Sentences with phrase «as animal hosts»

Ideally, ideas for novel tools and methods will be broadly applicable across the many environments studied in microbiome research — the Earth's soils, ocean and freshwater environments, and atmosphere; as well as animal hosts» gut and skin ecosystems.

Ideas for novel tools and methods will be broadly applicable across the many environments studied in microbiome research — the earth's soils, ocean and freshwater environments, and atmosphere; as well as animal hosts» gut and skin ecosystems.

Not exact matches

Here's how it works: Scientists identify the desired genes in a plant or animal and insert them into a host such as yeast.

The ancient ceremony of a communion meal bound guest to host as they ate together of meat (necessarily involving the «sacrifice» of the animal and the shedding of blood).

Where is the clear line in a progression from (1) using animal insulin to treat diabetes, to (2) using gene remodeling techniques to grow insulin in a host bacterium that will reproduce rapidly and from which a plentiful supply of insulin can be harvested, to (3) genetic surgery to replace the defective gene in a person diagnosed as diabetic, to (4) genetic surgery immediately after fertilization in order to replace the defective gene and alter the germ cells which would otherwise have transmitted the disease to one's offspring?

Mr. de Blasio's comments, made on WNYC as radio host Brian Lehrer noted that advocates had bombarded their phone lines and Twitter feed, are likely to irk NYCLASS, the powerful animal rights group who is seeking a ban.

Entirely new versions of the virus can emerge as it mixes and blends in its animal hosts.

As people move into formerly wild areas, local pathogens increasingly come into contact with new domesticated animal hosts — freshly arrived pigs, chickens, horses — and, eventually, humans.

Michael Kelemen, a recruiter and host of the Recruiting Animal show, a call - in career development and recruiting radio show on BlogTalkRadio, told Science Careers, «These days it's about being first to hear about new jobs and making yourself stand out as a job candidate.

This may be why host animals tolerate protozoans such as T. muris living in their intestines.

The acacia ants she studies, Crematogaster mimosae, use their fearsome bite to defend their host trees against large animals such as elephants and giraffes that eat the trees» leaves.

Others, such as Sarcocystis parasites, first live in an intermediate host, the prey animal of the wolf, and reach their final host, the wolf, only if the intermediate host has been consumed by the final host.

They are extremely simple, composed only of RNA enveloped in a fatty membrane, and they all must develop first in an animal host — often rodents or bats — and are spread by insects such as ticks or mosquitoes.

As the microbes metabolize food, they produce an astonishing number of small molecules, chemicals and hormones that circulate in a host and can influence health in an animal.

One thing that all of these communities have in common is that the dominant tubeworms and clams host specialized intracellular bacteria (symbionts) that allow these animals to exploit potentially toxic chemicals in the vent fluids as sources of nutrition.

Lead author Paul - Yannick Bitome - Essono, from the National Center for Scientific and Technological Research, France, explains: «We thought the tsetse fly might be a good candidate in our study, as both sexes feed on blood, they are large and easily trapped, present in large numbers in Central Africa, and are opportunistic feeders with no strong preference for a particular host animal, so would feed on a large range of wildlife.»

Previous research had shown that DNA from host animals, and from pathogens such as malaria, is preserved in the blood meals of flies.

Coyotes are overtaking the red fox, which feeds on small mammals such as mice, shrews and chipmunks, animals that, like deer, can play host to the Lyme - disease - carrying ticks

She needed a farm to host an audacious experiment dreamed up by geneticist Dmitry Belyaev: to create a domestic animal as docile as a dog from aggressive, wily silver foxes.

The red fox feeds on small mammals such as mice, shrews and chipmunks, animals that, like deer, can play host to the Lyme - disease - carrying ticks.

The July 2006 story, «The Way of All Flesh,» explains the vision of biologist Vladimir Mironov: Those muscle cells would be harmlessly extracted from an animal, and with the right nutrients and environment, they'd multiply just as they would in their original host, but even more rapidly.

For a long time, the prevailing idea was that parasites and pathogens evolve to target a particular host and as they get better at infecting a specific animal or plant, they become less effective at infecting other organisms.

The new genomic catalog contains nearly 200 viral genomes collected from patient samples in Sierra Leone and Nigeria, as well as field samples from the major animal reservoir, or host, of Lassa virus — the rodent Mastomys natalensis, also called the multimammate rat.

«What we think of as coral are really the animal host, symbiotic algae and symbiotic microbes all living together.

The white - footed mouse (top) isn't the main animal host for Lyme disease; the short - tailed shrew (bottom) and others are just as important.

