Microbe Magazine

Living descendants of fossilized microbes in Lake Alchichica of Mexico are being characterized and their respective metabolic roles in microbialite construction described by Purificación López-Garcia at the Université Paris-Sud in Orsay France, and her colleagues there and at other institutions i... More...

When an Escherichia coli cell divides, two distinct compartments, the cytoplasm and the periplasm, pinch and seal. “To date it has not been clear whether these compartments close simultaneously or in a sequential order,” says Daniel Daley of Stockholm University in ... More...

The microorganisms of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract contribute to malnutrition among poor populations in developing countries, according to several experts who spoke during the symposium “Malnutrition, Gut-Microbial Interactions and Mucosal Immunity to Vaccines,” that was held in New Delhi, Ind... More...

Several species of nonindigenous epiphytic dinoflagellates that were newly identified in temperate waters off Jeju Island, South Korea, may signal rising global water temperatures and also present an increased risk to the local fishing industry, according to marine researcher Wonhoo Yih of Kunsan... More...

Several synthetic compounds block the gram-positive bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor from ejecting the antibiotic chloramphenicol, according to chemist Jason Sello of Brown University in Providence, R.I., and his collaborators. In general, such inhibitors act on th... More...

As 2011 ended, officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued several decisions covering antibiotic uses in some animals being raised for food use—one aimed at preserving long-term efficacy of a particular class of antibiotics, the cephalosporins, the other withdrawing the agency from... More...