How microbes cope up with variations in temperature

Human gut home to millions of beneficial bacteria

Human dependence on bacterial slaves

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Fungi lend anti-microbial properties to neem

Technology to detect food poisoning pathogens

Deadly beef

Lake Tanganyika's hurting

Climate change endangers important food source of East Africa

A way to chew filth

A novel method to tackle sewage, and so, pollution

Endosulfan may finally have a destroyer

Bt microbe needs a little help from friends

Indians, Europeans share same parentage, say tummy bacteria

Ulcerous!

A bacterium found in water wells causes ulcers

In Short

Soil detox from Kolkata wetlands

Researchers discover friendly bacteria from CETPs

Fermented delicacies

Reprieve for the killer

Smallpox virus stocks to be kept for research until 2002

Lakeview

Treating only organic waste will not save Mumbai's Powai lake

Stemming algal blooms

Using phytoplankton

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Pesticides lower crop yields

Sinking planks

Phytoplankton production could damage oceanic ecosystems

A fine balance

The bill keeps national interests intact and remains TRIPS compliant

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Amazon's genetic gold

Scientists decode genome of a bacterium with medical and industrial uses