• Researchers do not yet know whether bacteria in the gut influence the development of the brain and its activity when unpleasant emotional content is encountered, or if existing differences in the brain influence the type of bacteria that reside in the gut. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Dantas led a team of researchers from the University of Washington who evaluated a bacterium marketed to help combat diarrhoea. (sciencealert.com)
  • Similar studies by other researchers are already suggesting engineered probiotics are the future of medical treatments for a number of conditions. (sciencealert.com)
  • Lower numbers of these bacteria, including F. prausnitzii and Bifidobacterium bifidum, were associated with the severity of the infection, researchers said. (fox5dc.com)
  • This suggests that the gut microbiome might influence the immune system response to COVID-19 infection and potentially affect disease severity and outcome, researchers said. (fox5dc.com)
  • The Mayo researchers wanted to know how gut bacteria behave in people who are trying to lose weight. (darkdaily.com)
  • In general, the researchers noted that the best thing to do to protect yourself from harmful bacteria in your makeup is to practice better makeup hygiene. (firstforwomen.com)
  • In a groundbreaking study, researchers comprising Northwestern's Brian Hoffman and Ajay Sharma have discovered that ancient bacteria can live near the surface of Mars longer than believed. (technostation.com)
  • In previous studies, researchers discovered that Conan, the Bacterium placed in liquid, could withstand 25,000 units of radiation (or "grays"), which is equivalent to 1.2 million years right below Mars surface. (technostation.com)
  • A new study conducted by researchers from NWU has shown that bacteria do not mutate into super bugs. (universetoday.com)
  • The researchers say the compound attacks both gram-positive and notoriously hard-to-kill gram-negative bacteria. (bgr.com)
  • Now, researchers from the University of Sheffield have invented what they say is a compound capable of killing the two subgroups of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (bgr.com)
  • They are notoriously resilient to the most common treatment options, and as the researchers note in a press release, they had already developed a compound capable of combating gram-negative bacteria. (bgr.com)
  • Gram-negative bacteria are typically more resilient to this type of attack, but the researchers say their new compound has proven that it is up to the task. (bgr.com)
  • Going forward, the researchers will have plenty of hurdles to scale before their compound can be used to fight bacteria in humans. (bgr.com)
  • The drug-susceptible form of Staphylococcus aureus, a common bacterium that inhabits the body, may account for a greater number of infections among hospitalized newborns than the antibiotic-resistant form, according to researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health. (nih.gov)
  • Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a pretty scary thing, which is why researchers are working so hard to come up with new and creative ways to fight them off. (scienceblogs.com)
  • In a presentation from the Experimental Biology meeting in Chicago last month, researchers from the University of California in San Diego are testing the use of nanosponges (shown on the right in the figure below) to bind and inactivate toxins that are released from bacteria. (scienceblogs.com)
  • There is also historical precedent for the concept, dating back to the 1800s when researchers observed tumor regression in patients infected with certain bacteria. (aacr.org)
  • Now, researchers are exploring new approaches: engineering bacteria to stimulate antitumor immunity or to deliver cancer-killing drugs. (aacr.org)
  • Now, the researchers have to show that it works against multiple strains of bacteria as well, he says. (theverge.com)
  • EMBL-EBI researchers and collaborators used computational tools to identify almost 2,000 previously unknown gut bacteria species. (phys.org)
  • By using computational methods , researchers were able to reconstruct the genomes of these bacteria. (phys.org)
  • Fish and corals in reefs across the Pacific Ocean may harbor nearly 3 million varieties of bacteria , researchers report June 1 in Nature Communications . (sciencenews.org)
  • Researchers at MIT say that tiny bubbles trapped by raindrops play a part in launching bacteria on long-distance flights. (npr.org)
  • Using high-speed cameras and fluorescent dye, the researchers filmed drops of water as they fell on different types of soil infused with bacteria. (npr.org)
  • The discovery will help researchers map the factors in the strain of bacterium that help it overcome the body's defenses. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Researchers typically consider a genital tract healthy if it's heavily populated by Lactobacillus crispatus , a type of bacteria that calms inflammation (some members of the Lactobacillus group are also found in the gut or fermented foods such as yogurt). (popsci.com)
