NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2024
Week 48 (28 - 01)
Budvirus image obtained with transmission electron microscopy.
Image credit: Helena Henriques Vieira, Biology Centre CAS.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-scientists-giant-virus-infects-freshwater.html
Week 47 (18 - 24)
Bacterial chemotaxis towards intact, phage-infected cyanobacteria.
Image credit: Nature Microbiology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01843-2.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-marine-algae-sick-viruses-microbe.html
Week 46 (11- 17)
Methylmercury—concentrated in fish and then consumed by people—is a key contributor to mercury poisoning. Now, researchers have revealed new details of how microbes produce methylmercury, potentially informing remediation strategies.
Image credit: Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-methylmercury-microbes-toxic-mercury.html
Week 45 (04 - 10)
Image credit: CC0 Public Domain
Source: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-microbes-sustainable-electronics.html#google_vignette
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