Bacteria gives coral orange glow
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Orange coral common to the Caribbean has bacteria to thank for its hue, say US marine scientists.
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Ocean researchers are conducting studies on New Jersey's bays, which have been beset by algae whose growth is fostered by fertilizers and other pollution. "The stuff is growing like wildfire," said Michael Kennish, a Rutgers University professor studying the effects of the algae and pollution that spawns it.
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A bacterium closely related to bugs that cause gangrene, tetanus and food poisoning could help to beat cancer.
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You can learn a lot from a microbe. Right now, a tiny critter from the Dead Sea is teaching scientists new things about biotechnology, cancer, possible life on other worlds. And that's just for starters.
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The discovery of florescent proteins in corals and sea anemones has provided new tools to researchers studying AIDS, cancer, and other diseases.
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Scientists say a bacterial disease that can affect mammals, including humans, may be behind an increase in sea lions found dead on Oregon beaches recently.
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Blog: Berkeley researchers have documented the super-fast recovery of tropical Hypolimnas bolina butterflies from the onslaught of a bacteria that killed only males.
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How do corals monitor the moonâs phases and know when to start mingling? Scientists report theyâve found the answer.
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Bacteria that thrive on human skin, oilâs lasting presence, new images of Titan and more.
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In August, scientists at a Chiron Corp. plant in Liverpool, England, said they found a reddish-brown bacteria contaminating some doses of flu vaccine.
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By Paixao, S M Saagua, M C; Tenreiro, R; Anselmo, A M  ABSTRACT: To search for reliable testing inocula alternatives to activated sludge cultures, several model microbial consortia were compared with activated sludge populations for their functional diversity.
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Michigan scientists say the bacteria and fungi in a person&#39;s gastrointestinal tract have a great deal to do with his or her sensitivity to allergens.
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Scientists have deciphered the process one species of bacteria uses to "resurrect" its genetic material after being blasted by radiation or parched by lack of water.
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A University of Alabama scientist and other researchers have found coral growing at extreme depths in the Gulf of Mexico &#151; on several ships sunk during World War II by Nazi submarines.
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Researchers on a safari for microbes have found that human skin is populated by a veritable menagerie of bacteria -- 182 species -- some apparently living there permanently and others just dropping by for a visit.
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More than 30 years after the Vietnam War ended, the poisonous legacy of Agent Orange has emerged anew with a scientific study that has found extraordinarily high levels of health-threatening contamination at the former U.S. air base at Danang.
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An algae bloom that has fouled waters off the Florida Keys has moved into Biscayne Bay.  Brian Gwilliams, a fishing guide, told the Miami Herald he has seen the algae in the southern part of the bay.  One weekend, I was in Midnight Pass and it was crystal clear, he said.