Until now, most microbial cultivation efforts focused on fast-growing organisms that grow in nutrient-rich media. This has left many of the most abundant aquatic microbes, slow-growing oligotrophs ...
SAN CARLOS, Calif. & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Automation Lab Technologies (GALT) and CosmosID today announced the launch of a new scientific challenge program to award a complete ...
Most bacteria cannot be cultured in the lab—and that's been bad news for medicine. Many of our frontline antibiotics ...
The microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica holds potential as a valuable source of sustainably produced nutrients such as protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamin K2. A new study shows that cultivation ...
There has been much theoretical debate about whether and how organisms can evolve to become better at evolving, but now a team of researchers has made it happen in a lab – and documented almost every ...
To produce various chemicals such as plastics, dyes or artificial flavours, the chemical industry currently relies heavily on fossil resources such as crude oil. “Globally, it consumes 500 million ...
Portable lab with the capacity to screen millions of bacteria in water samples could boost water safety. A suitcase-size portable testing laboratory could cut back the time and money spent on ...