Article: SOME BACTERIA SNIFF THEIR WAY THROUGH LIFE

Article: Sticky Situations.(how bacteria colonize and adhere to surfaces)
Science News;  July 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Scientists are beginning to understand how bacteria find strength in numbers Every night...your nose. As you sleep, millions of bacteria in your mouth switch from being free...established community members. Those bacteria, which escaped the evening assault of...

Article: YUCK! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE: You are not alone: Trillions of bacteria are along for the ride
Charleston Daily Mail;  September 12, 2006 ;     377 words ......asks what's bugging you, tell them it's bacteria. You are literally crawling with the...there are at least 10 times as many bacteria making themselves at home in and on you...flatulence, to name just three). But some bacteria will turn on you if you're not careful...

Article: You Are Not Alone; For Better or Worse, Trillions of Bacteria Are Along for the Ride
The Washington Post;  September 7, 2006 ;     382 words ......asks what's bugging you, tell them it's bacteria. You are literally crawling with the...there are at least 10 times as many bacteria making themselves at home in and on you...flatulence, to name just three). But some bacteria will turn on you if you're not careful...

Article: BACTERIA, OUR FRIENDS
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  August 11, 2008 ;     441 words ......godliness. A little dirt, and the bacteria that are in it, is actually critical to human health. The rise of anti-bacterial soaps in households and the quickness...Ivory soap, not any of the anti- bacterial soaps that fill grocery store shelves...

Article: GERM CITY Our down-and-dirty study finds that we're surrounded by bacteria from elevator buttons at City Hall to golfball washers at Lincoln Park. The good news is that nothing we found will hurt you. In fact, you live with it every day.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 6, 1996 ;     700+ words ......identified. In most cases, Barbieri said, the amount of bacteria present was merely a reflection of how heavily the...although each turned up relatively high counts of Staph. Bacteria counts were far lower at other spots, although at some...Sendik's on E. Silver Spring Drive registered more bacteria than ...

Article: Germ busters - As antibiotics lose their punch, researchers use old idea and cutting-edge science to control bacteria
The Boston Globe;  June 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ......said it's conceivable that bacteria could become resistant to...part because phages and bacteria have been engaged in a microscopic...germs are blasted out of our noses and throats, will they be...recognized that all kinds of bacteria coat the inside and outside...people, for example, harbor ...

Article: Study shows you're covered in bacteria - live with it.
The Star (Amman, Jordan);  June 1, 2009 ;     645 words ......colonized by roughly 1,000 species of bacteria. Furthermore, the microorganisms have...reflects a growing realization that bacteria have colonized us inside and out-and...at Boulder. Fierer, who has analyzed bacteria that live on hands, wasn't involved with...

Article: Stomach these bacteria
The Hindustan Times;  June 5, 2006 ;     293 words ......have reiterated that the trillion bacteria that inhabit the human intestines...make us tick. Most of these gut bacteria are diligent workers who contribute...digestion? Apparently, a battalion of bacteria do. What scientists are now trying...

Article: Bacteria May Be Culprits In Sudden Infant Deaths
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 21, 1993 ;     546 words ......say the evidence is growing that common bacteria in the nose and throat may be a hidden...infant, usually up to 1 year old - have more bacteria than the airways of healthy children. These bacteria may produce potentially lethal toxins...

Article: Bacteria May Be Cause of SIDS
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 19, 1993 ;     254 words ...There is growing evidence that common bacteria in the nose and throat may be a cause of...infant, usually up to 1 year old - have more bacteria than the airways of healthy children. These bacteria may produce potentially lethal toxins, said...

Article: Microbes fire an oozie: slime engines may push bacteria along.(bacterial motion)(Brief Article)
Science News;  March 23, 2002 ;     551 words ......oozing from tiny nozzles in the cell walls of some bacteria exert sufficient force to nudge the creatures...This result may solve a decades-old puzzle about bacterial motion. Many bacteria get around by gliding on a film of slime. Microbiologists...

Article: Profs have a nose for tasty bacteria.(News)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  December 24, 2008 ;     289 words ......we still have much to learn about the bacteria responsible for the process - and it...University has identified a new line of bacteria they believe adds flavour to some of...washed with a salt solution containing bacteria. This process helps to spread the bacteria...

Article: Patient Dies of 'Flesh-Eating Bacteria'
AP Online;  April 7, 2004 ;     301 words ......ailment commonly known as "flesh-eating bacteria," state health officials said Wednesday...Bell Minor Nursing Home died with the bacteria. But their deaths are not believed to...staff members or patients who had the bacteria. About 10 percent of staff and patients...

Article: Superbug found in pork products; Samples test positive for antibiotic-resistant bacteria but researchers unsure of health fallout.(News)
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  March 20, 2008 ;     464 words ......have found antibiotic-resistant Staph bacteria in pork products purchased in retail...Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta. The bacteria would be destroyed by proper cooking...colonizing themselves. People who carry the bacteria on their skin or in their nostrils are...