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How green algae and bacteria together contribute to climate protection
Jena research team has found a bacterium that forms a team with a green alga that supports each other's growth
Wild-type strains of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in liquid culture.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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Special poison helps to compete with bacteria on mucous membranes
Candida albicans toxin plays a special role in the colonization of the digestive tract
Candida albicans in the yeast and hyphae form on human epithelial cells.
Image: Leibniz-HKI
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The laborious path of a fungal toxin
New insights into the release of Candidalysin promise progress in the treatment of Candida albicans infections
The fungus Candida albicans (blue colouring) invades a human epithelial cell and produces the toxin Candidalysin (yellow colouring).
Image: Selene Mogavero / Leibniz-HKI
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Interaction between metabolic health and healthy aging supported
Jena research team shows how the reduced activity of an enzyme can contribute to extending lifespan
Dr Holger Bierhoff from the University of Jena is one of the authors of the study.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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Honour for Jena microbiologist
Prof. Dr Kirsten Küsel elected as a new Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Prof. Dr Kirsten Küsel.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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Fibre against pounds
Resistant starch supports weight loss
Gianni Panagiotou with a graphic showing the composition of the patient's microbiome in the study.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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When the swimming hunter becomes exhausted
Extinctions could result as fish change foraging behaviour in response to rising temperatures
Models suggest that the Atlantic Cod may have a high risk of extinction as water temperatures increase.
Image: Wilhelm Thomas Fiege, CC BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons
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Increasingly similar or different?
A new analysis shows that while many biotic communities are becoming more similar through time, an almost equal number are becoming more distinct
The Louisiana crawfish (Procambarus clarkii), which is native to Mexico and the United States.
Image: B. Meritz, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Small ribonucleic acid with a big impact
Researchers from Jena uncover new mechanism for regulating cell division in the bacterial pathogen Klebsiella
K. pneumoniae in the usual form of short rods (l.) and damaged as long, filamentous bacteria (r.).
Image: Eric Ruhland, Ruman Gerst; Bildkomposition: Jens Meyer
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Time travel through genomics
Reconstruction of a 1,300-year-old phage genome shows similarities to a modern virus that infects intestinal bacteria
Piotr Rozwalak has analysed prehistoric stool samples for phage genomes.
Image: Adrian Wykrota
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Special RNA suppresses the formation of breast cancer cells
International research team deciphers molecular mechanism in the synthesis of ribosomal RNA
Dr Holger Bierhoff does research on proteins of breast cancer cells.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
Mummies under the magnifying glass
Experts at Jena University study exceptional items from their own collections
Dr Enrico Paust looks at glued textile fragments from an Egyptian mummy.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)