reproductive state. (bioedonline.org)
  • What makes bacteriophages particularly interesting is their ability to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria - a feature making them prime candidates for treating otherwise unmanageable diabetic foot ulcers. (medscape.com)
  • They enable the bacteria to use plant DNA to multiply and spread infection. (nih.gov)
  • A Human Animal Infection and Risk Surveillance Group report, published on Monday will reveal the risk to the public to be very low, and low for breeders. (yahoo.com)
  • An analysis, published October 25 in the journal Nature Communications , showed evidence of infection by a little-known bacterium called Bisgaard taxon 45 that caused septicemia, or blood poisoning. (cbsnews.com)
  • Evidence of infection was found in six out of the 15 samples, the study authors wrote, which was corroborated by isolating the bacterium in the lab and in-depth genetic analysis. (cbsnews.com)
  • The PulseNet specimens have no connection other than symbiotic flora, colonization, contamination, or infection by bacteria that at some point years ago were progeny of the same cell. (cdc.gov)
  • Oonagh Shannon is Associate Professor in Experimental Infection Medicine and she has a long-standing research interest in understanding the host response to bacteria that breach the bloodstream. (lu.se)
  • Anders Håkansson is Professor in Experimental Infection Medicine at the Department of Translational Medicine and his group is focused on better understanding how bacteria interact with the host during severe infections such as pneumonia and sepsis. (lu.se)
  • Armed with nearly two hundred samples of bird poop and samples from the same individual birds in both The Bahamas and Michigan, the researchers conducted genetic analyses of the bacteria present in the poop. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Once the membranes are dissolved, the target cell bursts, releasing its DNA, and the cholera bacterium absorbs the freed genetic material. (livescience.com)
  • Genetic engineering allows scientists to select one specific gene to implant. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Scientists worry that the loss of genetic variation in bacteria across a converted forest could reduce ecosystem resilience. (eurekalert.org)
  • Although he and his colleagues didn't dig into what the genetic variation meant for the flies' phenotypes, they did show that it mirrored the variation observed in wild Drosophila populations across geographic latitudes in North America-for instance, alleles associated with a Lactobacillus diet in the experiment are more frequent in populations living at higher latitudes, where these bacteria are more abundant. (the-scientist.com)
  • By adding two genetic units to the DNA of E. coli bacteria, U.S. scientists have created an alien organism capable of producing new types of proteins. (scrippsnews.com)
  • After researchers chemically created the X and Y nucleotides, they inserted them into E. coli bacteria, which then reproduced normally and passed along the new genetic units. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Others result from mobile genetic elements snippets of DNA that are able to move between bacteria. (cdc.gov)
  • By borrowing a tool from bacteria that infect plants, scientists have developed a new approach to eliminate mutated DNA inside mitochondria-the energy factories within cells. (nih.gov)
  • The bacteria was reportedly found in animal manure in the New Orleans Zoo, and have been feeding happily on pages of the Times Picayune in laboratory experiments. (themarysue.com)
  • Collectively the fellows provide technical assistance, analysis, and training to public health laboratory scientists around the country. (cdc.gov)
  • Scientists at NYU's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, the American Museum of Natural History, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and the New York Botanical Garden have created the largest genome-based tree of life for seed plants to date. (nyu.edu)
  • Anecdotal evidence and data from laboratory animal research suggest that cyanobacterial toxins can cause a range of adverse human health effects, yet few studies have explored the links between CyanoHABs and human health. (cdc.gov)
  • Plague vaccine is recommended for field workers in endemic areas and for scientists and laboratory personnel who routinely work with the plague bacterium. (medscape.com)
  • We have also trained one laboratory scientist in The Gambia on the WHO Antimicrobial Surveillance and Quality Assessment Collaborating Centres Network (WHONET) platform, called Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS), which aims to standardize worldwide antimicrobial resistance surveillance. (who.int)
  • A laboratory scientist from The Gambia recently participated in the WHO Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Biosafety training in Johannesburg, South Africa. (who.int)
  • Among those samples, DNA from Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, was found in two ancient Siberians, the researchers report January 6 in Science Advances. (dictionary.com)
  • Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease (DZNE) and fellow scientists have studied this question in mice. (phys.org)
