MicrobeWorld

Larry Evans, president of Western Montana Mycological Association, along with fellow mycologist, Gary Lincoff, introduce film audiences to the weird world of mycology in the new documentary "Know Your Mushrooms." With a psychedelic soundtrack produced by The Flaming Lips, director Ron Mann's doc... Read More

An article about scientists' use of Twitter appears on BioOne's website. Of particular interest is how evolutionary biologist Jonathan Eisen approaches this communications technology:

One scientist who is exploring Twitter's potential utility for his work is evolutionary biologist Jonathan Ei... Read More

Bact to school time is on the horizon and I am sure many teachers, educators and professors are looking for supplemental course material or new ideas.

A quick search on the web resulted in this comprehensive Microbiology curriculum for K-12 that was presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of th... Read More

From Food Production Daily - The Codex Alimentarius Commission has moved quickly to clarify a newly ratified standard on permitted levels of listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in ready-to-eat (RTE) food after being challenged by the UK’s Chilled Food Association (CFA).

On Monday, the Food and Agricu... Read More

Use of probiotics after a gastric bypass can help obese patients lose weight at a faster pace and avoid vitamin-B deficiency, according to the latest study. Probiotics are the so-called 'good' bacteria found in yoghurt as well as in over-the-counter dietary supplements that help in digestion of... Read More

Properly deprived of oxygen, scientists have induced bacteria into forming a soliton, a wave of moving bacteria that behave like a particle.

Bacteria know that they are too small to make an impact individually. So they wait, they multiply, and then they engage in behaviors that are only succe... Read More

If microorganisms are required to produce stromatolites, then is the presence of stromatolites on other planets also evidence of microorganisms there?

'Stromatolites are dome- or column-like sedimentary rock structures that are formed in shallow water, layer by layer, over long periods of ge... Read More

The staff of NBC's Today Show gets their kitchen swabbed by Dr. Philip Tierno, a professor of microbiology and pathology at NYU, and John Oxford, chair of the Hygiene Council. The results? Well, you'll just have to watch.

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The Palm Beach Post is reporting that the CDC is advising kids should receive 4 back to school flu shots this year, two for seasonal influenza and two for H1N1/swine flu. "Most everyone else should expect three shots."

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Researchers studying the role of mutation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the development of biofilms claim the process is similar to "mutation selection that occurs during neoplastic progression and tumor development, and may help to explain why structural and genetic heterogeneity are characteris... Read More

A new paper in PLoS recommends two vaccination strategies to better prevent whooping cough.

"In the absence of adolescent or adult vaccination, pertussis incidence among adults is predicted to more than double in 20 years. Implementing an adult program in addition to childhood and adolescent... Read More

Microsporum canis macroconidium. Unstained interference phase. (1000X) Read More

Ho Chi Minh City destroyed nearly 1.5 tons of goat penis contaminated with bacteria Wednesday in the latest chapter of Vietnam’s food safety saga, which has seen putrid pork and rotten beef flood local markets. Read More

New from the CDC:

It is critical to assure that medical offices and other outpatient facilities (e.g., outpatient/ambulatory clinics, outpatient surgery centers, urgent care centers, physical therapy/rehabilitation offices or clinics) that provide routine, episodic, and/or chronic healthcare ... Read More

Guest blogger for Small Things Considered Peter Setlow, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, has an eye-opening post about a recent paper, Read More

This is a strange story here. Apparently, miles and miles of a biological substance has been spotted in the Chukchi Sea, the swath of ocean between Siberia and Alaska. Environmental experts at first thought it may be an oil spill, but on closer examination they believe it's alive.

From the An... Read More

A recent study, "Identification of an immune-responsive mesolimbocortical serotonergic system: potential role in regulation of emotional behavior," suggests that treatment with a specific soil bacterium, Mycobacte... Read More

Cómo se debe cocinar el pavo para el día de acción de gracias
Muchas personas lavan el pavo en el fregadero antes de cocinarlo. Sin embargo, esto no siempre es una buena idea, y... Read More

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Carl Zimmer blogs about his new book, Microcosm and this week focuses on E. coli and genetics. Read More