There are many ways of classifying bacteria. One method is based on the cell membrane. In 1884, a bacteriologist named Christian Gram created a test that could determine if a bacterium had a thick, ...
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Not All Food-Borne Bacteria Are Bad, Some Can Benefit Your Health — Here’s What You Should Know
Fermented foods generally last longer, but even with foods that contain good bacteria, you have to watch out for invasions of ...
New studies from Arizona State University reveal surprising ways bacteria can move without their flagella—the slender, ...
One might want to start loading up on food rich in good bacteria, because another study has highlighted the influential role of these good bacteria on health and well-being. Harmless bacterium found ...
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Can Amoxicillin Cause a Yeast Infection?
Antibiotics like amoxicillin can increase your risk of developing a yeast infection. This happens because antibiotics can ...
Scientists increasingly realize the importance of gut and other microbes to our health and well-being, but one University of California, Berkeley, biologist is asking whether these microbes - our ...
A team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has discovered a new class of bacterial mobile genetic elements that use giant viruses—known as jumbo phages—to move between cells. The ...
Common medications can accumulate in gut bacteria, a new study has found, altering bacterial function and potentially reducing the effectiveness of the drug. These interactions – seen for a variety of ...
Genome fragments are sometimes transferred from bacteria to eukaryotes via horizontal gene transfer (HGT). When these DNA fragments contain genes, these genes can retain their functionality in some ...
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