Scientists Uncover Cause of Mysterious Deaths of Elephants in Zimbabwe
A bacterium linked to severe septicemia may be responsible for the deaths of six African elephants in Zimbabwe, and potentially others in nearby nations. This…
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Scientists Reveal the Structure of the Typhoid Toxin
In a newly published study, Yale scientists offer an explanation of how Typhoid fever still kills hundreds of thousands of people every year and suggest…
“Arsenic-Life” Bacterium Prefers Phosphate Over Arsenate
Researchers that claimed that the GFAJ-1 bacterium had a preference for arsenic instead of phosphorous in its DNA have been somewhat refuted. A new study…
Arsenic-Tolerant GFAJ-1 Bacterium Still Needs Phosphorous
18 months after the controversy started, it’s become official that the arsenic-tolerant bacterium, GFAJ-1, found in California’s Mono Lake, cannot live without phosphorous. It was…