Folic Acid Fortification Effective In Cereal Grains
...ell folate concentrations of the 14 participantsby microbiological assay. Also, the total folate concentration of urine was measured by highpressure liquid chromatography. "On the basis of our findings, fortified cereal grain products appear to be highly effective assources of bioavailable folic acid," said Dr. Greg...IFT Report Describes Challenges Of Food Industry Stepping Up To The P(a)lates Of Consumers
...the foodindustry because it must also consider the microbiological safety, shelf life,and packaging of such foods, no...ractices (GMPs), sanitation, andhygiene are key to microbiological control. These include using high-qualityraw materials with low levels of microorganisms, selecting...Stanford Microbiologist Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
...ns infundamental biomedical research in any of the microbiological sciences, will bepresented at the General Meeting of the ASM, May 17-21, 1998 in Atlanta,Georgia. Dr. Yanofsky, who is being recognized for his discoveries in molecularmicrobiology, received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in microbiology from YaleUnivers...IFT/NCFST Symposium To Address Safety Of Fresh Produce
...n fruits and vegetables, and anoverview of current microbiological perspectives on fresh produce. On Wed., May 13, good agricultural practices and postharvest handling offresh fruits and vegetables will be examined. Topics will include cropfertilization, water treatments, water quality, irrigation, runoff c...Report Focuses On Managed Care Impact In Clinical Microbiology Labs
...t methods can lead to compromises in thequality of microbiological analysis and detract from optimal patient care unl...eases the needfor rapid and accurate assessment of microbiological data. Such developmentsmake it increasingly important to identify the pathogen causing disease and t...Chemical Reaction Believed To Support Underground Microbes Is Now Unlikely
...lable data." From analyses of chemical and microbiological data, Lovley andcollaborators Robert Anderson, U. Mass. graduate student, and Francis Chapelle,a hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey in South Carolina, suggest that themicroorganisms are probably living on organic matter associated with the roc...Astrobiologist to hunt small game in Siberia
...iques to obtain deeppermafrost and ice samples for microbiological research. We will examine thecores for viable and fossil diatoms, bacteria, cyanobacteria, yeast, fungi,actinomycetes and other microbial life-forms." Gilichinsky, a member of the Institute of Soil Science and Photosynthesis of theRussian Academy of ...Elvis of E. coli releases second food safety music CD
... evening's late Other songs about microbiological food safety are "You'd Better WashYour Hands" based on The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "They MightKill You/We Are the Microbes" derived from Queen's "We Will Rock You/We Are theChampions." The topics of Winter's other parodies vary wide...Call for nominations: ASM public communications award
...evement by journalists in the communication of the microbiological sciences to the general public through the print a...s (both individual and in a series) concerning the microbiological sciences appearing in print or broadcast media available to the general public are eligible for nomi...Symposium focuses on implications of 'The New Microbiology'
...e symposium will focus on several areas of current microbiological research. For example, the diversity of microorgan... foster and recognize scientific excellence in the microbiological sciences. Its activities include convening colloquia to develop consensus-building position papers t...100th Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology
...esentations on topics spanning the spectrum of the microbiological sciences. Microbiologists study living organisms ...nt and biotechnology. Many accomplishments in the microbiological sciences have significantly affected our lives, such as the development of treatments for infectious...October Geology and GSA Today highlights
...ir formation is poorly understood. The authors use microbiological techniques to better understand which bacterial processes facilitate precipitation of calcium carbonate crystals. The challenge addressed in this paper is to find ways to observe microbial activity on a micrometer scale and compare that with geologic...New report says antimicrobial resistance an ecological issue
... foster and recognize scientific excellence in the microbiological sciences. Its programs include convening critical issues colloquia and developing consensus-building position papers that provide expert scientific opinion and advice on current and emerging issues in microbiology....Microbial activity key component of global environmental change
... The report makes four recommendations to enhance microbiological solutions to global change. --Integrate understanding of microbiological processes from organism to ecosystem level. This will lead, in part, to an improved understanding o...American Society for Microbiology 101st General Meeting, May 20-24, Orlando
...esentations on topics spanning the spectrum of the microbiological sciences. Microbiologists study living organism...nt and biotechnology. Many accomplishments in the microbiological sciences have significantly affected our lives, such as the development of treatments for infectious...Ketek (Telithromycin) highly active in vitro against Streptococcus pneumoniae
...ardized tests specifically focusing on determining microbiological activity of Ketek and other antibiotics. Ketolides are a novel addition to the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin (MLSb) group of antibiotics. Ketek is specifically designed to offer optimal broad-spectrum coverage in both upper and lower RTIs-incl...American Society for Microbiology selects Mass Media Fellows
...s to promote research and research training in the microbiological sciences and to assist communication between scientists, policymakers, and the public to improve health, the environment, and economic well being....Where there's soup, there's life
...niversity. She uses biogeochemical, molecular, and microbiological approaches to study the ecology of thermophiles. "Essentially there are two ways to identify these microbes; either by trying to grow them, or by using molecular techniques that identify an evolutionarily conserved gene, a sort of fingerprint, of t......e new tests in parallel with the classical, slower microbiological approach. "So far, the Laboratorys DNA signatures look very good; theyre promising," Walker said. "The primers (DNA copies) are very specific and provide tools that can speed up testing. Theyre very useful in screening out negative samples."If the va......s to promote research and research training in the microbiological sciences and to assist communication between scientists, policy makers, and the public to improve health, the environment, and economic well-being....