Land and marine iguanas and giant tortoises living close to human settlements or tourist sites in the Galápagos Islands were more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria than those living in more remote or protected sites on the islands, researchers report in a new study. Proximity to human settlements or tourist sites was the best predictor of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Galápagos reptiles. Land iguanas such as this lizard on Isla Fernandina live in remote locations with no human...Read Full Story
Date : 22nd - 24th October, 2012
Location : Bethesda, USA
Summary:
Pharmaceutical - Conference, Exhibition
PDA's
7th Annual Global Conference on Pharmaceutical Microbiology will bring
together all levels of industry professionals to network and benefit
from a program that reveals the essential science of microbiology and
seeks to solve the problems that our industry faces on a daily basis.
The comprehensive program agenda will include presentations from
regulatory and...Read Full Story
The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy has launched the campaign group Antibiotic Action to call for greater investment and interest in this area. Antibiotic Action is a global initiative established by the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC). The group hasserious concerns regarding the future effectiveness of currently available antibiotics and the lack of antibiotic agents in the drug pipeline. Antibiotic Action is a forum which calls upon all parties...Read Full Story
One
of the established features of this blog is a review of books published in the
past year (2011). The review focusing on books of interest to the
pharmaceutical microbiologist.
For
my pick from 2009, go to books #1 , and for my 2010 selection go to books #2 .
So,
here is the 2011 selection. I've added links to Amazon.com (just click on the
image by the book). The books have been selected due to their topic relevance
and topicality, and one or two might be of interest to...Read Full Story
Laboratory Design: Establishing the Facility and Management Structure , Scott V. W. Sutton (Editor)
This book is highly recommended.
This book focuses on the design procedures that minimize the likelihood of error. It also explains how to design the laboratory facility to maximize the ability of staff to get their work done in an efficient and effective manner by describing the best practices available for design planning, technical proficiency and careful data analysis. The...Read Full Story
This review describes how metagenomics--the study of collective genomes of microbes from environmental samples--can be used to identify the diversity, distribution and origins of resistance genes. Future Microbiology
Today antibiotic resistance becomes a lethal threat for human kind. For the reason that day by day, bacteria and other microorganisms are growing stronger and more resistant against the effects of antibiotics (the most widely used drugs to kill or inhibitContributor: Imtiaz Ibne AlamPublished: Jan 31, 2012
Much to the surprise of researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), pigs are apparently capable of allowing bacteria inside them to become antibiotic-resistant in less than two weeks. At this rate, the microorganisms can out-pace ...
Their focus on this particular species was led by Roberto Kolter, Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School, an expert on biofilms and the genomics of B. subtilis. "This project establishes a link between the phenotype ...
A Microbiology guide, with links, news, and comments. Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic organisms.