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Posted on February 29, 2020

Presence of colistin-resistant bacteria of food origin in the gut is cause for worry

A small study has found evidence of colistin-resistant bacteria in the gut. 77% of such bacteria were found to be food-acquired. There is a possibility of colistin resistant food Klebsiella…

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Posted on December 14, 2019February 3, 2020

JNCASR’s molecule effective against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

JNCASR researchers have synthesised a molecule that shows high antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. The molecule has no toxicity to human cells. It is effective against A. baumannii bacteria…

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Posted on October 12, 2019October 12, 2019

IISER Pune identifies druggable targets for multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

IISER Pune researchers have identified novel drug targets to kill multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. They increased the small molecule’s ability to cross the cell barrier and bind to multiple proteins. A…

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Posted on January 10, 2019January 12, 2019

Washing does not remove Salmonella bacteria from tomatoes, IISc team finds

IISc researchers have found that tomatoes get infected with Salmonella typhimurium, which cause gastroenteritis, when the bacteria enter the plant through tiny openings that form on the main root for the…

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Posted on November 24, 2018November 28, 2018

NCCS finds mass bathing during Kumbh Mela alters bacterial load, diversity

During Kumbh Mela in 2015, microbial diversity dropped by nearly 37.5% while bacterial load increased by about 130-fold at five bathing sites in Nashik from where samples were collected prior…

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Posted on September 29, 2018

Podcast: How Klebsiella bacteria develop colistin resistance

  Abdul Ghafur explains how the team deciphered the mechanism by which Klebsiella bacteria develop resistance to colistin, a last-line antibiotic. Mutations and insertional inactivation of the mgrB gene, which is present…

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Posted on September 29, 2018September 30, 2018

Mechanism of colistin resistance in food Klebsiella bacteria unravelled

Researchers found colistin-resistant bacteria in 49% vegetable, meat samples in Chennai. They have for the first time deciphered the mechanism by which food Klebsiella bacteria develop resistance to colisitin, a last-line antibiotic.…

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Posted on August 25, 2018

Podcast – Finding new drug target for Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria

 IIT Roorkee researchers have identified the RNA protein Hfq as a potential drug target. Once the Hfq gene is removed, the Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria become less virulent, more susceptible to environmental…

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