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Microbes Convert Carbon Dioxide and Electricity to Methane
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 31, 2009
Researchers have developed microbial electrolysis cells using Archaea species that could use the current to convert carbon dioxide and water to methane without any organic material, bacteria or hydrogen usually found in microbial electrolysis cells.
The researchers created a two-chambered cel...
Plague Kills 40 Al-Qaeda Terrorists In Algeria
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 20, 2009
...rrorists have been exposed to those who succumbed to the disease and very well may have carried the microbes back to other terrorist installations.
Here's the full story from "The Sun"...
Cesarian Section Increase Baby's Asthma Risks
in Next Nine Months, on December 3, 2008
...kelihood of asthma among children born via Caesarian section may be due to the delay in exposure to microbes (in contrast, babies born through vaginal birth pick up bugs on their wy out), thus delayin...
Bacteria on Vetiver Roots Influence Properties of Essential Oils
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 31, 2008
...ions include alpha-, beta- and gamma- proteobacteria , high-G+C Gram-positive bacteria as well as microbes which belong to the Fibrobacteres / Acidobacteria group.
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Bacteria May Protect Against Type 1 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on September 22, 2008
... those that challenge our immune system in a way that strengthens one's immunity.
Speaking of microbes, researchers at Yale University and the University of Chicago found evidence in their mi...
Teens Should Think Twice About Oral Piercing
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 26, 2008
...the Israeli Army.
Well, oral piercings are 'add-ons' right? It is not impossible for bad microbes to be lodged in there. Call me prudish, bias or whatever... but I just see nothing good with...
'Laziness' of Regulatory T-cells, Lead to Type 1 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on January 18, 2008
...r on inflammatory responses. They suppress and regulate the function of various immune responses to microbes, tumors, allergens and transplants."
The said study was conducted on non-obese diabe...
The Human Microbiome Project
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 22, 2007
...d to discuss forming an international consortium.
Using metagenomic sequencing, the genomes of 200 microbes that have been isolated from the human body, will be sequenced. Researchers will also begin...
Caesarian Section Increase Risk of Allergies in Children
in Allergies, on November 21, 2007
... seem to set up a baby for a food allergy, scientists are also looking at the beneficial intestinal microbes found in the maternal vaginal tract. These good bugs are more likely to be transferred to t...
Study Shows Chitins Cause Allergic Inflammation, Supports Hygiene Hypothesis
in Allergies, on April 26, 2007
...ts organic constituents. At the same time, antibiotics and microbicides have reduced the numbers of microbes in the environment. Bacteria are known to degrade chitin, and Locksley suggests that the r...
Probiotics
in Well Woman Blog, on March 9, 2007
...aining potentially beneficial bacteria or yeast, with lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as the most common microbes used.
Probiotic bacterial cultures are intended to assist the body's naturally occurr...
Microbes Can Steady Buildings against Earthquakes
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 24, 2007
... bacterium called Bacillus pasteurii can be used to steady buildings against earthquakes.
These microbes (together with additional nutrients and oxygen) can turn a sand pile into sandstone by caus...
The Dust Mite That Doesn't Cause Allergies
in Allergies, on February 24, 2007
...those with dust mite allergies: the Dust Mite Plush Doll by Critters, a trademark of Giant Microbes, Inc.
Unless you live in Antarctica, you've got millions of dust mites living in your...
Ulcerative Colitis
in Well Woman Blog, on February 19, 2007
... living microbial cells that, when ingested, are thought to positively influence the composition of microbes in the gut and improve the health of the intestine. In this clinical trial, 86 percent of t...
New Engineered Yeast Improves Ethanol Production Process
in IfEnergy, on December 18, 2006
...easts that are used for Bioethanol processing. So you could imagine the great promise of engineered microbes. And thankfully, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has worked on engine...
