Metagenomics is the study of all organisms present in a particular environment, such as soil, water, or the human body. A key ...

Repairs to a Winnipeg wastewater treatment plant mean more bacteria will be flowing into the Red River over the next few months. The city said Wednesday that the North End Wastewater Plant will see ...

I would like to report an issue encountered with the classify.seqs command in Mothur version 1.48.3, using the SILVA v138.2 database (Full-length sequences and taxonomy references). We use the ...

Hello, I was finally able to run kraken2 with GTDB and NCBI fungal genome database however I ran this process separately due to RAM issues. Now, the issue is I want to combine kraken2 reports from ...

Food inspectors have designated the highest risk level to a recall of fish feared to be contaminated with bacterium that causes a rare, life-threatening condition. P. East Trading Corp. voluntarily ...

Illinois researchers combined microbiology with microfluidic device technology to find that when antibiotics are delivered by flowing fluids, as would be the case in the body, they are more effective ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Bottles of drinking water have been recalled as they may contain dangerous bacteria. West Virginia-based Berkeley Club Beverages, Inc. has voluntarily recalled more than 1,000 bottles of water as they ...

Bacteria are one of the most abundant life forms on Earth, comprising roughly 75% of all species. Despite being so common, all the bacteria types are not adequately classified. As a result, Dr Kostas ...

Abstract: Identification and classification of bacterial genera and species are very important for medical prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. However, due to microbial diversity and high ...

BASEL, Switzerland — Hospitals have become breeding grounds for new species of germs. A recent study by a team from the University of Basel in Switzerland has identified more than 30 previously ...