2008 Press Releases

• 4 November 2008 Rainforest fungus makes diesel - Microbiology November 2008 issue
• 20 October 2008 Bird flu vaccine protects people and pets - Journal of General Virology November 2008 issue
• 20 October 2008 Contact lenses are home to pathogenic amoebae - Journal of Medical Microbiology November 2008 issue
• 13 October Scientists discover bacteria that can cause bone infections - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology October 2008 issue
• 6 October 2008 Disinfectants can make bacteria resistant to treatment - Microbiology October 2008 issue
• 29 September 2008 Deadly rugby virus spreads in sumo wrestlers - Journal of General Virology October 2008 issue
• 25 September 2008 New life found in ancient tombs - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology September 2008 issue
• 22 September 2008 Cancer-causing gut bacteria exposed - Journal of Medical Microbiology October 2008 issue
• 19 September 2008 Serious disease in pet lizards caused by new bacteria - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology September 2008 issue
• 11 September 2008 Colour coded bacteria can spot oil spills or leaky pipes and storage tanks
• 11 September 2008 Infectious heart disease death rates rising again say scientists
• 11 September 2008 Protein opens hope of treatment for cystic fibrosis patients
• 11 September 2008 Bleeding gums linked to heart disease
• 10 September 2008 Oil eating microbes give clue to ancient energy source
• 10 September 2008 Food soil stuck to surfaces can hold bacteria in food processing factories
• 10 September 2008 Bacteria’s sticky glue is clue to vaccine says scientist
• 10 September 2008 Titanium work surfaces could cut food poisoning cases say scientists
• 10 September 2008 Light activated treatments could solve MRSA problems after surgery
• 10 September 2008 Oil seed rape grown for biofuel can help clean up toxic soils
• 10 September 2008 Copper-bottomed guarantee for safe shellfish in restaurants
• 10 September 2008 Food poisoning bacteria prefer duck to beef on meat factory surfaces
• 10 September 2008 Bacteria stop sheep dip poisoning fish and bees
• 10 September 2008 Switched on new nanotechnology paints for hospitals could kill superbugs
• 9 September 2008 Brush your teeth to reduce the risk of heart disease
• 9 September 2008 Compost heap bacteria could provide 10% of UK transport fuel needs
• 9 September 2008 Catching the blood cell bus gives fatal yeast infection a clean getaway
• 8 September 2008 Rattlesnake-type poisons used by superbug bacteria to beat our defences
• 8 September 2008 Living sensor can warn of arsenic pollution
• 8 September 2008 Milk may help bacteria survive against low levels of antibiotics
• 3 September 2008 Energy-saving bacteria resist antibiotics - Microbiology September 2008 issue
• 20 August 2008 Tracking a crop disease could save millions of lives - Journal of General Virology September 2008 issue
• 20 August 2008 New and improved test for West Nile virus in horses - Journal of Medical Microbiology September 2008 issue
• 11 August 2008 New bacterial species found in human mouth - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology August 2008 issue
• 7 August 2008 Looking back to the future: historical microbiology available online - news from International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
• 28 July 2008 Bacteria reveal secret of adaptation at Evolution Canyon - Microbiology August 2008 issue
• 28 July 2008 Francisella tularensis: stopping a biological weapon - Journal of Medical Microbiology August 2008 issue
• 17 July 2008 Fuel from food waste: bacteria provide power - Microbiology Today August 2008 issue
• 9 July 2008 Pandemic mutations in bird flu revealed - Journal of General Virology August 2008 issue
• 9 July 2008 The way to a virus’s “heart” is through its enzymes - Journal of General Virology August 2008 issue
• 4 July 2008 Mimic molecules to protect against plague - Microbiology July 2008 issue
• 4 July 2008 Potential treatment for TB solves puzzle - Microbiology July 2008 issue
• 30 June 2008 Bee disease a mystery - Journal of General Virology July 2008 issue
• 24 June 2008 Viruses hitch a ride in the cell - MICROSCIENCE 2008
• 9 June 2008 New pathogen from pigs’ stomach ulcers - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology June 2008 issue
• 2 June 2008 Potential treatments from cryptic genes - Microbiology June 2008 issue
• 2 June 2008 Advances in C. difficile research - Journal of Medical Microbiology June 2008 issue
• 29 May 2008 Where man boldly goes, bacteria follow: are we contaminating space? - Microbiology Today May 2008 issue
• 29 May 2008 Microbial stowaways: are ships spreading disease? - Microbiology Today May 2008 issue
• 5 May 2008 Bacterial slime helps cause serious disease - Microbiology May 2008 issue
• 5 May 2008 Scientists discover why plague is so lethal - Microbiology May 2008 issue
• 3 April 2008 New and deadly viruses passed through sweet food and domestic animals
• 3 April 2008 Feta cheese made from raw milk has natural anti food-poisoning properties
• 2 April 2008 Prebiotics – the key to fewer food poisoning stomach upsets - and healthy farm animals
• 2 April 2008 Coral reefs and climate change: microbes could be the key to coral death - Recent die-off of corals unprecedented in the last 3,000 years
• 2 April 2008 Viruses, oxygen and our green oceans
• 2 April 2008 Kalahari Desert soils and climate change
• 2 April 2008 Climate and Cholera
• 1 April 2008 AIDS may partly be the consequence of an evolutionary accident says scientist
• 1 April 2008 UK takes action against PVL-producing strains of
  Staphylococcus aureus
• 1 April 2008 ‘Alien’ type viruses to treat MRSA
• 1 April 2008 Community acquired MRSA spreads – epidemic hits Denmark, a country with low levels of hospital MRSA
• 1 April 2008 Running out of treatments: the problem superbugs resistant to everything
• 1 April 2008 Climate changing gas from some surprising microbial liaisons
• 1 April 2008 How HIV hides itself
• 31 March 2008 MRSA in hospital intensive care – what’s growing where?
• 31 March 2008 Chips could speed up detection of livestock viruses
• 31 March 2008 Vaccine for Ebola Virus
• 31 March 2008 No laughing matter – bacteria are releasing a serious greenhouse gas
• 31 March 2008 Green tea helps beat superbugs
• 31 March 2008 Most people believe smallpox not an extinct disease
• 30 March 2008 Heavy metals in the Peak District – evidence from bugs in blanket bogs
• 20 March 2008 Drug prevents dangerous tick diseases - Journal of Medical Microbiology April 2008 issue
• 10 March 2008 New bacteria contaminate hairspray - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology March 2008 issue
• 26 February 2008 Scientists look at “syringe” assembly in plague bacteria - Microbiology February 2008 issue
• 29 January 2008 Microbes as climate engineers - Microbiology Today February 2008 issue
• 29 January 2008 Viruses for a healthy pregnancy - Microbiology Today February 2008 issue