  • In a new study in the journal Molecular Ecology , researchers used tiny radio trackers to follow the movements of birds that migrated between The Bahamas and Michigan, and they found that the same individual birds' gut bacteria were different in the two locations. (scitechdaily.com)
  • When the birds flew into the nets that the researchers set up, the scientists repeated the paper bag procedure before letting the birds go again. (scitechdaily.com)
  • In the new study, the researchers found that chitin seems to trigger a mechanism in the bacteria called the type VI secretion system. (livescience.com)
  • Researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York set out to explore what links there might be between diet, obesity, gut bacteria, and osteoarthritis. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • To induce osteoarthritis, the researchers tore the animals' menisci, or the cushion of cartilage between the shin and thigh bones. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Instead, researchers are interested in the hundreds of tiny fruit flies living on the trees and the even tinier bacteria living inside the insects' guts. (the-scientist.com)
  • The researchers said they failed to detect the bacteria in the other samples - a fact they attributed to poor sample quality and delays getting the necessary permits that meant it was too late to perform some lab work. (cbsnews.com)
  • Now, researchers have found evidence that bacteria living in the scent glands of hyenas help to produce the smells that the animals use to identify group members and tell when females are ready to mate. (bioedonline.org)
  • In 1977, Shepard was also one of two CDC researchers who isolated the elusive bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease, Legionella pneumophila . (cdc.gov)
  • The trillions of bacteria living in our guts play a crucial role in our ability to digest food and fight off disease. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Finding a link between osteoarthritis and the bacteria in our guts seems unlikely. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Then, the team added plates of food: control fly populations received standard food, while others got food laced with one of two bacteria commonly found in the insects' guts, Acetobacter and Lactobacillus . (the-scientist.com)
  • they can live in the guts of animals. (cdc.gov)
  • and that makes sense because STEC lives in the guts of certain animals--primarily cattle. (cdc.gov)
  • Encounters between two strains of bacteria can bear a striking resemblance to humanity's wars, or those of ants. (iflscience.com)
  • The observations have been published in Current Biology , and a video of two strains of bacteria, modified so they glow green when releasing toxins, can be seen below. (iflscience.com)
  • The scientists discovered this by growing the bacteria under varying conditions, and comparing different strains. (livescience.com)
  • Each year's vaccine is directed against the 3 or 4 strains that scientists predict will be most common in the coming year. (msdmanuals.com)
  • During the past few years, scientists have begun adapting TALENs and other genome-editing tools for gene therapy. (nih.gov)
  • An in-born heart defect has been fixed using gene editing in human embryos, scientists reported this week. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • Such gene transfer can be quite useful to bacteria, since it gives them a bigger toolkit of survival strategies. (livescience.com)
  • Scientists take the gene for a desired trait in one plant or animal, and they insert that gene into a cell of another plant or animal. (medlineplus.gov)
  • A few months ago, a group of Chinese scientists found that many gram-negative bacteria ( Enterobacteriaceae ) harbor the plasmid gene mcr-1 . (medscape.com)
  • Others are studying disease-fighting bacteria as a probiotic line of defense. (wfit.org)
  • And to figure that out, the scientists had to get up close and personal with a lot of bird poop. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Scientists have made a tiny model of a new, incredibly slippery toilet that poop shouldn't stick to. (livescience.com)
  • Scientists discovered a 2,200-year-old condor poop pile in the Andes. (livescience.com)
  • So, leafy greens can become contaminated with poop from cattle or other wild animals that could be carrying or spreading STEC bacteria. (cdc.gov)
  • The bacteria normally and peacefully coexist inside the saiga's stomachs, but unusual rain conditions caused by climate change somehow turned the bacteria deadly, as previously reported by Zimmer. (businessinsider.com)
  • Some scientists wonder if it came from foreign lands by ship ballast water , while others question if it might have always been hanging around until corals became immuno-compromised by climate change and pollution. (wfit.org)
  • Chemicals released by gut microbes slow down the ageing process in worms, flies and even mice, scientists announced. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • It's a rich environment for the spread of bacteria and other microbes. (aphrc.org)
  • The hordes of microbes that inhabit every nook and cranny of every animal are not just passive hitchhikers: they actively shape their hosts' well-being and even behaviour. (bioedonline.org)