  • Scientists at the U.K.'s University of Newcastle suggest that a bacterial membrane protein that acts as a type of membrane vacuum cleaner could represent a promising new target for rendering harmful Gram-negative strains susceptible to existing as well as new antibiotics. (genengnews.com)
  • A bacterial isolate is a group of the same type of bacteria. (cdc.gov)
  • We shower and rinse ourselves with chemicals, rub our hands in anti-bacterial gel as if that bacteria might ruin an otherwise pristine surface. (cracked.com)
  • Bacteria pick up eukaryotic sequences encoding different characters, such as nutrition , but the most notable use of "higher" organism DNA is to infect and manipulate eukaryotic cells in the service of bacterial survival and multiplication. (huffpost.com)
  • Scientists haven't been able to conclusively say whether Staph bacteria hidden in cells are responsible for repeated infections, but if that's the case, then this treatment could put a stop to that by clearing the body of bacterial reservoirs. (theverge.com)
  • In this study, we leveraged the most comprehensive public databases of gastrointestinal bacteria to identify bacterial species that have not been seen before. (phys.org)
  • This chemotactic signaling pathway is relatively conserved across bacteria, whereas chemoeffectors and chemoreceptors vary among bacterial species/strains. (nature.com)
  • Women whose bacterial communities were dominated by microbes known to cause inflammation were four times more likely to get HIV than those who hosted bacteria traditionally associated with a healthy vaginal microbiome. (popsci.com)
  • By cross-linking bacterial surface proteins to fibrinogen, factor XIIIa causes bacteria to be immobilized and killed. (medscape.com)
  • The Hill ) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning doctors to be on the lookout for deadly flesh-eating bacteria that may be in waters of the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast. (phl17.com)
  • MONDAY, Jan. 25, 2010 (HealthDay News) -- The sequencing of nearly 100 full genomes from three successive epidemics of flesh-eating bacteria have given scientists the first clear picture of the biological events that contribute to deadly epidemics of severe infection. (healthday.com)
  • A study co-author, Dr. Donald Low, chief microbiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, said in the news release that 'until now it has been a mystery why sometimes we see two opposing types of infection in patients who appear to have the same strain of flesh-eating bacteria. (healthday.com)
  • The U.S. National Library of Medicine more about flesh-eating bacteria . (healthday.com)
  • A woman from Niceville, Florida, is warning others that flesh-eating bacteria is not an urban legend - it is a real threat that took her father's life. (cbsnews.com)
  • Flesh Eating Bacteria sounds like an urban legend. (cbsnews.com)
  • She said she doesn't want to scare people into not going to the beach or swimming, but she wants others to recognize the symptoms and become educated about flesh-eating bacteria. (cbsnews.com)
  • During the 10 days he ate McDonald's, about 1,300 of those species died, and a new type of bacteria became dominant. (ibtimes.com)
  • Traditionally, scientists have considered healthy vaginal microbial communities to be those dominated by this type of bacteria. (popsci.com)
  • Bacteria or viruses can cause acute inflammation of the labyrinth in conjunction with either local or systemic infections. (medscape.com)
  • Chlorine is frequently used in public water systems to prevent disease from exposure to harmful bacteria and viruses. (cdc.gov)
  • The presence of specific bacteria and combinations of bacteria in periodontal pockets might be an explanation for the relationship between periodontal disease and acute coronary syndrome (ACS), according to a new study published in the Journal of Periodontology. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Although this study supports past findings, further research is needed to evaluate the effects of reducing specific bacteria such as T. forsythia and T. denticola on reducing the risk for ACS," said Kenneth A. Krebs, DMD and AAP president. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Testing children with acute sinusitis symptoms for specific bacteria may dramatically decrease unnecessary antibiotic use, new research suggests. (medscape.com)
  • What's truly different here is that - unlike the related antibiotic rifampicin - the linked antibody-antibiotic unit can kill Staphylococcus bacteria inside cells. (theverge.com)
  • the most common species that came up was Staphylococcus aureus and that's a bacteria that often colonizes the skin of healthy people, but can cause serious problems if it's introduced into the body. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, since scientists have demonstrated that specific strains of bacteria can survive despite Mars harsh conditions, future astronauts and space tourists may accidentally infect Mars by bringing bacteria. (technostation.com)
  • Seemingly, an overgrowth of small intestinal bacteria and intestinal permeability may together be linked with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. (healthjockey.com)
