Microbe Magazine

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Carrying Antimicrobial Candidates across the Valley of Death: Key Milestones
What does a company need to do when a promising antimicrobial drug candidate turns up as part of a concerted research and development (R&D) program? First and foremost, said George Drusano of the University of Florida, Gainesville, “You need a hero to push the molecule forward.” However, if t...
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The Viable but Nonculturable State for Bacteria: Status Update
The notion of microorganisms living in a viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state originates from studies by Rita Colwell at the University of Maryland and her collaborators, whose focus was on Vibrio cholerae. Here, I summarize the early history of this field as well ...
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The Microbiome of Human Decomposition
Deep in the primordial forest of eastern Texas, we watch our team of undergraduate and graduate students taking swab samples from a pair of human cadavers that we placed at the Southeast Texas Applied Forensics Science (STAFS) facility of Sam Houston State University (SHSU) in Huntsville. Our hig...
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