8th International Conference on Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases

The antibiotic that is active against drug-resistant tuberculosis:  A naturally occurring antibiotic called kanglemycin A is effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, even in drug-resistant strains, according to an international team of researchers who used chemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, and X-ray crystallography to show how the compound maintains its activity.  The compound, kanglemycin A, is related to the antibiotic rifampicin, according to Katsuhiko Murakami, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State and one of leaders of the project. "Rifampicin is already part of the cocktail of antibiotics used to treat tuberculosis, but many strains of the tuberculosis-causing bacteria have developed resistance to it," Murakami said. "Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death by infectious disease worldwide," said Murakami. "Development of rifampicin resistance in M. tuberculosis has m

New Microbes: New species of microbes have been discovered by the researchers. Here are a couple of the new species that have been found and the spots they've been found. Other types of organism have been found in Tunisia. The organism, which analysts named Penicillium tunisiense, was found on an apple obtained at an open market. Organisms in the family Penicillium can make natural product spoil and, if consumed, might be harmful. Another, Gram-positive types of microorganisms have been found on an auto cooling framework. Nocaridiodes currus was found by analysts in Korea. In China, another type of Clostridium has been found in dairy animals fertilizer. The microorganisms, named Clostridium bovifaecis, is currently one of more than 100 species of microscopic organisms that can change over carbon dioxide into vitality. Two new types of airborne microorganisms have been found in Beijing. Roseomonas globiformis, a dark pink bacterium was found on a dim day in the city and Sphin

E.coli in poultry farm may cause urinary infections in Humans: "Before, we could state that E. coli from individuals and poultry were identified with each other, however with this examination, we can all the more unquestionably say that the E. coli went from poultry to individuals and not the other way around," Dr. Price, the executive of the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, said in an official statement. More than 80 percent of urinary tract diseases are caused by E. coli, but only a few strains are responsible for most of the serious infections, which include the kidneys or blood. E. coli ST131 travel from the bladder to the blood and kills a large number of individuals in the U.S. every year. Past investigations had shown that retail meat was not a source. In any case, analysts trust those investigations were too barely engaged. Working with GWU's Translational Genomics Researc