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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.

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Persistence pays off in the human gut microbiome
#microbiota #microbiome Researchers find "that most strains of bacteria present in the #microbiome are very persistent, with the chances...
David Ojcius
Jun 15, 20214 min read


Researchers study the gut microbiome of bees
#microbiome #microbiota #bee #bees #environment As expected, core bacteria accounted for up to 98% of total bacteria. But the small...
David Ojcius
Jun 15, 20212 min read


An unusual symbiosis of a ciliate, green alga, and a previously unknown purple bacterium.
#microbiology #symbiosis #environment Researchers discovered that the endosymbiotic bacterium belongs to "purple sulfur bacteria" but has...
David Ojcius
Jun 15, 20212 min read


Has the COVID19 pandemic harmed our memories?
Has your #memory got worse during the #COVID19 pandemic? The data is in. 80% of the people who took part in survey said that at least 1...
David Ojcius
Jun 15, 20214 min read


Irish potato famine pathogen stoked outbreaks on six continents
#microbiology #agriculture #plants #potatoes #Phytophthora North Carolina State University researchers continue to track the evolution of...
David Ojcius
Jun 14, 20212 min read


A long-term perspective on immunity to COVID
Determining the duration of protective immunity to infection by #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus is crucial for understanding and predicting the...
David Ojcius
Jun 14, 20215 min read


Coronavirus infections dropping in the US where people are vaccinated, rising where they are not
US states with high vaccination rates now have markedly fewer #COVID19 cases, as infections are dropping in places where most residents...
David Ojcius
Jun 14, 20211 min read


Novavax’s coronavirus vaccine is 90 percent effective, study finds
#Novavax #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVIDVaccines #COVIDVaccine #Vaccines The vaccine is one of six the U.S. bet on but is likely to have its...
David Ojcius
Jun 14, 20214 min read


Novavax Offers US a Fourth Strong Covid-19 Vaccine
#Novavax #COVID19 #coronavirus #COVIDVaccines #COVIDVaccine #COVID The company’s large U.S. trial found an efficacy rate of about 90...
David Ojcius
Jun 14, 20213 min read


HIV infections in the US have dropped by 73 percent in the past 40 years
#HIV infections in the US have declined by 73% since peaking in the mid-1980s, according to the CDC. But about 13% do not know they have...
David Ojcius
Jun 13, 20212 min read


The indirect effect of mRNA-based Covid vaccination on unvaccinated household members
#COVID #COVIDvaccine #COVID19 #vaccines Abstract This paper studies the direct and indirect effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines among...
David Ojcius
Jun 13, 20211 min read


Widespread vaccination of adults helps protect unvaccinated children
#COVIDvaccine #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus The study, based on anonymized Israeli medical records, showed that vaccination's benefits...
David Ojcius
Jun 13, 20212 min read


Indonesia dengue fever study offers hope in disease battle
#Wolbachia #dengue #mosquitoes #Indonesia Dengue fever infections dropped dramatically in an Indonesian study where a bacteria was...
David Ojcius
Jun 12, 20212 min read


Hydrogen sulfide critical to innate ability of bacteria to survive antibiotics
#antibiotics #antibiotictolerance #antibioticresistance The signaling molecule hydrogen sulfide (H2S) plays a critical role in antibiotic...
David Ojcius
Jun 12, 20213 min read


Chinese researchers find batch of new coronaviruses in bats
Chinese researchers said Thursday they had found a batch of new coronaviruses in bats including one that may be the second-closest yet,...
David Ojcius
Jun 11, 20211 min read


New insight into biosynthesis and architecture of photosynthetic membranes in bacteria
#cyanobacteria #microbiology #photosynthesis A new study conducted by the researchers at the University of Liverpool reveals how the...
David Ojcius
Jun 11, 20212 min read


The role of respiratory epithelium in host defense against influenza virus infection
#influenza #flu #infection The respiratory epithelium is the major interface between the environment and the host. Sophisticated barrier,...
David Ojcius
Jun 10, 20211 min read


A few common bacteria account for majority of carbon use in soil
#microbiology #soil #soils #ecology #environment Just a few bacterial taxa found in ecosystems across the planet are responsible for more...
David Ojcius
Jun 10, 20213 min read


A newly-discovered genus of bacteria that is present in most people
#microbiology #metabolism #bacteriology Researchers led by Patrice Cani, FNRS researcher at University of Louvain (UCLouvain) have...
David Ojcius
Jun 10, 20212 min read


Which Groups Are Still Dying of Covid in the U.S.?
#COVID19 #coronavirus Deaths from Covid-19 have dropped 90 percent in the United States since their peak in January, according to...
David Ojcius
Jun 10, 20213 min read
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