Microbiome of the nose: removing iron from multi-resistant germs

Whether dangerous staphylococci survive in the nose depends on what other bacteria are present - and how they obtain iron.

09-Aug-2024 - A research team led by Simon Heilbronner, Professor of Microbiology at the LMU Biocenter, has investigated how different bacteria that can colonize the nasal cavity deal with the iron deficiency there and interact with each other. The results of the study, which was recently published in the ISME ...

Textbook knowledge turned on its head: 3-in-1 microorganism discovered

Newly multifunctional bacterial species

06-Nov-2023 - A team of researchers from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ- German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH and Technische Universität Braunschweig, in collaboration with the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin, USA, has now been able to show that there is an incredibly ...

Re­search­ers cul­tiv­ate ar­chaea that break down crude oil in novel ways

How mi­croor­gan­isms deep in the seabed render crude oil harm­less

05-Jun-2023 - The sea­floor is home to around one-third of all the mi­croor­gan­isms on the Earth and is in­hab­ited even at a depth of sev­eral kilo­met­ers. Only when it be­comes too hot does the abund­ance of mi­croor­gan­isms ap­pear to de­cline. But how, and from what, do mi­croor­gan­isms in the deep ...

Algae as a beacon of hope?

14-Dec-2022 - Whether it'snew biofuels, innovative cancer drugs or sustainable foods, researchers around the world see immense potential in so-called euglenoids. However, of 1,000 known species, only 20 have been studied so far. The Euglena International Network (EIN) wants to change that. On board: ...

CSIC study shows presence of monkeypox virus in air and saliva of infected patients

The work points to the possibility that the 'monkeypox virus' can also be transmitted by the airborne route

29-Nov-2022 - Research led by scientists from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) shows for the first time evidence of the presence of high amounts ofmonkeypox virus ( MPXV) in air and saliva samples from infected patients. The work, published in The Lancet Microbe, highlights the possibility that the ...

The bacteria powering a truly green revolution in personal electronics

UMass Amherst team engineers biofilm capable of producing long-term, continuous electricity from your sweat

08-Aug-2022 - Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced that they have figured out how to engineer a biofilm that harvests the energy in evaporation and converts it to electricity. This biofilm has the potential to revolutionize the world of wearable electronics, powering ...

Tracking down minorities in kitchen sponges

First study on non-bacterial microbiota in used kitchen sponges

13-Jun-2022 - With up to 54 billion bacteria per cubic centimetre, used kitchen sponges have one of the densest populations of microbes of all household utensils. Despite their popularity, in reality dishwashing sponges make little sense as kitchen cleaning utensils from a hygiene point of view since they can ...

A new dimension in transplantation

Technique to transplant mitochondria from one living cell to another

29-Mar-2022 - In a technological breakthrough, researchers at ETH Zurich have announced the development of a new technique that can transplant mitochondria – the tiny powerhouses of the cell – from one living cell to another with unparalleled efficiency. Just as the human body can be divided into different ...

New light source: A million times brighter than the sun

PhD thesis investigated application of a special white-light laser for semiconductor industry and microbiology

14-Feb-2022 - A new high-performance white-light laser is expected to speed up quality control in the semiconductor industry and provide closer monitoring of toxicity tests in microbiology. In one step, this laser enables the two-sided characterization of surfaces and can be integrated into production chains. ...

Raman Microspectroscopy for Microbiology

Methodology can provide new insights into a variety of key topics in microbiology

17-Jan-2022 - Raman microspectroscopy is a fast and non-invasive technology to determine the chemical composition of living microorganisms in near real-time. Jürgen Popp, scientific director of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, together with an international team of expert scientists, describes the ...