  • But experiments to determine which bacteria were present had been inconclusive, because the microbes had to be grown in culture, which is not possible with all bacteria. (bioedonline.org)
  • Beetles use the bacterium to protect their food against other microbes. (msucares.com)
  • Zahn's research had discovered significant levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the air near hog confinement operations in Iowa and Missouri. (webexhibits.org)
  • For example, antibiotic treatment that kill most of the bacteria in the gut can help ameliorate the pathophysiology of PD in mice. (hku.hk)
  • Scientists at Mississippi State University's Forest and Wildlife Research Center, along with colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvard and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, have made a breakthrough with the discovery of an antibiotic-producing bacterium. (msucares.com)
  • The bacterium produces a unique antibiotic that is highly effective against a fungus that can attack the beetles' food source. (msucares.com)
  • Our findings indicate that another beneficial connection also has been established between the Southern pine beetle and the newly discovered bacterium, which produces an antibiotic that inhibits the antagonistic fungus," Yuceer said. (msucares.com)
  • It's a concern that recognizes that extensive antibiotic use for growth production in industrialized animal raising is not without significant collateral damage or an impact on human health. (medscape.com)
  • Prophylactic antibiotic therapy is recommended in persons who have handled an animal known to be infected with the plague bacterium. (medscape.com)
  • Prophylactic antibiotic therapy is recommended in persons who have had close exposure to a person or an animal thought to have pneumonic plague. (medscape.com)
  • Antibiotic-resistant bacteria mean that the infections that we usually regard as minor become more complicated or even life-threatening. (lu.se)
  • Connors had been an employee of Grede Foundries of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, and hoped to return to work there, when he became ill and was diagnosed with pneumonia caused by exposure to the bacteria Legionella pneumophila.2 An investigation by a federal agency showed that water in the foundry cooling towers contained Legionella pneumophila. (justia.com)
  • During the pertinent time period, the foundry had a liability insurance policy with Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company.3 ¶4 As pertinent here, the complaint alleges that the foundry "was negligent in not properly maintaining its cooling towers, and other water sources," which "allowed for the growth of legionella pneumophila" and Connors' exposure to the bacteria, which resulted in bodily injury to him. (justia.com)
  • It is not disputed that scientists call the bacteria at issue here "Legionella pneumophila. (justia.com)
  • Following the parties and authorities on which both parties rely, we use the terms "Legionella bacteria" or "the bacteria. (justia.com)
  • Bacteria, rodents, birds, and other small animals from the CEZ have all been previous subjects of studies. (humanevents.com)
  • One of the interesting findings in this study is that a polyphenol called EGCG from green tea extracts can almost completely inhibit curli secretion in bacteria and has amazing effects in suppressing neurodegeneration. (hku.hk)
  • The diversity of the bacteria is enough to potentially explain the origin of these signals," says Theis. (bioedonline.org)
  • Scientists have called cyanobacteria the origin of plants, and have credited cyanobacteria with providing nitrogen fertilizer for rice and beans. (cdc.gov)
  • The following is a general but partial definition of bacteria: "microscopic plants" "that are often aggregated into colonies," "living in soil, water, organic matter or the live bodies of plants and animals, and … important to man because of their chemical effects (as in nitrogen fixation, putrefaction, and various fermentations) and as pathogens. (justia.com)
  • Beetles are basically protecting their food from pathogens using a bacterium with a potent chemical inhibitor. (msucares.com)
  • Blokesch added that the spearing mechanism might be one more reason the cholera bacterium is so virulent in the human gut . (livescience.com)
  • From microscopic nematodes in water films and soil pores to tiny springtails that navigate through existing soil tunnels to millipedes and other larger arthropods that create their own burrows, soil animal life is a complex, fascinating web that ultimately supports life above ground. (xerces.org)
  • This animal is a microscopic nematode (worm) called Caenorhabditis elegans , used by scientists across the world as an important model organism for biological research. (hku.hk)
  • When scientists studied the dead animals, they found internal bleeding. (businessinsider.com)
  • In nature, TAL effectors are found only in certain types of plant-infecting bacteria. (nih.gov)
  • A multinational team of scientists may have found. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • The scientists published their results in Science Advances in March, which found that the dogs in the area were "genetically distinct from other free-breeding and purebred dog populations," and that the effect of nearly 40 years of radiation could have sped up evolution in the canines. (humanevents.com)
