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700-year-old mummy reveals bacterium that causes scarlet fever in the Americas before Europeans
Learn how the bacterium for scarlet fever was found in a pre-Colombian mummy from Bolivia, challenging the history of the ...
Researchers have identified the genetic material of scarlet fever while examining a tooth from a naturally mummified skull ...
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Scarlet fever bacterium discovered in pre-Columbian mummy, suggesting disease was present in Americas long before Europeans arrived
An international team of researchers have, for the first time, identified the bacterium behind scarlet fever in a pre-Columbian mummy in Bolivia. By reconstructing the genome of this centuries-old ...
The molecular structure of an enzyme from a marine bacterium with potential industrial uses has been determined by RIKEN ...
Scientists have discovered that a common fungus and a common bacterium can combine to cause much worse injuries to living ...
Some viruses, known as bacteriophages, only infect bacterial cells, often destroying those bacteria in the process. Bacteria, in turn, can develop defenses against these viruses. Bacteriophages or ...
Researchers at DTU have developed a new method that can reduce the time needed to find new bacteria for fermentation. They ...
Researchers have discovered a new bacterium that weakens the immune system in the gut, potentially contributing to certain inflammatory and infectious gut diseases. The team identified the bacterium, ...
The marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis feeds on oil, multiplying rapidly in the wake of oil spills, and thereby accelerating the elimination of the pollution, in many cases. It does this by ...
Researchers at DTU have developed a new method that can reduce the time needed to find new bacteria for fermentation.
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