Yesterday, Nikon Instruments announced the winners of its inaugural Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition. From a selection of more than 200 submissions, judges deemed …
Category: Microbiology
Video: "Seven Wonders of the Microbe World"
This neat little documentary from Open University catalogs seven "wonders" of the microbe world, from the making of beer to what caused the Black Death …
Stanford researchers investigate using E.coli to generate biodiesel
Does the basic catalytic engine in E. coli have enough horsepower to convert inexpensive sugars into biodiesel? That's the question posed by Stanford researchers investigating …
A social networking service for digestive health?
As we've previously written about on Scope, microbe hunters are using a host of new technologies to discern the origin of specific diseases and gain …
A look at how building design may affect our health
From office buildings to shopping malls to our homes, we spend a significant about of time in structures with controlled environments. Noting how much time …
Researchers identify caffeine-feeding bacterium
Some days it can feel as if you subsist on caffeine. But, sadly, you're no competition for a newly discovered caffeine-feeding bacterium called Pseudomonas putida …
Study shows intestinal microbes may fall into three distinct categories
You may have read yesterday about new research (subscription required) suggesting there are three distinct types of microscopic ecosystems that exist in the human intestine. …
Study says stress may alter intestinal ecosystem, immune response
Stress can make your heart race, palms sweat and voice crack. But it also may alter the balance of the microorganisms living in your gut, …
Eat a germ, fight an allergy
Anybody who's ever picked up an M&M off the sidewalk and popped it into his or her mouth (and, really, who among us hasn't?) will …
Stanford researchers examine microbial communities of the mouth
You may not think about it often, but your mouth is a neighborhood of sorts: every surface is alive with microorganisms that are moving, competing, …
New York Times explores our amazing microbes
In case you haven't seen it, The New York Times ran a fascinating article today on the key role microbes play in keeping us healthy. …
Bacterial balance in gut tied to colon cancer risk
It’s a fact that has opened many a press release: The human body is made of more bacterial cells than human ones. (The ratio by …
Your bacterial birthday suit reveals the mode of your birth
We come into this world wearing a coat not of cloth but of one-celled organisms. A new study led by Elizabeth Costello, PhD, now at …
The bacterial trail you leave on keyboards may be uniquely yours
As has been written on Scope before, for every human cell in your body, there are ten bacterial cells living on or in it. Now …
Study links bacteria in gut to size of a "gut"
Right now there's a sizable colony of microbes roaming around in your gut and it may surprise you to learn that many of those microbes …
Genomes of 56 species of microbes mapped
Scientists from the U.S. and Germany have assembled the first pages of a comprehensive encyclopedia of genomes of all the microbes on the planet. The …