Cómo detectar la bacteria de la legionelosis en el aire

by Agencia Sinc

5 years ago
bacteria, aire, agua, legionelosis

Investigadores de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid han desarrollado y patentado un método que, en pocas horas, permite conocer si la bacteria causante de la legionelosis se encuentra en el aire ...

Olive oil offers two powerful weapons in the fight against antibiotic resistance

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

5 years ago
olive oil, bacteria, antimicrobial, hospitals

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia and the University of Granada have created two potent antimicrobials from oleanolic acid and maslinic acid, both of which are found in ol...

Un modelo anticipa el comportamiento de la principal bacteria causante de gastroenteritis

by DiCYT - Agencia Iberoamericana para la Difusión de la Ciencia y la Tecnología

5 years ago
industria alimentaria, bacteria, intestino, cepa, gastroenteritis

La Universidad de Valladolid, en colaboración con la de León y la Carlos III de Madrid, estudia cómo se adaptan cepas no patógenas de ‘Escherichia coli’ a diferentes condiciones para combatir ...

Describen las estrategias de supervivencia de una bacteria causante de infecciones hospitalarias

by Universidad del País Vasco

5 years ago
bactería, infección, hospital

La UPV/EHU analiza la alta capacidad de persistencia de A. baumannii en diferentes superficies, posible causa de brotes recurrentes en las UCIs

CrAssphange viruses reach the third part of the world countries and vary by geographical areas

by Universitat de Barcelona

5 years ago
virus, bacteria, intestine

CrAssphange viruses –fags infecting bacteria in the human intestine tract first described in 2014- are distributed around the third part of all the countries in the world and vary by geographical ar...

Researchers from IDIVAL have studied antibiotic-resistant bacteria isolated in transplanted patients

by Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla

5 years ago
bacteria, transplant, antibiotic, patients

Patients with solid organ transplants, due to the transplant process itself, hospital admission and immunosuppression, among other factors, are frequently colonized or infected by antibiotic resistant...

Antibiotics in water and the risk of drug-resistant bacteria

by European Commission - Joint Research Centre

5 years ago
water, Antibiotics, drug-resistant, bacteria

A JRC report brings together data on antibiotic levels in water, showing that small concentrations have found their way into a range of Europe's waterbodies.

Magnesium helps bacteria to survive antibiotics

by UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

5 years ago
antibiotics, magnesium, bacteria, ions

The results provide a new perspective for the study of new antibiotics or even for increasing the effectiveness of currently used antibiotics.

Hexenyl butyrate

by Universitat Politècnica de València

5 years ago
aroma, tomato, bacteria, crops

The IBMCP (UPV-CSIC) shows that tomato aroma protects plants from bacterial attacks

An interferometric point-of-care device for fast and sensitive bacteria quantification

by ICN2 Instituto Catalán de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología

5 years ago
bacteria, blood plasma, nanobiosensors, nanoplasmonics

ICN2 researchers published in ACS Sensors an affordable method for bacteria detection useful for hospital on-site testing and as a clinical point-of-care (PoC) device. Real patient samples were analys...

IDIBELL and Bellvitge University Hospital develop a new treatment to fight against hospital infections

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

5 years ago
UCI, infections, antibiotics, hospital infections, bacteria, UCI infections antibiotics hospital infections bacteria microbes, glycopolymers

The new treatment would prevent more than 4 million patients admitted to the Intensive Care Units (ICU) worldwide from developing infections that need antibiotics

Bacteria with learning ability for the treatment of disease

by UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

7 years ago
bacteria, human microbiome, synthetic biology

Researchers at Pompeu Fabra University have created a bacterial circuit that responds to associative learning: before a given stimulus, the bacteria display a conditioned behaviour. The study will ena...