Blog listing

Dr Sarah Walsh, Rebecca Ross, Prof Pablo Murcia and Prof Edward Hutchinson at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK, take us behind the scenes of their latest publication, 'Bovine mammary tissues are susceptible to infection by viruses bearing panzootic H5N1 influenza A virus glycoproteins' , published in Microbiology.

Bárbara Cipulo Legabão, Ana Luisa Perini Leme Giordano and Prof Angelica Zaninelli Schreiber at the University of Campinas, Brazil, take us behind the scenes of their latest publication, 'A simplified MALDI-TOF MS method for rapid fluconazole susceptibility testing in Candida species', published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.

Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. New to Science is a monthly blog series unravelling these latest microbial discoveries.

📣 Episode 187 is out now! It's the most abundant eukaryotic microbe in humans… But what role does it play in our bodies? For decades, Blastocystis has been thought of as a parasite just like other protists that lurk within humans, such as Plasmodium or Giardia. But research is increasingly finding the opposite to be true, and scientists across the world are fighting to change this perception.

Dr Mehrad Hamidian at the University of Technology, Australia, takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'The (un)successful global spread of Acinetobacter baumannii ST3', published in Microbial Genomics.

Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. New to Science is a monthly blog series unravelling these latest microbial discoveries.

📣 Episode 186 is out now! This month, Lilly welcomes Dr Jason Brown from the University of Glasgow to discuss his latest research findings using cold atmospheric plasma (CAP), a form of ionised gas, against biofilms in wound infections. Listen in to hear their discussion of what CAP therapy is, how it works, and why this treatment could be a useful alternative to antibiotics. 

Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. New to Science is a monthly blog series unravelling these latest microbial discoveries.