Researchers from Kiel University in Germany revealed on Wednesday that a strain of the bacterium, known as Yersina pestis, dating back millenia, had been discovered in samples taken from the remains of a hunter gatherer in the Baltic nation. As part of a paper published in the Cell scientific journal, …
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Russia’s state quality control watchdog, Roskachestvo, issued a warning on Thursday after a survey of black sturgeon caviar on sale revealed a number of safety concerns. Out of 14 Russian brands, and one each from Armenia and Belarus, only one tin of the luxury fish roe was found to pass …
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A team of scientists from Switzerland found in the permafrost age of 13 million years the bacteria, which is able to eat and recycle the plastic. About the amazing discovery was reported in the publication Mail Online. It is noted that the specialists of the Swiss Federal research Institute forest …
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Became known what the thing in the house contains more bacteria than a toilet. British scientists conducted an analysis of gloves for a variety of bacteria and compared with the results of analysis of bacteria in the bathroom. It turns out that the toilet is not the dirtiest place in …
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An incredible discovery. The astronauts found on the outer casing of the International space station, which is located at an altitude of 400 kilometers, live bacteria. Experts suggest that they came from space, may confirm the theory that the first organic substance on our planet it came from the Universe.See …
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This will help to overcome a number of diseases Bacteria have no nervous system, and the movement almost chaotic. It is known that bacteria are able to move them to useful objects such as food by using the chemotaxis (reaction to a chemical stimulus). This year, four Swiss microbiologists found …
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Swiss microbiologists found that bacteria have a kind of feeling – the ability to feel touch The feeling of surface is very important for bacteria: partly thanks to him they learn a suitable place to live (for example, the intestinal wall or mucosa). The ability to feel touch directs the …
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In Yakutia, scientists have discovered ancient, previously unknown bacteria, which are more than three million years. They can’t predict what will happen if the bacteria spread throughout the modern environment. Scientists from the U.S. and Russia investigated permafrost on the territory of the reserve “mammoth mountain”. They stated that they …
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Escherichia coli was grown in parallel on the ISS and on Earth.Grown on the International space station, Escherichia coli was the most resistant to antibiotics in contrast to the “earthly” counterparts. Researchers from Denmark, Germany, USA and Brazil have determined that the bacteria in low gravity conditions start to protect …
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The researchers taught the bacteria to synthesize nutrients from the sun’s energy and make it more efficient. Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, created a bacteria that feeds on light and containing the semiconductor nanocrystals. Germs-cyborgs unable to synthesize different organic compounds, making it more efficient than photosynthesis. …
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