Microbiology

Think you can't live without caffeine?  Some bacteria can live on caffeine.   Previous studies discovered caffeine-degrading bacteria, but new research one goes a step further and…

Preliminary data from DNA sequencing performed in cooperation with the University Hospital Muenster, Germany, on the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM) strongly suggests that the bacterium at the root…

Dr.Varaprasad Bobbarala M.Sc., Ph.D. Chief Scientist, Translational Research Institute of Molecular Sciences (TRIMS) http://www.trimslabs.com/ E Mail   : varaprasad@trimslabs.com, E-mail…

The first observatory experiment to study the dynamic microbial life inside Earth's crust has just been completed.  During the four-year subsurface experiment, the research team deployed the…

With Osama Bin Laden dead, conspiracy theorists will find a way to say it isn't him at all.   Sure, a 6'4" thin guy can be replaced by decoys rather easily but science has come a long way since…

Is biology too important to be left in the hands of experts?   Maybe. Americans like stories about underdogs who start as outsiders but then become the very core of what being 'inside' means.…

It's no secret that humans are not the only species with circadian rhythm - a biological clock.   Studying red bread mold may teach us how our own internal clock works and by experimenting with…

Most are unaware of it but the evolutionary arms race between plants and plant diseases is always happening around us.  Fungi are a major cause of plant diseases and are responsible for large-…

Cephalove recently had a couple of lovely posts about that most famous of squid symbioses: the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes and the bioluminescent bacteria Vibrio fischeri. It's become a model…

Chikungunya virus has been terrorizing some parts of the world by causing disease in humans through Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. They belong to a family called alpha virus. Virulence can be…