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This Is ASM
A 4-minute overview of ASM’s mission, members and accomplishments. Originally aired at ASM Microbe 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. This video covers the depth and breadth of the great research and...
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Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
Predictive Value of Blood Culture Time to Positivity
Time-to-positivity is often automatically reported for blood cultures; here we discuss how it’s calculated and how it may provide “free” and potentially helpful information.
Kenneth (K.P.) Smith
Microbial Life in the Wake of Hurricanes
By Ashley Hagen Griffin | We take a closer look at some of the ways that local and airborne microbial ecosystems are influenced by tropical storms
ASM Communications
The Evolution of Virulence with Andrew Read
Andrew Read tells of his work demonstrating that a non-sterilizing vaccine allows pathogens to become even more virulent.
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
When the Clap Hits Back Part III: Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance in Nei…
Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a challenge for clinical labs. Can molecular tests save us from untreatable gonorrhea?
Peera Hemarajata
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
Bringing the Laboratory Test to the Patient With Point-of-Contact Tests
Patient-centered or point-of-care testing is gaining in popularity—what does this mean for patients, the clinicians and laboratorians?
Audrey Schuetz
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
New Technologies Aid Clinical Microbiologists and Mean New Career Opportuni…
New technologies mean change for clinical microbiology diagnostic laboratories, but they also present opportunities for career growth.
ASM Communications
ASM’s Agar Art Contest Featured on CBS News
ASM’s Agar Art contest was the focus of a report on the CBS News streaming network
ASM Communications
Clinical Microbiology: Bugs & Drugs
Just Small Adults? Pediatric Considerations in Clinical Microbiology
There are many unique aspects to neonatal and pediatric clinical microbiology: sometimes a test is a bigger deal in kids than in adults, sometimes it’s a smaller deal - and...
Thea Brennan-Krohn
bioRxiv Subject Collection: Microbiology
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Monday, 19 November 2018
Insights into the microbiota of Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) with tenacibaculosis symptoms and description of sp. nov. Tenacibaculum singaporense
Outbreaks of diseases in farmed fish remain a recurring problem despite the development of vaccines and improved hygiene standards on aquaculture farms. One commonly observed bacterial disease in tropical aquaculture of the South-East Asian region is tenacibaculosis, which is attributed...
Combining Chromosomes - BacterioFiles 362
Combining all 16 of yeast's chromosomes into one or two only impairs their growth slightly in the lab, but it prevents them from successful mating with wild yeasts!
Jesse Noar yeast, chromosomes, Genetics
Salmonella BonJovi - TWiM 189
The state of the world’s fungi as revealed by a report from the Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, and how Salmonella loses motility to evade host defenses.
Vincent Racaniello TWiM, Fungi, mycology, Salmonella
Antibiotic Resistance and Movement of Animals between Farms have Facilitate…
During the last decade, a new form of the bacterium known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become widespread in the Danish pig population from where it spreads to people, resulting in...
ASM Communications
Microbiology Minutes: Mega-Antibodies Treat Flu, Epidemic Calendars, and Mi…
A news roundup covering mega-antibody flu protection, and epidemic calendar, and microbiomes and ethnicity – plus resistant bacteria on wild giraffes.
Julie Wolf
What Can We Do to Stop the Spread of Drug-Resistant Infections?
Our last World Antibiotic Awareness Week post looks at infection control, diagnostics and stewardship to slow the spread of drug-resistant disease
Julie Wolf
What Happens When Antibiotics Stop Working?
Our second World Antibiotics Awareness Week post highlights the dangerous situation that arises when cheap oral antibiotics are no longer available
Julie Wolf
Combination Therapy Promising Against Blindness-Causing Bacterial Keratitis
Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections of the cornea are a leading cause of blindness and cannot be effectively managed with current ophthalmic antibiotics. A team of investigators has now devised a combination...
ASM Communications
How Do Antibiotics in Agriculture Affect Human Clinical Infectious Diseases…
Our first World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018 blog post looks at how agricultural practices have contributed to drug-resistant infections in people
Julie Wolf
Fishing for viruses in senile - TWiV 519
A potential role for herpes simplex virus type 1 as a cause of Alzheimer’s Disease, including the finding that amyloid-beta acts as an antiviral by enveloping virus particles.
Figuring Fungus's Forcing Fly Functions - BacterioFiles 361
Bringing a fungus that makes zombie flies into the lab makes a good model for studying microbial mind-control!
Jesse Noar fungus, fruit flies, zombies
All I need is a bit of skin - TWiP 161
The case of the Brazilian Immigrant With Heart Problems, and how genome organization controls trypanosome antigenic variation.
Vincent Racaniello
Transmission of Antibiotic Resistant E. coli Mapped in Wild Giraffe Social …
A team from the University of Minnesota has shown that antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli bacteria in wild giraffes most likely come from anthropogenic sources, such as local cattle herds and humans.
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