  • Propionate molecules made by intestinal bacteria inhibits growth of Salmonella and may be a promising new treatment for gut infections. (stanford.edu)
  • HONG KONG - Gut bacteria may influence the severity of COVID-19 in a person, as well as their immune response to the virus, a new study suggests. (fox5dc.com)
  • The COVID-19 patients had fewer types of bacteria that can influence immune system response, compared to those without the virus. (fox5dc.com)
  • In recent years, some strains of the bacterium have become immune, or resistant, to methicillin, the antibiotic used to treat the infection. (nih.gov)
  • When ingested by the patient, the modified bacteria are thought to colonize primary and metastatic tumors and express IL-2, which in turn, recruits cancer-killing immune cells to the tumor sites. (aacr.org)
  • When administered to mice alone or in combination with immunotherapy, the bacteria activated tumor-specific immune cells that infiltrated and suppressed the growth of primary and metastatic melanoma lesions. (aacr.org)
  • Scientists at Genentech have armed the body's immune system warriors with antibiotics - which means that bacteria that hide from drugs inside cells are now targets. (theverge.com)
  • Our incontinent use of antibiotics, not just in humans but in farmed fish and cows, too, has effectively selected for breeds of bacteria that are immune to them: hence dangerous superbugs such as MRSA. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • There needs to be signs posted at every beach, every city and state park, and every bayou stating that 'due to naturally occurring bacteria in the water people with open wounds or compromised immune systems should not enter,'" Wiygul wrote. (cbsnews.com)
  • These bacteria are involved in a symbiotic relationship with humans on whose skin they live. (wikipedia.org)
  • But now, bacteria wielding MCR-1 threaten to leave humans defenseless. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Four types of opportunistic mycobacterial disease of humans have been described: skin lesions (following traumatic inoculation of bacteria), localized lymphadenitis, tuberculosis (TB)-like pulmonary lesions and disseminated disease [5]. (who.int)
  • An upcoming study has revealed that if Mars first samples come back to Earth, scientists should be looking for old sleeping bacteria. (technostation.com)
  • Scientists use a standardized laboratory and data analysis method called whole genome sequencing to get detailed information about the bacterium, including whether it is closely related genetically to other bacteria. (cdc.gov)
  • Scientists have developed a new compound capable of attacking both subgroups of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (bgr.com)
  • Over time, bacteria have developed defenses against many of the most commonly-used antibiotics, creating what scientists call "superbugs . (bgr.com)
  • Some scientists think that, rather than harvesting them from seawater or sewers, we should engineer phages from scratch to target the right bacteria as well as do other Fantastic Voyage-type jobs inside the body. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • In 2002, a report announced that scientists had mapped the genome (genetic material) of an A streptococcus bacterium responsible for acute rheumatic fever. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Scientists are just starting to figure out how the bacteria that live in, on, and around us can influence our health-and the vagina remains one of the most mysterious human microbiomes. (popsci.com)
  • In a study published Tuesday in the journal Immunity , scientists sampled bacteria from the genital tracts of young, healthy women in South Africa and followed those women over time. (popsci.com)
  • For the largest lizard, these peptides may help prevent the animals from getting infections from their own saliva, which is host to at least 57 species of bacteria. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Most of the time that isn't a problem, but sometimes the bacterium causes serious, repeated infections that can be fatal. (theverge.com)
  • As a result, one type of resistant staph bacteria - called MRSA - causes over 80,000 infections and 11,285 deaths occur every year. (theverge.com)
  • That's a big problem because drugs that are normally used against staph infections can take over four hours to work - far longer than it takes for Staph bacteria to move into new cells, he says. (theverge.com)
  • This suggests that sex toys can carry bacteria and spread infections. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Data are lacking from most developing countries, but it has been estimated that in some developed countries up to 60% of all hospital infections are due to resistant bacteria. (who.int)
  • They're all infections, though, caused by bacteria. (cdc.gov)
  • RÉSUMÉ L'émergence et la propagation rapide des souches de Klebsiella pneumoniae résistantes aux antibiotiques et porteuses du gène blaKPC codant la production de carbapénèmases ont compliqué la prise en charge des infections des patients. (who.int)
  • Nowadays these bacteria are believed to have an important role in infections, allergies, immunity to other pulmonary infections and the efficacy of bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination [3]. (who.int)