  • One 2016 study of Eastern tree frogs found that the amphibian creature's typically green pigmentation had turned back in the area, and the scientists' theory was that the change came from a mutation that ionized radiation. (humanevents.com)
  • Scientists recently found that tardigrades can travel by snail to reach new destinations that were otherwise beyond their reach. (livescience.com)
  • A pod of whales stranded in Fife had high concentrations of toxic chemicals, some of which had reached the mammals' brains, scientists have found. (understandinganimalresearch.org.uk)
  • Smaller genomes exist, but these are found in bacteria that require a host . (iflscience.com)
  • Furthermore, the research team found that curli also promoted neurodegeneration in animal models of Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Huntington's disease, suggesting that the bacteria-secreted curli may have detrimental effects in a range of neurodegenerative disorders. (hku.hk)
  • He found that for 40 years, scientists had wondered whether smelly bacteria were involved in animals' chemical communication. (bioedonline.org)
  • Published in the refereed journal Science, the research found that adult female Southern pine beetles carry a previously unknown bacterium. (msucares.com)
  • C. difficile lives in the gut of infected persons or animals, and may be found in healthy pets like cats, dogs or horses. (cdc.gov)
  • Before now, these plasmids were more commonly found in pigs and other animals. (medscape.com)
  • Scientists at Northeastern University developed a process that turns the bovine feces into a filter that purifies otherwise undrinkable water - an innovation the team hopes can address the global water crisis. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The scientists ran sequencing on the feces to determine the makeup of each animal's hindgut microbiota. (thehorse.com)
  • I expect to see reports from more centers as they try to incorporate assessment of the resistance profiles of bacteria routinely into the care of their patients. (medscape.com)
  • New Scientist asked the EA why it doesn't test for other pollutants, but it declined to comment. (newscientist.com)
  • The poor state of these rivers is probably due to sewage discharges and pollutants from farms allowing bacteria to flourish, says Alistair Boxall at the University of York, UK. (newscientist.com)
  • The court concluded that the bacteria allegedly dispersed or released by the foundry and inhaled by Connors were "contaminants," which are defined to be "pollutants" under the pollution exclusion. (justia.com)
  • 2 We conclude that the pollution exclusion in the foundry's policy, which is considerably more detailed than the standard pollution exclusion in many commercial general liability policies, is ambiguous on the question of whether the bacteria are "pollutants" in the context of the occurrence alleged here. (justia.com)
  • But probably each colony arose from a single bacterium which got into the dish when it was exposed to the air. (dictionary.com)
  • Breed your own bacteria colony to experiment with survival of the fittest. (hobbyengineering.com)
  • This involves selecting plants or animals with desired traits and breeding them. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In addition to the FDA, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulate bioengineered plants and animals. (medlineplus.gov)
  • We have known for a long time that conversion of rainforest land in the Amazon for agriculture results in a loss of biodiversity in plants and animals. (eurekalert.org)
  • a whole host of soil animals also contribute to soil health by improving soil structure, increasing soil fertility through decomposition of plants and animals and mixing of soil layers, and as predators and other roles in soil food webs. (xerces.org)
  • The mechanism the Hsal uses to protect itself from radiation is similar to Deinococcus radiodurans, a bacterium known for its radiation resistance. (dictionary.com)
  • A new study, published this week in the journal JCI Insight , looked at a more intriguing mechanism that might link these two conditions: gut bacteria. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Much like social insects, such as honey bees and wasps and social animals like birds and mammals who use alarm calls, when under predation, they are capable of generating a coordinated attack. (iflscience.com)
  • It is correct to say The soil sample contains millions of bacteria, and Tetanus is caused by a bacterium. (dictionary.com)
  • animal feeding operations or crop production practices that negatively impact soil, water, or air quality. (webexhibits.org)
  • Their findings in part validated previous research showing that bacteria in the soil became more diverse over the years, as it was converted to pasture. (eurekalert.org)
  • And of these soil animals, 99 percent are invertebrates. (xerces.org)
  • The HCCPD that gets into soil binds to decaying plant and animal matter. (cdc.gov)
  • The Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility, dug in the mid-1960s, allows scientists a three-dimensional look at frozen ground. (wypr.org)
  • Scientists plan to eventually use the offspring of these specimens to replant Florida's waters once the aquatic plague passes. (wfit.org)
  • Animal studies have conclusively established that certain antibodies are protective against plague. (medscape.com)
