U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Aarhus University, Denmark, researchers have confirmed protonic conductivity over distances exceeding 100 micrometers along filamentous Desulfobulbaceae ...

Oxygen consumption in marine sediments is often coupled to the oxidation of sulphide generated by degradation of organic matter in deeper, oxygen-free layers. Geochemical observations have shown ...

Gut-residing bacteria trigger arthritis in genetically susceptible individuals Date: June 18, 2010 Source: Harvard Medical School Summary: Using a mouse model, researchers demonstrated a link ...

Filamentous cyanobacteria buckle at a certain length when they encounter an obstacle. This was discovered by the research group of Stefan Karpitschka, group leader at the Max Planck Institute for ...

The ISME Journal - Characterization of filamentous bacteria, belonging to candidate phylum KSB3, ... the green non-sulfur bacteria, subdivision I. Appl Environ Microbiol 67: ...

A new mouse study suggests the presence of certain gut bacteria transforms alveolar macrophages into respiratory virus neutralizers. The results show that the macrophages disabled respiratory ...

Gut microbes trigger autoimmune disease later in life in mice Date: January 19, 2015 Source: EMBO - excellence in life sciences Summary: The colonization of the gut of young mice by certain types ...

MICROBE MYSTERY Segmented filamentous bacteria (green) hook into the gut walls (pink) of many animals, including mice, birds and humans.Why the immune system doesn’t attack these bacteria, as ...

This picture illustrates an example of gut microbiota composition dictating how resident lung alveolar macrophages (AM) respond to viral infection. The presence of segmented filamentous bacteria ...