  • Probiotics are sold to us as 'good' bacteria that help balance out 'bad' varieties of microbes camping out in our gut. (sciencealert.com)
  • Conan the Bacterium' Suggests Microbes Could've Lived on Mars. (technostation.com)
  • Now, a 4-month randomized controlled trial in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) indicates that daily intake of resistant starch can alter gut bacteria composition and lower liver triglycerides and liver enzymes associated with liver injury and inflammation. (eurekalert.org)
  • The LPS layer effectively forms a sugar coating on the surface of Gram-negative bacteria, which resists hydrophobic molecules and blocks entry by harmful compounds, such as antibiotics. (genengnews.com)
  • OM asymmetry, or more precisely the LPS in the outer leaflet, is the basis for the high intrinsic resistance of Gram-negative bacteria toward antibiotics and other toxic compounds," van den Berg explained to GEN . "This is due to the very special properties of LPS that are unique to Gram-negative bacteria. (genengnews.com)
  • There are certain antibiotics that are used sparingly when a resistant bacteria is identified, but in using those, doctors also run the risk of giving the bacteria a chance to once again evolve a defense against the so-called "last resort" antibiotics. (bgr.com)
  • So we asked the question: 'Can we tag the bacteria with antibodies armed with really potent antibiotics and kill these pathogens inside the cell? (theverge.com)
  • When combined, the drug becomes far better at specifically targeting staph at specifically targeting Staph bacteria compared with conventional antibiotics. (theverge.com)
  • The study, published in JAMA , found that children with positive nasopharyngeal tests for one or more of Haemophilus influenzae , Streptococcus pneumoniae , or Moraxella catarrhalis had better resolution of symptoms with antibiotics than those without these bacteria. (medscape.com)
  • Children who tested negative for bacteria did not benefit from antibiotics," Shaikh said. (medscape.com)
  • Eating fast food may kill important bacteria that can help people maintain a healthy weight, new research suggests. (ibtimes.com)
  • Previous research suggests that microbiota, a community of microorganisms in the gut, can influence behavior and emotion. (medicalxpress.com)
  • They stressed that more research is needed to determine whether gut bacteria triggers virus complications, or vice versa. (fox5dc.com)
  • Research suggests that. (pcf.org)
  • Those are the words--and the multiple exclamation points--of Tara Moriarty, proprietor of the Moriarty Lab , an infectious diseases research lab that studies primarily Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. (huffpost.com)
  • emerging research suggests they could help us fight cancer. (aacr.org)
  • Back in the lab, preclinical experiments from other research groups are uncovering additional ways to use bacteria to treat cancer. (aacr.org)
  • The research highlighted the composition of gut bacteria differences between people around the world, and how important it is for the samples under study to reflect this diversity. (phys.org)
  • The extensive full-genome data provide us with new clues about the bacteria's ability to take advantage of vulnerabilities in the person who has contracted the bacteria,' Dr. James M. Musser, co-director of the Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston and the study's senior author, said in a hospital news release. (healthday.com)
  • Research suggests that it's linked to more than 200 genes . (healthline.com)
  • Research suggests that gut bacteria may also affect emotions . (goodtherapy.org)
  • One theory, less supported by research evidence, suggests that the bacteria produce some kind of poisonous chemical (toxin). (encyclopedia.com)
  • Research more strongly supports the theory that the disease is caused by an interaction between antibodies produced to fight the group A streptococcus bacteria and the heart tissue. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Now, research suggests that certain vaginal bacteria can actually their hosts more vulnerable to HIV. (popsci.com)
  • This will be tricky, though-research on the gut suggests that a person's regular microbiome tends to bounce back after any sort of interference. (popsci.com)
  • Previous research has suggested that NAFLD is associated with perturbed gut microbiota. (eurekalert.org)
  • Recent research performed at the NIOSH National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL), with support from Nelson Laboratories, suggests that some isolation gowns do not meet the performance standards established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). (cdc.gov)
  • Other research in this field suggests that the source is usually the patient's own body--their own skin--rather than from injecting partners. (cdc.gov)
  • The composition of bacteria in one's gut, called a microbiome, has also been found to play a role in weight changes. (ibtimes.com)
  • This suggests that collecting data from underrepresented populations is essential if we want to achieve a truly comprehensive picture of the composition of the human gut. (phys.org)
