ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 18, 2007
...ficial changes may relate to the activities of the symbiotic bacteria that live in the intestinal tract. Those microbes produce a range of biochemicals that may influence disease processes and alter energy metabolism in the host organism. Researchers paired 24 dogs, with one dog in each pair given 25 percent l...Healthy reefs hit hardest by warmer temperatures
...provide the framework, corals vivid hues come from symbiotic single-celled algae that live within the polyps cells. The algae supply much of the food coral need to survive. When disease or stressful environmental conditions strike a coral colony, the polyps expel their algae. This algae loss makes the coral lo...Healthy coral reefs hit hard by warmer temperatures
...rovide the framework, coral's vivid hues come from symbiotic single-celled algae that live in the polyps. The algae supply much of the food coral need to survive. When disease or stressful environmental conditions strike a coral colony, the polyps expel their algae. This algae loss makes the coral appear pal...Herpes infection may be symbiotic, help beat back some bacteria
...inating a virus that our bodies have established a symbiotic relationship with." Scientists previously used va...b are among the first to suggest the potential for symbiotic benefits from viral infections that live in areas beyond epithelial surfaces like the skin, throat o...A new plant-bacterial symbiotic mechanism promising for crop applications
...in). In addition, cultivation of legumes living in symbiotic association with bacteria can contribute to vegeta..., by enriching the soils in nitrogen. However, the symbiotic processes studied predominantly concern the leguminous plants of temperate zones, very little those ...Pesticides choke pathway for nature to produce nitrogen for crops
... lines of communication between the host plant and symbiotic bacteria. This is the mechanism by which these che...er added and also a significant decline in overall symbiotic nitrogen fixation. The most common explanation for the observations is an overuse of agrichemicals...International team to honor 30th anniversary of deep-sea vent discovery in Galpagos
...uth and digestive system, and survives thanks to a symbiotic relationship with bacteria. "A recent ChEss-related discovery led by a research team from the University of Bremen, Germany, was that of shrimp and other animals living very close to chimneys gushing the hottest fluid recorded in the deep sea (407 C......in). In addition, cultivation of legumes living in symbiotic association with bacteria can contribute to vegeta..., by enriching the soils in nitrogen. However, the symbiotic processes studied predominantly concern the leguminous plants of temperate zones, very little those ...