The team looked at an outer surface protein of B. burgdorferi found in ticks — which can give clues about the vertebrate host — as well as the probabilities that different host species transmit the microbe during a tick bite, the number of larvae feeding on the animals, and population densities.

In his paper, Shapira proposes that animals and a set of core bacteria — or in general, a host with its core microbiota — evolve together, adapting as they can to changing conditions and perhaps, over time, becoming new species.

However, a direct link between these possible animal hosts, known as reservoirs, and the first people who contracted MERS hasn't been found.

Malaria cases increase with deforestation, researchers have found, while new roads through the rain forest provide corridors for the migration of people, insects and animals that serve as intermediate hosts for pathogens, Wilson said.

It is however likely that bats are the natural hosts for the virus, and that human infections are the result of contact with other animals such as camels acting as intermediate hosts.

Animal cloning uses a process known as somatic - cell nuclear transfer, where the nucleus from an adult (donor) cell is transferred into an egg (host) cell lacking a nucleus.

These tools will enable new, experimental approaches for studying animal - associated microbial communities as ecosystems of interacting colonized hosts, and colonizing microbes.

Grey wolves, as all wild animals, are hosts to a variety of parasites.

The focus is on molecular microbiology and virology, and includes topics such as genomics, the gamut of plant and animal host - pathogen interactions, host immune responses, characterization and evolution of virulence determinants, cell cycle and differentiation, symbiosis in plant and animal associations, environmental microbiology, biodiversity and evolution, population dynamics, sex and mutagenesis, antibiotic resistance and production, drug and vaccine targets, as well as aspects of prion diseases and of fungal and protozoan biology.

These findings also reveal general trends towards the origination of specialized diets, many of which involve close coevolution between insects and their animal or plant hosts, as well as providing a broad description of the history of diet evolution across the different insect orders.

In January 2015, I began working as a postdoctoral fellow at LIAI studying virus - host cells interactions in animal models and human cells.

Sf3b1 ^{K700E / +} animals had impaired erythropoiesis and progressive anemia without ringed sideroblasts, as well as reduced hematopoietic stem cell numbers and host - repopulating fitness.

Genome sequencing has helped scientists understand pets such as dogs and cats; agricultural animals like cows and pigs; crop plants such as rice, corn, barley; and a host of other living things.

Normally when an animal snacks on a glycan - rich food, the bond between the glycan and the fat or protein is degraded and the host gets the protein / fat while the gut bugs metabolize the glycan — and sometimes the glycan gets assimilated into the body as we see with glycosaminoglycan / GAGs.

She is a veterinarian at the Belle Haven Animal Medical Centre in Alexandria, VA, as well as the host and producer of The Pet Show with Dr. Katy on Washington DC's News Channel 8.

A tick latches onto a person or an animal for a period of time as it sucks blood from the host.

Again quoting from the free encyclopedia, «Probiotics are live microorganisms that may confer a health benefit on the host... «live microbial feed supplement which beneficially affects the host animal by improving its intestinal microbial balance»... commonly consumed as part of fermented foods with specially added active live cultures.»

Luxe Matchmaking also hosts charitable events for singles to raise money for nonprofits, such as local animal shelters.

Murray is just one of a host of names lending their tonsil talents as the CG animals surrounding Mowgli, played physically on screen by ten - year - old.

Animals never have it easy in Bong Joon - ho's world: «Barking Dogs Never Bite» paints those that yap as vermin that need terminating, «The Host» mutates a fish into a rampaging abomination and now Okja follows a hybrid fated for the abattoir.

That's not necessarily a bad thing though, as Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer double downs on the concept by introducing a host of brand new additions that make designing a home in Animal Crossing better than ever before.

In January, the school council at Boothroyd Primary Academy also hosted its own version of «Question Time» by interviewing MP Paula Sherriff on how her role supports the people of Dewsbury, and by asking what more could be done to save the local and wider environment as well as endangered animals.

Victoria Cochrane, affectionately known as Vee, started volunteering two years ago for The Farm at Gardner Village — a Salt Lake area animal rescue that offers pony rides, a petting zoo and hosts birthday parties.

Our website also hosts voluntary standards of care and best management practices covering a wide range of subjects; they may strengthen your case as a credible and responsible caretaker of animals.

During school breaks, Planet Tails hosts up to 30 children, ages seven to 13, who participate in activities such as baking dog treats, visiting an animal shelter and learning about various pet care topics from bite prevention to wellness.