  • Results suggested that analysing genetic profiles, microbiome composition, and various physiological parameters could allow for the development of more effective personalised dietary plans. (nutraingredients.com)
  • A British study found eating processed food can kill important stomach bacteria that help prevent obesity and numerous other health problems, such as heart disease and cancer. (ibtimes.com)
  • Additionally, the study found that numbers of these bacteria remained low in the samples collected up to 30 days after infected patients had cleared the virus from their bodies. (fox5dc.com)
  • Purna Kashyap, MBBS , Mayo Clinic Gastroenterologist and co-senior author of the study, told Live Science, "The study suggests there is a need to take the microbiome into account in clinical studies (on weight loss), and it also provides an important direction to pursue in terms of providing individualized care in obesity. (darkdaily.com)
  • However, the latest study has discovered that when the hearty bacteria is frozen, dried, and deep buried- as is typical of the typical Martian climate - it may endure 140,000 shades of radiation. (technostation.com)
  • A new study implicates bacteria in the gut that make testosterone, fueling the tumor. (pcf.org)
  • Why Is An Obscure Study About Lyme Disease-Causing Bacteria So Popular Online? (huffpost.com)
  • A 2009 study suggests that 19-32% of women have had anal sex in the past 6-12 months. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • For many workers, a college degree feels like a ticket to career success , but a new study suggests that neither college nor work experience provide workers with the people skills they need to excel on the job. (goodtherapy.org)
  • A small study of 34 men and women smokers suggests that women may have better luck quitting smoking when they track their menstrual cycles. (goodtherapy.org)
  • A new study has found that taking prebiotics-sugar molecules that encourage the growth of certain types of gut bacteria-could improve mental health and mood . (goodtherapy.org)
  • A study evaluating 700 children of 334 parents with depression and other mood issues suggests that a parent's suicide attempt might increase his or her child's likelihood of attempting suicide. (goodtherapy.org)
  • The three kinds of soil bacteria involved in this study - Corynebacterium glutamicum, Pseudomonas syringae, Bacillus subtilis - are harmless. (npr.org)
  • The findings of our previous study suggest that the motility of L. agilis BKN88 enables gut colonization in murine models. (nature.com)
  • They regulate our gut microbiome, are crucial to marine ecosystems, and inspired the modern Crispr technique of gene-editing: they are eldritch marvels of natural nanotechnology, festooned with what look like arms and heads and tiny drills to inject a bacterium with their DNA and force it to create copies of itself before bursting apart. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Dominance of Endozoicomonas bacteria throughout coral bleaching and mortality suggests structural inflexibility of the Pocillopora verrucosa microbiome. (bvsalud.org)
  • These antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a serious threat as they have the ability to run rampant and may have the potential to spread rapidly. (bgr.com)
  • Fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria is obviously a big challenge for doctors. (bgr.com)
  • Of the two subgroups of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, gram-negative post the biggest problem. (bgr.com)
  • The gene provides resistance to colistin, an antibiotic with nasty side effects used to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Because the antibiotic is only active inside infected cells, it won't wipe out the other bacteria - beneficial bacteria - with drugs distributed more broadly in the body. (theverge.com)
  • The lung infection is caused by the soil-dwelling bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei . (npr.org)
  • Burkholderia pseudomalle is a gram-negative bacterium and Tier 1 Select Agent that typically lives in soil and water in regions with tropical and subtropical climates around the world, such as South and Southeast Asia, northern Australia, parts of Central and South America, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. (cdc.gov)
  • If a product label says it contains 1×10 9 CFU , there are 1 billion live bacteria per dose. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In a few microseconds, Buie and his colleagues found, a single raindrop can create hundreds of tiny airborne droplets, each one carrying as many as several thousand live bacteria. (npr.org)
  • Drug-resistant bacteria, also known as "superbugs" are incredibly dangerous and pose a major threat to public health. (bgr.com)
  • The main focus of this document and the suggested draft resolution is on resistant bacteria. (who.int)
  • In the new experiments, Conan the Bacterium survived astronomical amounts of radiation in a cold, dry environment much longer than Bacillus spores which could live on Earth for thousands of years. (technostation.com)
