Archive
Keyword - Bacteria
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Terrestrial origin mooted for more microbes - Premium content
More than two-thirds of bacteria may have descended from a land-dwelling ancestor.
28 November 2008
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How does bleach bleach? - Premium content
The ubiquitous disinfectant may kill bacteria by unfolding their proteins.
13 November 2008
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Marine census discovers more than 200 new species - Premium content
Octopus origins, shark migrations and giant bacteria to be unveiled
7 November 2008
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Ancient microbes made giant magnets - Premium content
Magnetic fossils show how climate change creates new extremes.
20 October 2008
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One is the loneliest number for mine-dwelling bacterium - Premium content
Sole member of world's first single-species ecosystem depends on rocks and radioactivity for life.
9 October 2008
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Death and life beneath the sea floor - Premium content
Viral action identified as key component in carbon cycle.
27 August 2008
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Kamikaze bacteria illustrate evolution of co-operation - Premium content
Suicidal Salmonella sacrifice themselves to allow their clones to get a foothold in the gut.
20 August 2008
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Bacterial engines have their own clutch - Premium content
Microbes don't hit the brakes to stop; they just pump the clutch.
19 June 2008
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Microbiology: The inside story - Premium content
The human body teems with microbes. In this, the first of two features, Asher Mullard looks at the global efforts to catalogue this vast 'microbiome'. In the second, Apoorva Mandavilli meets the surgeons who have a rare opportunity to watch an ecosystem being established as they transplant guts from one person to another.
28 May 2008
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Microbiology: Straight from the gut - Premium content
The human body teems with microbes. In the first of two features, Asher Mullard looks at the global efforts to catalogue this vast 'microbiome'. In this, the second, Apoorva Mandavilli meets the surgeons who have a rare opportunity to watch an ecosystem being established as they transplant guts from one person to another.
28 May 2008
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