Microbiology

Introduction Plasmids were introduced in Part 2 as small, circular, double-stranded DNA molecules that exist separate from the chromosomal DNA in bacteria and some other organisms. Plasmids are essential to synthetic biology research and development due to their versatility, ease of manipulation. …

What is being done about AMR in food? — Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global threat which resulted in the deaths of 5 million people globally in 2019, according to the US CDC. By comparison, COVID-19 has killed 6.9 million people in the three years since the pandemic began (source). Antimicrobial resistance, therefore, is more deadly than the…

Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog where I share the latest and most exciting news in science and technology. Today, I want to talk about a groundbreaking achievement in the field of microbiology that could revolutionize our understanding of the microbial world. 🦠 Did you know that there are more…

New research shows that babies and prenatal fetuses don’t arrive with a pre-established microbiome. — At least not in their gut or anywhere else that we know of. During the last several years, microbiome researchers have been debating whether or not bacteria were capable of establishing a microbiome in pre-natal human fetuses. One side argued they did and the other argued they didn’t. If they…

In the world of microbiology, there is much that remains a mystery, particularly when it comes to understanding the vast majority of bacterial species that coexist with us. Unraveling these mysteries, however, could lead to breakthroughs in areas as diverse as health, agriculture, and environmental science. In a groundbreaking study…

An AI-based solution for diagnosis, through rapid interpretation of results from PCR assays. By now, everyone would have already familiar with the term ‘PCR’, as it was a peculiar terminology widely heard during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis (“rtPCR”), which is a gold standard technique used for diagnosing health of a…

Did you know that bacteria are capable of extracting energy from the air we breathe? It may sound like science fiction, but it’s true. …

The coronavirus epidemic has become a great challenge for all of us for many reasons. Some lost their jobs, others experienced an acute lack of human communication during quarantine. But of course, those who experienced complications from the disease, lost relatives and friends, or died from a cytokine storm caused…

Introduction Understanding the properties and behavior of proteins and enzymes is essential for understanding how genes encode proteins and how changes in DNA sequence can affect protein function. It also provides the basis for understanding how proteins interact with each other and contribute to cellular processes. …