  • Ten chemoreceptors have been identified in the gram-positive model bacterium Bacillus subtilis , 10 chemoreceptors have been found, and some have been characterized. (nature.com)
  • While many COVID-19 patients have suffered from respiratory illness, there has been mounting evidence suggesting that the gastrointestinal tract may also play a role. (fox5dc.com)
  • Experimental evidence suggests that inflammatory proteins play a critical role in the pathogenesis of cytomegalovirus-induced hearing loss. (medscape.com)
  • Bacteria take control of eukaryotic cells by injecting regulatory proteins into their hosts. (huffpost.com)
  • Legionella effector proteins contain functional "domains" (segments) that are not found among other bacteria but rather among eukaryotes. (huffpost.com)
  • It is suggested that specifically ancestors of mitochondria and chloroplasts entered into an endosymbiotic relationship with another prokaryotic cell, eventually evolving into the eukaryotic cells that people are familiar with today. (wikipedia.org)
  • A similar theory holds that bacteria became our mitochondria. (uncommondescent.com)
  • You may have heard that there could be some potentially harmful bacteria hanging out in your washing machine and dryer , but did you know that your makeup bag could also be harboring germs too? (firstforwomen.com)
  • Results showed that a whopping 79 to 90 percent of them were indeed contaminated with high levels of potentially harmful bacteria. (firstforwomen.com)
  • Broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents are great at killing off many different kinds of harmful bacteria, but the flip side is that they can also inadvertently wipe out beneficial bacteria in parts of the body like the gut. (bgr.com)
  • Understanding the behavior of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease is essential to figuring out how to treat it effectively--just as figuring out how HIV works was essential to preventing the development of AIDS. (huffpost.com)
  • Bacteria appear to show intelligent behavior. (uncommondescent.com)
  • In several recent studies, genetically reprogrammed bacteria were able to boost antitumor immunity or enhance the effect of other cancer therapies, suggesting that these tiny organisms could be big allies in the war on cancer. (aacr.org)
  • B. pseudomallei isolates from both patients and the environmental samples were all genetically similar and were distinct from previous known isolates, indicating bacteria from the environment was the likely source of infection for both patients and has been present in the area since at least 2020. (cdc.gov)
  • Some of these bacteria cause genital inflammation, he and his colleagues reported in 2015. (popsci.com)
  • These observations have suggested physiologic and pathologic roles for factor XIII in angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, and inflammation. (medscape.com)
  • In strict intraamebal bacteria, we found Legionella -like not have detectable antibodies against Mimivirus were used amebal pathogens (7), Parachlamydia acanthamebae (8), as controls. (cdc.gov)
  • Because we found antibodies against several min, then incubated for 3 h at 37°C in patients' diluted sam- ameba-associated bacteria in patients with community- ples (diluted 1/1,000 in incubation buffer with 3% nonfat and hospital-acquired pneumonia (3,4) in previous studies, dry milk). (cdc.gov)
  • The antibodies are able to recognize the bacteria because the bacteria contain special markers called antigens on their surface. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Probiotic supplements claim to help restore healthy bacteria, potentially improving health. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The next step is studying how far they can potentially travel," says Cullen, who estimates that bacteria could travel for miles, if the winds are right and they don't get dragged down by other raindrops. (npr.org)
  • The new count of bacteria living in the Pacific Ocean's coral reefs alone falls within current estimates for the total microbial diversity of Earth, suggesting that there exponentially more bacteria living on the planet than previously thought. (sciencenews.org)
  • But in a microbial fuel cell, the wastewater-dwelling bacteria are deprived of oxygen. (good.is)
  • Computational methods allow us to understand bacteria that we cannot yet culture in the lab. (phys.org)
  • The findings suggest that screening programs to identify children who may be at risk for S. aureus infection should include both forms of the bacteria, rather than focusing on the resistant variety. (nih.gov)
  • Bacteria stick together to create biofilms that attach to surfaces and help to protect themselves during an infection. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Although douching does reduce the risk of encountering feces and the bacteria it harbors during sex, it does not reduce the risk of getting a sexually transmitted infection STI . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Though the exact cause of rheumatic fever is unknown, the disease usually follows the contraction of a throat infection caused by a member of the Group A streptococcus (strep) bacteria (called strep throat). (encyclopedia.com)
