News articles tagged with 'bacterium' (Page 84)
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Natural selection at work in dramatic comeback of male butterflies
— 12 Jul 2007 21:43 | BiologyAn international team of researchers has documented a remarkable example of natural selection in a tropical butterfly species that fought back - genetically speaking - against a highly…
Bacteria show promise in fending off global amphibian killer
— 23 May 2007 16:58 | BiologyFirst in a petri dish and now on live salamanders, probiotic bacteria seem to repel a deadly fungus being blamed for worldwide amphibian deaths and even extinctions. Though the research…
Why some aphids can not stand the heat?
— 20 Apr 2007 00:10 | BiologyFor pea aphids, the ability to go forth and multiply can depend on a single gene, according to new research. An overheated aphid with a mutation in that gene can not reproduce. The…
Marine moss hints to anti-cancer compound
— 9 Mar 2007 15:20 | BiologyAn Oregon Health and Science University researcher believes the discovery of a gene cluster from a bacterium that protects a moss-like marine invertebrate from predators may be the…