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Paper Out: Using the wax moth larva Galleria mellonella infection model to detect emerging bacterial pathogens
A good start of the year by having a paper published. I blogged about the bioarxiv* version a while back so will keep it short this time: we injected environmental (water and sediment) samples in the Galleria caterpillar and, where … Continue reading
Posted in cool science, Cornwall, environment and human health, paper out!
Tagged AMR, Andrea Dowling, coastal pathogens, Ed Feil, Elze Hesse, emerging infectious diseases, Galleria, Galleria mellonella, Nicola Coyle, pathogens, PeerJ, publishing, Rafael Hernandez, virulence, Will Gaze
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Paper out: No effect of natural transformation on the evolution of resistance to bacteriophages in the Acinetobacter baylyi model system
A long time coming, but the results obtained in NERC-funded research on evolutionary benefits (or lack thereof) of bacterial transformation have now been published. The work was carried out mainly by research tech Amy McLeman, who has since started her … Continue reading