  • Efforts to control the animal reservoir and flea population may be effective in reducing transmission of plague bacteria. (medscape.com)
  • Spraying of appropriate chemicals by health authorities may be necessary to kill fleas at selected sites during animal plague outbreaks. (medscape.com)
  • So if we can cut down the energy loss with the inhibitor, the animals will gain more body weight and recover more quickly. (vice.com)
  • According to the research team, these miniature mammals did not hibernate, but remained active, searching for food in the form of insects and other small animals. (moviesonline.ca)
  • They polluted everything from the smallest insects to the largest animal, and all of humankind. (exposingsatanism.org)
  • From smart shrews to clever coatis, every animal in Small Mammal House receives enrichment. (si.edu)
  • Current research targets ultrasonic separation and enrichment of cells, bacteria, virus and extracellular vesicles aimed at providing new technology for faster sepsis diagnostics. (lu.se)
  • In the struggle to control a bit of gut, E. coli produces toxins to repel rivals, sometimes at the cost of the animal whose intestine is the war zone. (iflscience.com)
  • In both spotted hyenas ( Crocuta crocuta ) and striped hyenas ( Hyaena hyaena ), most of the bacteria were of a kind that ferments nutrients exuded by the skin and produces odours. (bioedonline.org)
  • By blasting the manure with intense heat, scientists broke it down to a carbon powder that was made into a foam. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Zhang collected a trove of cow manure from local farms and hit the material with heat up to 3,092F to kill off any bacteria. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Once the bacteria was removed, the manure had transformed into a carbon powder that Zhang turned into a foam to filter out the salt from ocean water. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • This can lower oxygen levels in rivers, harming local animal and plant life, says Tyler, and some algae can be dangerous for people. (newscientist.com)
  • However, cyanobacteria are related more closely to bacteria than to algae. (cdc.gov)
  • It is important to remember that bacteria is the plural of bacterium, and that saying a bacteria is incorrect. (dictionary.com)
  • This subtle but important change in diet promoted the growth of healthy bacteria and produced a marked reduction in pro-inflammatory bacteria. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Studies in the last few years have suggested that gut bacteria may play an important role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. (hku.hk)
  • Their biomass then potentially becomes a food source for other animals in the deep sea, so actually what we've discovered is a potential alternative food source in the deepest parts of the ocean, where we thought there was none. (hw.ac.uk)
  • Report sick or dead animals to the local health department or law enforcement officials and wear gloves when handling potentially infected animals. (medscape.com)
  • All other animals also have communities of bacteria living inside them, that scientists call microbiomes, and learning about them can help scientists put together a more complete picture of how those animals interact with the world. (scitechdaily.com)
  • We've seen in other animals that microbiomes can be influenced by the places their hosts live. (scitechdaily.com)
  • This isn't the first bacteria discovered that can produce butanol, nor the first biological process to be tapped for making fuel. (themarysue.com)
  • A research team led by Dr Chaogu ZHENG from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) recently discovered that bacteria-derived curli amyloid fibril promotes neurodegeneration in the host. (hku.hk)
  • One particularly dramatic and well-documented case involves Dr. James Zahn, a research microbiologist at the USDA who asserts that he was prohibited on no fewer than 11 occasions from publicizing his research on the potential hazards to human health posed by airborne bacteria resulting from farm wastes. (webexhibits.org)
  • Our scientists are also working closely with USDA - the government agency responsible for regulating the safety of meat - and sharing emerging information as it becomes available. (cdc.gov)
  • Through this system, a bacterium creates a kind of spike made of proteins, which spears out to strike neighboring cells. (livescience.com)
  • One reason a technique for cloning animals often results in oversized placentas, and hence failed births, has been uncovered in mice by an all-RIKEN team. (phys.org)
  • At the same time, the scientists observed body-wide inflammation in the obese mice, including the knee joints. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • For the next phase of the study, the scientists started the protocol again: they fattened up mice with a 12-week, high-fat diet. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The scientists transferred bacteria flora from bears in winter hibernation as well as bears in summer to lab mice that were cultivated to be germ-free. (understandinganimalresearch.org.uk)
  • It turned out that the mice which were given the summer flora of bacteria gained weight more readily. (understandinganimalresearch.org.uk)
