Microbe Magazine

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Microfluidic Systems Being Adapted for Microbial, Molecular Biological Analyses
Microfluidic analysis depends on devices conaining micrometer-to millimeter-scale components capable of handling microliter-to nanoliter quantities of liquids and gases. Soon after microfluidic inkjet printers came into use in 1987, microfluidic analytic devices with chemical and microbiological ...
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How Some Mycoplasmas Evade Host Immune Responses
Even though free-living, mycoplasmas depend on their hosts for key nutrients, including purines, pyrimidines, several amino acids, and sterols, which are incorporated into the membranes of these wall-less bacteria. These requirements reflect their relative genomic simplicity. The 580-kb genome of...
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Emerging Diseases in Marine Mammals: from Dolphins to Manatees
During the past two decades, 30 diseases that were all new to human medicine emerged, while other long-recognized diseases such as malaria, cholera, and tuberculosis resurged at a magnitude not seen in developed countries since the 1850s. Similarly, apparently emerging and resurging diseases are ...
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