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Even simple bacteria can anticipate the changing seasons

Cyanobacteria exposed to shorter days are better at surviving cold conditions, showing that even simple organisms can prepare for the arrival or summer and winter

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Engineered bacteria destroy antibiotic resistance DNA in wastewater

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Shewanella oneidensis bacteria. Computer illustration of Shewanella oneidensis metal-reducing bacteria. This extremophile bacteria is able to convert toxic metals and compounds, such as uranium, chromium and technetium, into water-insoluble forms. This ability could one day be used to clean contaminated ground-water.

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A surprisingly wide range of bacteria live inside microwaves

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Red squirrels were hosts for leprosy in medieval England

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Fractal pattern identified at molecular scale in nature for first time

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A human skeleton at a prehistoric burial site in southern Brazil, where evidence of bacteria similar to syphilis have been found

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Syphilis-like bacteria found in 2000-year-old human remains in Brazil

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A bacterium switches from prey to predator when it gets cold

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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Plants thrive in lunar soil with help from phosphorus-making bacteria

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Vegan cheese made from fermented peas could taste more like dairy

When a mixture of pea protein and sunflower oil is fermented with lactic acid-producing bacteria, it develops a firm texture and produces flavour compounds found in dairy cheese

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illustration of the Bacteriophage Virus that infects and replicates within a bacterium. 3D illustration - Image ID: 2A326TF (RF)

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Virus ‘nanobots’ can make harmful bacteria in food and drink glow

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Endometriosis may be caused by bacterial infections

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Could your gut bacteria influence how intelligent you are?

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Raw sewage floods UK rivers with faecal bacteria after heavy rainfall

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