Fighting bacteria favor speed over service

In findings published today in Current Biology, scientists from the University of California, Riverside report that plants’ relationships with their nitrogen-fixing rhizobacteria are far more complex than previously realized, or rather, the relationships among those bacteria complicate them. The research team infected initially bacteria-free Acmispon strigosus with eight different strains Read more…

COVID-19 disrupts gut bacteria, may promote antibiotic-resistant secondary infection

COVID-19 may have an impact on some key players in human health and disease prevention—our symbiotic gut bacteria. During the pandemic scientists noted the correlation between reduced diversity in the intestinal flora—fewer species of microbes—and more intense cases of COVID-19. But, per the classic warning about correlation and causation, research Read more…