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Researchers have been able to reconstruct the genome sequence of a bacterial strain which bypasses the need for growing bacteria in the lab. This could stop an outbreak in its tracks due to the increased speed of identifying the bacteria.

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Increasing ROS (reactive oxygen species) in bacteria allow current antibiotics to be more potent. This approach weakens the bacteria allowing lower doses of antibiotics to be effective. This is can potentially help reduce the rate of antibiotic resistance. As we continue to develop a greater understanding about disease causing bacteria we can expose numerous ways to weaken the bacteria.

Scientists have recently discovered how pili are formed, giving another potential target for antimicrobial medications

A rather novel discovery in the field of pili biogenesis. This also appears to be a big steeping stone in the development of potential new antibiotics for cystitis (bladder inflammation a.k.a urinary tract infections).

Hmm common sense?

Kind of. So if you remove the competition more completely with aggressive antibiotics, the proportion of remaining bacteria that are resistant is higher. Of course, the opposite happens when you treat incompletely with antibiotics (i.e. stop taking them early). In that case our thinking is that the immune system is unlikely to kill all the remaining bacteria, increasing the chance resistant bacteria will survive.

Bacterial cultivation requires consideration of three things: The bacterial strain, cultivation medium, and cultivation conditions. Most microbiologists dutifully report their choice of strains and cultivation media in manuscripts; however, these same microbiologists often overlook reporting cultivation conditions. Without this information, it is difficult to determine if cultures were grown aerobically, microaerobically, or anaerobically.

very interesting...the same mechanism HIV uses to infect cells can be manufactured and used to destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Exciting experimental treatment that stops cancer cells. The treatment uses the patient's own T-cells(disease fighting cells) and uses some sort of virus as a vector to change those cells into cancer fighting cells. My concern was was is there a damage done to other immune systems cells that also have the CD19 molecule on their surface? dendritic cells to name, which is mandatory for the body to fight both bacterial as well as viral infections. You wipe the dendritic cells and that introduces opportunistic infections. Regardless amazing news.

Bacteria are everywhere - including the shower!! There are 15 different kinds of bacteria that live in the shower -- they get into your lungs via inhalation and your skin. These bacteria are not all bad though - only Mycobacterium avium - it can cause chest complaints and issues. Research on the shower and bacteria was then compared to a New York City subway - in which the subway was healthier then the shower! WOW!! However, hope is not lost - researchers said to run the shower for 30 seconds and most bacteria will be gone!!

A new filter made of two bacterial proteins was able to absorb 64% of antibiotics in surface water compared to about 40% absorbed by the currently used filtering technology made of activated carbon. The captured antibiotics can also be harvested from the proteins.

While this still seems like a somewhat preliminary study on protein interactions, I think this is an important direction for future studies due to the increased understanding of the dangers of biofilms.

This study shows that the children with rotavirus gastroenteritis, rather than bacterial gastroenteritis, had more severe cases of the disease. This implies the need for rotavirus vaccinations. Supplemental paper for Rotavirus presentation.

A new bacterial species that eats metal... what?! Just more proof that bacteria have the ability thrive anywhere, even under the most extreme conditions. Researchers worry that this new species will eventually completely eat up this historic ship.