Electrify a Microbe: Get Hydrogen
in IfEnergy, on October 30, 2006
... Scientists have discovered a way to get more than from microbes than just waste water treatment, hydrogen. While this discovery will not produce bountiful amounts of hydrogen to power our hydrogen ...
Boosting Microbial Fuel Cells with Biofilm
in IfEnergy, on October 30, 2006
...achusetts Amherst.
Biofilms are gluey matrix of sugars that serve as anchors to many free-floating microbes. Biofilms are not uncommon, in fact you may have biofilms on your person (such as those fou...
Microbes Help Regulate Climate Change
in IfEnergy, on October 28, 2006
Methane released into the atmosphere from under-sea volcanoes contribute to abrupt climate change. This is because methane is a more effective Green House Gas (GHG) than Carbon Dioxide. So the higher the incidence of methane release into the atmosphere, the closer we are to big, global, tro...
The Terra Preta Prayer
in IfEnergy, on October 15, 2006
...through the valley of the shadow of Global Warming, I will feel no evil, your Bio-fuels and fertile microbes will comfort me,
For thine is the fungal kingdom, and the microbe power, and the Sequestra...
IOGEAR's Mouse: Your Desk Has More Bacteria Than a Toilet Seat
in The Wireless Weblog, on September 26, 2006
...ast year, Samsung announced a range of washing machines that utilize nano-size silver ions to kill microbes ," she writes. "And an Australian company called Nanovations has come up with an ...
Terra Preta's Own Slash-and-Char Technology: A Laboratory Look
in IfEnergy, on September 24, 2006
... made from any plant material could be used to effectively provide safe growing conditions for many microbes. These microbes could develop into colonies that could utilize carbon dioxide from the atmo...
Terra Preta: The Microbial Reef
in IfEnergy, on September 23, 2006
... soils may be creating a terrestrial carbon reef at a microscopic level that provides safe haven to microbes and fungi that facilitates in soil creation and improvement. Imagine, millions of microbes ...
Chitosan As Antimicrobial in Medical Devices
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 18, 2006
... .
[Photo: Biofilms, slimy layers of Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria (above) and other harmful microbes that form on catheters and other implantable medical devices, are considered the leading ca...
Wired Earth
in IfEnergy, on August 22, 2006
...the physiological characteristics of these species showed that the common thread involved depriving microbes of something it needed to shed excess energy in the form of electrons. By depriving these m...
Electricity Generated from Wastewater
in IfEnergy, on August 16, 2006
... Researchers are studying the viability of creating electricity from microbes that are continuously fed with waste water. If this technology reaches a proven and commercially realizable point, we co...
Bacteria-powered batteries
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 12, 2006
...acific Northwest National Laboratory have created small bacteria-powered batteries by causing tiny microbes to sprout electrically conductive nanowires from their cell membranes.
"Earth appear...
Are we too clean for our own good?
in Allergies, on June 23, 2006
...antly kill them with high powered cleaners, our immune systems don't get challenged by everyday microbes.
Researchers have found that wild rodents tend to have higher levels of two antibodies ...
American Society for Microbiology Meeting Highlights Energy-Producing Bacteria
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 24, 2006
...iomass directly to ethanol.
Detergent-Producing Microorganisms For More Efficient Oil Recovery : Microbes have long been used to recover/mine the earth for minerals. Now, researchers have used basi...
Fosfomycin Ineffective in Vitro But Shows In Vivo Efficacy Against Listeriosis
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 12, 2006
...sing out on compounds which do not show antimicrobial properties under lab conditions, but to which microbes are in fact, susceptible to under in vivo conditions, as a result of its pharmacokinetics a...
Animalcules 1.6: Carnival Of The Microbes
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 20, 2006
... Welcome to Animalcules 1.6, a blog carnival about microbes and anything microbial! It's a pretty lean issue this time, so I'm sure you folks won't have a hard time having a look at th...
Lung's Unique Innate Immune System, Now Revealed
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 20, 2006
... of gases between the respiratory and circulatory systems takes place - are protected from invading microbes by the alveolar macrophage.
