Scientists Reveal Structure of Dangerous Bacteria’s Powerful Multidrug Resistance Pump
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Ed H.Posted
Sun 10 Oct 2010 1:37pm
A team at The Scripps Research Institute has detailed the structure of a member of the only remaining class of multidrug resistance transporters left to be described. The work has implications for combating dangerous antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, as well as for developing hardy strains of agricultural crops.
The study was published
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Bad Bacteria & Healthy Bacteria
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Dr. Ellie PhillipsPosted
Sat 30 Jan 2010 12:00am
Dear Dr. Ellie:
I assume it's not necessary to brush teeth after every meal once the bad bacteria have been crowded out by the healthy ones and have taken residence... is of course a perfect ending to a meal - so brushing is not needed.
Plaque bacteria take 12 hours to grow on teeth - so brushing every 12 hours is enough.
More than this may do more
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Bad Bacteria & Healthy Bacteria
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Dr. Ellie PhillipsPosted
Sat 30 Jan 2010 8:00am
Dear Dr. Ellie:
I assume it's not necessary to brush teeth after every meal once the bad bacteria have been crowded out by the healthy ones and have taken residence... is of course a perfect ending to a meal - so brushing is not needed.
Plaque bacteria take 12 hours to grow on teeth - so brushing every 12 hours is enough.
More than this may do more
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Bacteria-Free Mice
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Seth Roberts ..Posted
Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:05pmBacteria-free mice have malfunctioning digestive systems and immune systems. Sarkis Mazmanian, an assistant professor at Caltech, has found that as little as one bacterial-surface molecule can make their immune systems work much better. Exposure to this molecule also protects the mice against a bacterium that would otherwise cause a mouse model
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Disinfectants can increase antibiotic resistant bacteria
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Dr. John Z.Posted
Mon 28 Dec 2009 12:00ambacteria to become resistant to antibiotics as well as the disinfectant itself, according to research published in the January 2010 issue of Microbiology. The findings could have... amounts of disinfectant to laboratory cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the bacteria could adapt to survive not only the disinfectant but also ciprofloxacin - a commonly
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Balancing Bacteria
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Matt M.Posted
Sun 06 Dec 2009 4:19pm
I am starting to see a shift in the way researchers look at allergic conditions. For years, the focus was on using medicine to eliminate all bacteria, such as using antifungals. Now researchers are instead looking to balance bacteria in the correct way, that is, to balance the good bacteria versus the bad bacteria.
This new review talks about
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