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A subdivision of microbiology dedicated to the study of bacteria.

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Hot water and bacteria

The bacteria wouldn't see any benefit from the warm water in the ~30-60 seconds you're washing your hands, neither would hot water "sterilize" your hands at temperatures you could tolerate. The reason …
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Is there any way the food industry can benefit from biofilms?

inf3rno's comment provides a great example, in the production of vinegar (Food Safety Magazine): In the production of some fermented foods, biofilms are an essential element for optimum production …
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Medium for Pseudomonas?

Pseudomonas bacteria are generally not difficult to grow: Rugged and opportunistic, Pseudomonas use a wide range of nutritional sources, even very simple nutritional environments without any organic …
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Cleavage of RNA by restriction enzymes?

As to why they don't recognize RNA-DNA heteroduplexes (which are present during transcription, for example), I suspect that the methylation which protects bacterial genomic dsDNA (see the DNA modifyin …
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