  • Bacteria that live in the digestive tracts of animals may influence the adaptive trajectories of their hosts. (the-scientist.com)
  • Bacteria are just like us in this regard! (scitechdaily.com)
  • With regard to bacteria, donkeys had more of two groups of Lachnospiraceae-Lachnoclostridium 10 and 'probable genus 10'-than ponies and mules. (thehorse.com)
  • Scientists have discovered that epigenetic modifications can be inherited in pollen and that this process is guided by small RNA. (sciencedaily.com)
  • But their findings contradicted prior thinking by showing that the loss of restricted ranges for different kinds of bacteria communities resulted in a biotic homogenization and net loss of diversity overall. (eurekalert.org)
  • They form the base of a vast food-web that begins with zooplankton, which sustain young marine animals, which feed fish, which in turn fall prey to large marine carnivores. (oup.com)
  • Scientists out of the National Human Genome Research Institute and the University of South Carolina have begun studying the effects of radiation on hundreds of feral dogs and how it could have altered their genomes in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), the area in Northern Ukraine affected by the explosion of the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor in 1986, when the region was part of the former Soviet Union . (humanevents.com)
  • The research conducted at the University of Sheffield also serves as a powerful argument for a One Health approach - a multidisciplinary field focusing on the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. (medscape.com)
  • Scientists are exploring the human health effects associated with long-term exposure to low levels of cyanobacterial toxins. (cdc.gov)
  • Some scientists believe that human adult lactase polymorphism evolved in the Neolithic period, after animal milk became available for the nutrition of older children and adults. (medscape.com)
  • Human and animal studies suggest that numerous modulators result in variable expression of lactase at different ages. (medscape.com)
  • Cindy Hinton is a health scientist in the disability and health branch in the division of human development and disability at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • This approach is a holistic approach to antimicrobial resistance which focuses on human health, animal health issues and environmental issues. (who.int)
  • The animals digest food in multiple stomachs, assisted by more than 400 types of bacteria. (vice.com)
  • Another question is the role that food plays in spreading those bacteria. (aphrc.org)
  • Scientists have discovered that bacteria in the deepest parts of the seafloor are absorbing carbon dioxide and could be turning themselves into an additional food source for other deep-sea life. (hw.ac.uk)
  • Healthy adult food producing animals like beef and dairy cattle may also carry the bacteria. (cdc.gov)
  • People, on the other hand, hunt apes and other wild animals for food, and have done so for over 40 000 years. (lu.se)
  • The need for food, animal feed and fuel in the Sahel belt is growing year on year, but supply is not increasing at the same rate. (lu.se)
  • Ludwig Cancer Research scientists report in the current issue of Nature Biotechnology a new and improved method to detect chemical modifications to DNA. (phys.org)
  • While anecdotes of allergic scientists abound, research into the issue is scant. (salon.com)
  • Scientists on the research team hope their work will provide valuable data to those making decisions about the future of the Amazon rainforest. (eurekalert.org)
  • Members are our strongest champions of animal conservation and wildlife research. (si.edu)
  • New research suggests that chronic exposure to low radiation can cause damage to the eyes of wild animals. (understandinganimalresearch.org.uk)
  • Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute were able to add another two units, which they called X and Y. They published their research in the journal Nature on Wednesday. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Molecular biologist John Kiiru studies drug-resistant bacteria spreading in Nairobi's slums at the Kenya Medical Research Institute. (aphrc.org)
  • Because this animal fed on bacteria, the research team developed it into a powerful tool to analyse bacteria-host interaction. (hku.hk)
  • Led by Professor Graham Stafford, chair of molecular microbiology at the University of Sheffield, the research team began to explore a rather unorthodox resource: the fecal matter of endangered animals like Guinea baboons, lemurs, and Visayan pigs. (medscape.com)
  • Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid landscapes occupying the transition zone. (lu.se)
  • Caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, the illness is transmitted by the bite of an infected tick. (dictionary.com)
  • No. 2014AP2990 ¶1 BLANCHARD, J. Patrick Connors alleges that a foundry where he had been employed negligently allowed bacteria to be dispersed or released into the air, that he inhaled some of these bacteria while visiting the foundry, and that this resulted in illness causing bodily injury. (justia.com)
  • Although this work is specific to hyenas, Theis thinks that bacteria probably also have a role in chemical communication in other animals. (bioedonline.org)