Bacteria and their metabolites exhibit remarkable diversity ... Inside the anaerobic chamber, the fecal samples were thawed, resuspended, diluted and cultivated on MRS agar plates (Huankai Microbial ...

"We cloned the 57 genes into different bacterial strains and grew them on agar plates," says Sam Fairburn, co-author on the study and an undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo who ...

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This valuable study shows that an odorant that is typically thought of as a repellant actually activates both attractant and repellant olfactory neurons in C. elegans. Solid evidence is provided that ...

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for successfully encapsulating bacteria that can then be stored and applied to plants to improve plant growth and protect against pests and pathogens.

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of ...