  • She said her mother told the hospital staff he had been in Florida, where there was bacteria in the water that could cause the so-called flesh-eating infection necrotizing fasciitis. (cbsnews.com)
  • Resistance in bacteria is most commonly evaluated as part of the standard laboratory investigation to establish the cause of infection and the choice of treatment. (who.int)
  • This suggested that adenovirus infection upregulated receptors for S. pneumoniae. (lu.se)
  • Bacteria account for over 75% of the Earth's population. (aacr.org)
  • Aquatic serologic reaction to Mimivirus was defined as: 1) serocon- bacteria such as Legionella spp. (cdc.gov)
  • I became aware that DNA transfer can be a two-way process a couple of months ago when my University of Chicago colleague Howard Shuman told me about some of his work on Legionella pneumophila , the bacterium that unexpectedly caused Legionnaire's Disease in 1976 at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. (huffpost.com)
  • Inhaling micro-droplets of water containing Legionella can lead to pneumonia , where the bacteria encase themselves in intracellular compartments called vacuoles in lung cells. (huffpost.com)
  • Contact with different species of environmental Mycobacterium can cause acquired immunity to M. tuberculosis or increase the efficacy of BCG vaccine protection (M. vaccae, M. microti), although some species of these bacteria reduce the efficacy of BCG vaccine (M. scrofulaceum) [8,10-13]. (who.int)
  • Corals have been found to form characteristic associations with symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. (wikipedia.org)
  • We also found that the amount of periodontal bacteria results in an inflammatory response that elevates the white blood cell counts and high sensitivity C-reactive protein levels, which has also been linked in past studies to heart disease. (sciencedaily.com)
  • No one knows what many of the bacteria found in bellybuttons eat and many species cannot be cultured in a laboratory. (livescience.com)
  • They found that the Goldilocks conditions for producing spray loaded with bacteria is exactly what you'd find in certain tropical places - sandy clay soils, a soil temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit and droplets falling at about 3 miles an hour. (npr.org)
  • Ligilactobacillus agilis is a motile lactic acid bacterium found in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals. (nature.com)
  • When Kwon and his colleagues transplanted the bacteria species found in non- Lactobacillus -dominated microbiomes into mice, the animals soon sported more of these cells as well. (popsci.com)
  • Shaikh and his colleagues found that the same approach - swabbing the nose and testing for various bacteria - worked for children with sinusitis. (medscape.com)
  • modeling suggests that the environmental conditions found in the Gulf Coast states are conducive to the growth of B. pseudomallei [1]. (cdc.gov)
  • Bacteria are extremely efficient at increasing resistance, not only by rapid multiplication of a single resistant strain but also by dissemination of resistance genes among strains of the same or different species. (who.int)
  • The current version of the dashboard focuses on data for Salmonella , Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), Shigella and Campylobacter bacteria isolated from human specimens, such as stool or blood. (cdc.gov)
  • Specifically, the findings suggest that T. denticola, T. forsythia and streptococci spp are bacteria in a shared infectious etiology for periodontitis and ACS. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Based on their findings, they suggest that newborn care facilities consider expanding their screening programs to include MSSA. (nih.gov)
  • Another reason people diagnosed with ACS may have higher oral bacteria could be due to their infectious susceptibility and lack of an adequate host inflammatory response, which may induce other systemic vascular effects participating in the onset of ACS. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This blog will present some of the evidence for horizontal transfer in the reverse direction: DNA acquisition by infectious bacteria from eukaryotic hosts. (huffpost.com)
  • There is a mutualistic relationship between legumes and rhizobial bacteria enabling the plants to survive in an otherwise nitrogen-poor soil environment. (wikipedia.org)
  • The molecular injection systems are related to similar structures that bacteria use to acquire DNA from the environment. (huffpost.com)
  • Some scientific studies suggest a link between exposure to THMs and adverse health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • These bacteria are ubiquitous, so the nature, route and dose of exposure to environmental saprophytes are variables that depend on where and how an individual lives. (who.int)
  • More importantly, we don't know what all the different types might be capable of -- what if bacteria is meant to be a part of us? (cracked.com)
  • Preliminary results from the project, based at North Carolina State University, show hundreds of new or little-known types of bacteria living in navels. (livescience.com)