Green alchemy

Ayurvedic drugs will cost less with microorganisms yielding gold

Bacteria that reduces fertilser use

indian scientists have discovered a novel microorganism in salty marshlands, which has the potential to absorb nitrogen -- an essential plant …

Life survives well without oxygen

Micro-organisms can detect minute changes in their environment

How they detect minute changes in their environment

Decoding antibiotic resistance in bacteria

How did it get so bad?

Ostrich policy and bad science. In Bihar, embankments built by government to prevent floods have been counter-productive

Spawning grounds

Environmental changes have led to the emergence of kala-azar in new areas

Is the alarm justified?

Yes. The disease is spreading fast. Yet there is little scientific data to devise a strategy to deal with it

Fungus food saver

Going by smell

Mile-a-minute solution

Fungus to weed out the plague of India's tea plantations

Changing genes make cholera pathogen indomitable

despite its genome sequenced three years ago, the cholera bacterium continues to dodge all efforts aimed at combating its menace. Now, scientists …

How microbes cope up with variations in temperature

Human gut home to millions of beneficial bacteria

Human dependence on bacterial slaves

Bytes

Fungi lend anti-microbial properties to neem

Technology to detect food poisoning pathogens

Hot springs harbour microbial diversity

Untapped bacterial cultures from Unkeshwar hot springs on the bank of river Penganga in Maharashtra are being studied for their metabolic use in …

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