Macrophages are white blood cells involved in the inflammator...
Science, Medicine, Microbiology and Biotechnology According to Blogs
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 12, 2006
...hnology is up at the Biotech Blog .
Next week, this blog will be host to Animalcules , where the microbes take center stage. If you'd like to submit an entry tackling microorganisms (bacteria, ...
Les microbes sont-ils bons pour nos enfants?
in Les Boutchous, on April 10, 2006
...article sur le site Internet américain CNN.com .
En effet, certaines études montrent que les microbes que nous nous efforçons d'éliminer pourraient au contraire être bénéfiques pour le système...
Genomic Tags: New Method of Identifying Microbes
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 7, 2006
...issue of Applied Environmental Microbiology , the method has many applications--from assessing the microbes present in environmental samples and identifying species useful for cleaning up contaminati...
Chemo-Biotechnological Conversion of Polystyrene To Biodegradable Thermoplastic
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 24, 2006
...In a study conducted at University College Dublin, Dr. Kevin O'Connor and colleagues found some microbes, a special strain of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida , which plays a pivotal ...
Les urgences pédiatriques
in Les Boutchous, on February 20, 2006
...ombrer le service et de risquer de mettre en contact mon enfant avec un environnement de microbes.
A la moindre question et hésitation, appelez d'abord un médecin de ville (ou le 15) qui jugera d...
Microbial Ethanol and Biofuel Production
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 18, 2006
... this, but we need to convince the public this is real and not just a science project."
Using microbes may even solve a growing dilemma over the current ethanol manufacturing process, which reli...
Microbial Biotechnology: The Prescription For Earth's Environmental Health
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 17, 2006
...y and generating electricity from wastewater.
"Scientifically, it might be easiest to let the microbes convert the energy is organic wastes directly to electricity. However, they also can genera...
First Commercial Plant For Biodegradable Plastic
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 15, 2006
...al and plant biofactories .
Research groups throughout the world have demonstrated the ability of microbes to use an enormous number of different building blocks to produce novel PHA structures. By ...
Designing DNA: synthetic biology enters the spotlight
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 19, 2006
...s article this week. The article explains how researchers are designing DNA and bacteria to create microbes that produce hydrogen for use in fuel cells, genes to produce malaria drugs, and bio...
US DA and DOE To Sequence Soybean DNA
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 18, 2006
...rage their expertise and synergize activities involving agricultural- and energy-related plants and microbes," said Dr. Ari Patrinos, Department of Energy Associate Director of Science for Biolog...
Novel Antibiotics from Genetically Engineered E. coli
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 22, 2005
...currently available antibiotics . In attempt to cope with increasing number of drug-resistant microbes, scientists are perpetually on the hunt for novel naturally produced antibiotics, or produc...
Probiotic Dental Care Using GMO
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 18, 2005
... or displace other bateria living on the tongue and gums. And certainly, the use of live strains of microbes in probiotics, functional foods and nutraceuticals is nothing new, especially in Asia and E...
Microbia Collaborates with A*Star
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 26, 2005
...ancer therapeutics.
"By combining Microbia's powerful platform for engineering industrial microbes with our strong technology base in, and deep knowledge of, genomics and process development...
Novel Rapid Identification of Food Bacteria
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 18, 2005
...ue is based on the use of reporter genes, with probes targeted at rRNA sequences unique to specific microbes.
"In a positive result, the capture probe attached to the rRNA target molecule anchor...
How Tech is Changing the Food Industry
in Businesspundit, on July 8, 2003
...tamination in products including guacamole and fresh orange juice. The intense pressure inactivates microbes and other undesirable enzymes by causing their membranes to burst. Because heat isn't i...
Global Warming
in Businesspundit, on April 29, 2003
...munity to another. Effects on plant communities will also cause effects on dependent communities of microbes and animals. Biological effects are difficult to measure but are likely to be large. Experi...