Bacteria
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2022.11.29
Bacteria are prokaryotes, meaning that they are living organisms with no nucleus. As well as the DNA that enables them to live and develop, bacteria also...
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2022.11.24
What does the term "toxin" mean? Louis Pasteur did not yet know when he identified bacteria as the cause of putrefaction in 1880. In his review article...
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2022.11.10
The ERC (European Research Council) funds exploratory research projects at the frontiers of knowledge in all fields of science and technology. The only...
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2022.10.27
Hospital-acquired infections caused by Clostridioides difficile represent a major health threat. In a recently published study, scientists describe the...
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2022.11.02
Physical forces are essential to biological function, but their impact at the tissue level is not fully understood. The gut is under continuous mechanical...
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2022.10.19
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur, McMaster University and the University of Chicago have identified genes that protected some individuals against the...
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2022.10.19
The Institut Pasteur and INRAE have signed a new framework agreement (read in French) for collaboration until 2026. INRAE, the French National Research...
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2022.10.03
Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are protein cofactors that are essential for life. They are thought to have formed spontaneously before the emergence of life in...
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2022.08.24
The intestinal mucosa is a key site for interaction and exchange with the external environment. It is therefore under constant surveillance from the immune...
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2022.07.22
Genomic research on bacterial strains can provide the tools to develop a new classification system, leading to improved epidemiological surveillance,...