who is researching the flesh eating bacteria???
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There are several pharmaceutical companies and many more academic labs researching Streptococcus and Staphlococcus.  The academic labs generally are focusing on the molecular aspects of the bacteria, while the pharma companies are focusing on developing vaccines to prevent and treat invasive bacteria.  I believe the pinksheet indicated that Wyeth is planning phase I/II clinical trials with a Strep vaccine in the near future.
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Mostly bacteria.  Also, fiber, bile acids, etc.
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Microbe Hunter by Paul de Kruif\n\nA very fascinating book.
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I heard that on the radio today.  As I recall, a team of researchers in Gabon found this particualar strain of HIV in chimp droppings out in the bush.  Imagine going to West Africa to study chimp droppings.
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This is a great source for you:\nhttp://www.blackwellpublishing.com/ogunseitan/student.asp\nEnjoy the microbes!\n;-D
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I did see the movie.  I think I would eat another person's flesh to survive.  I would have a hard time doing it though.  Those guys had to eat the flesh raw.  Hopefully if it ever happens to me, I'll have some matches or a lighter.
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they help in cleaning dirt , they eat harmful bacterias and viruses....and they are includede in our food
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Good point!\nAs for them being veggi beforehand...LMAO! (I wonder what that fossilized *meat* was, found in a dino's stomach? T-Rex, anyone?)\nIt's not just animals either, it goes right down to the microscopic level. I could point out the fact(scary word for xtians!)that there's more prey than predators too...but I won't. \nNature is cruel to be kind.\n\n:)
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a bacteriophage is another bacteria who eats bacterias
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yeah i think its from Hannibal, they guy that eats human meat, so he gets asks what human flesh tastes like and he replies with that answer, I'm not sure if someone said it before him or it originated from there.
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There are many reasons microbiologists are needed in the oil and gas industries.  For one, there are bacteria that can live in those substances and use them for consumption.  There are bacteria that live in jet fuel as well.  As long as there is some type of nutrition available for the microorganisms, they will thrive and reproduce.  These microbiologists help by testing samples for microbial growth.  Did you know that certain microbial growth in diesel fuel can produce plant life.  I've worked out in the oilfield and have seen it first hand.  I now have a degree in Biology and am working on a Masters Degree.  \nThese same microbiologists are also working on fuel alternatives using bacteria to produce ethanol through fermentation.  They can get it through citrus fruits to mass produce but it is hard for them to breakdown cellulose so they are trying to engineer a new type of bacteria that will be able to break down the cellulose and create more ethanol.  This is what I am currently doing research on.  Cool huh.
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i think human diseases r interesting. besides that, how bout healing properties of some tradisional herbs/plants? i'm currently working on pathogenic bacteria. maybe u can try to look into pathogens too? since pathogen like SARS, avian influenza and HIV are emerging problems for mankind... most importantly, which area r u interested?
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There are definitely no such known bacteria which can eat polyester and nylon. However, in future yoy may know which bacteria does the job.\n\nMy own experience
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It is only A, Bacteria that applies to your question.
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Do you need to convince a lab to investigate tardigrades? Or are you looking to join a lab?\n\nThere are very few tardigrade biologists who also do molecular work. I have found this guy for you:\n\nDr Garey http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~garey\n\nHe seems to be a big fan of tardigrades, and if you can't join his lab (which would only be due to some sort of visa problem) he should be able to give you the names of some other profs. He ought to know, since he ran the Ninth International Tardigrade Symposium in 2003.
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Hi, i've read of an article about microbiology and genetic engineering; to sum it up, here goes:\nIn recent years, bacteriology has been greatly expanded from its concentration on bacterial disease. The discovery that bacteria fix nitrogen in the root nodules of leguminous plants (see Nitrogen Fixation) has led to attempts to inoculate the roots of other plant strains and thereby increase soil fertility and the productivity of food crops. Some bacteria are able to digest petroleum and other hydrocarbons; others absorb phosphorus. These bacteria are being intensively investigated as possible aids in cleaning up oil spills and removing phosphorus from sewage sludge. Other bacteria may be more efficient than yeast at producing alcohol and are being explored in the search for new energy sources. Escherichia coli, a normal inhabitant of the human intestinal tract, is the most thoroughly studied of all organisms. Studies of the mechanisms of genetic exchange and the biology of plasmids and bacteriophages (see Bacteriophage) of E. coli have been crucial in understanding many aspects of DNA replication and the expression of genetic material. These studies have led to the ability to insert DNA from unrelated organisms into E. coli plasmids and bacteriophages and to have that DNA replicated by the bacteria, with the genetic information it contains expressed by the bacteria. It is thus possible for bacteria to become living factories for scarce biological products such as human insulin, interferon, and growth hormone.
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I dated a guy who ran one.  He had his masters in microbiology and was in a doctorate program for something else....of course I can't remember now.  Sorry!!