The fungus appears to feed on the airborne alcohol vapours produced during whiskey maturation.

Baudoinia compniacensis is a melanized saprobic fungus that causes blackening of surfaces in the vicinity of spirit maturation warehouses, commercial …

One of the country's best known Irish traditional singers Seán Ó Sé has died.

Marine sponges are found in all of the world’s oceans, from the surface waters to the deepest abyssal zones. The marine sponge holobiont is a rich source of microbial and chemical diversity. Up to 63 ...

Marine sponges are found in all of the world’s oceans, from the surface waters to the deepest abyssal zones. The marine sponge holobiont is a rich source of microbial and chemical diversity. Up to 63 ...

PhD Project - PhD Project at Brunel University, London: Engineering Bacteria for Enhanced Degradation of Food-Associated Plastic Waste at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

A computational approach to generate reference-free protein families from the sequence space in metagenomes reveals an enormously diverse functional space.

Throughout the golden age of antibiotic discovery, Streptomyces have been unsurpassed for their ability to produce bioactive metabolites. Yet, this su…

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Modulating biofilm can potentiate activity of novel plastic-degrading enzymes