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a Team of French Investigators Has Discovered Viruses Containing Genes
Mar 5, 2014A team of French investigators has discovered viruses containing genes for antibiotic resistance in a fossilized fecal sample from 14th century Belgium, long before antibiotics were used in medicine. They publish their findings ahead of ...
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Marine Cyanobacteria Forms The Base of The Ocean Food Chain
Jan 10, 2014Marine cyanobacteria—tiny ocean plants that produce oxygen and make organic carbon using sunlight and CO2—are primary engines of Earth's biogeochemical and nutrient cycles. They nourish other organisms through the provision of ...
Tags: marine cyanobacteria, ocean food chain, vesicles, gene transfer
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Micreos Received GRAS Food Processing for Its SALMONELEX From FDA and USDA
Jan 3, 2014Netherlands-based Micreos has received generally recognized as safe (GRAS) food processing aid against Salmonella status for its SALMONELEX from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ...
Tags: Micreos, Salmonelex
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Antibiotics Are Growing Impotent
Nov 26, 2013After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
Tags: imagining, post-antibiotics, future
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Types of Virus - on to Food to Attack and Kill Harmful Bacteria Is Becoming More Popular.
May 15, 2013The study in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture states deploying bacteriophages –types of virus – directly on to food to attack and kill harmful bacteria is becoming more popular. Recent studies “strongly ...
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Engineering Researchers Developed a New Method to Kill Deadly Pathogenic Bacteria
Apr 18, 2013Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/16/2013 3:38:26 PM Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food ...
Tags: Packaging, Packaging Industry
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Greater Removal of Viral Indicators, and The Inclusion of a Heat-Exchanger Can Balacne
Dec 4, 2012Anaerobic digestion processes have been evaluated in terms of process performance, hygienisation efficiency, and dewaterability. Mesophilic digestion with pasteurisation showed greater removal of viral indicators, and the inclusion of a ...
Tags: Balancing Hygienisation, Anaerobic digestion, sludge hygienisation