Slime

‘Biofilms’-Clumped Bacterial Slime Cause Ear Infectin

Researchers have confirmed that their studies on bacteria that bunch into tough biofilms are the cause for the widespread and persistent ear infections// that irritate kids, which supports the idea that using antibiotics against these conditions is pointless. Otitis media, a condition of midd...

Syracuse University researchers build a new surface material that resists biofilm growth

...teria form what scientists call biofilmsa sticky, slimy buildup on almost any kind of surface. Biofilms can corrode the hulls of ships, produce green slime on rocks, pollute drinking water systems, form plaque on teeth, and stick to medical devices implanted in humans, resulting in infection or rejection....

Lifeway Foods Announces Expanded La Fruta(TM) Drinkable Yogurt Distribution

...ir, a children's line of organic kefir products called ProBugs (TM) in a no-spill pouch in kid-friendly flavors like Orange Creamy Crawler and Sublime slime Lime, and a line of organic whole milk kefir. Lifeway also produces a line of products marketed in US Hispanic communities, called La Fruta, Drinkable...

Lifeway Foods Acquires Philadelphia Based Fresh Made Dairy, the Nation's Second Largest Kefir Manufacturer

...ir, a children's line of organic kefir products called ProBugs (TM) in a no-spill pouch in kid-friendly flavors like Orange Creamy Crawler and Sublime slime Lime, and a line of organic whole milk Kefir. Lifeway also produces a line of products marketed in US Hispanic communities, called La Fruta, Drinkable...

Lifeway Foods Announces New East Coast and Expanded Midwest Distribution

...ir, a children's line of organic kefir products called ProBugs (TM) in a no-spill pouch in kid-friendly flavors like Orange Creamy Crawler and Sublime slime Lime, and a line of organic whole milk kefir. Lifeway also produces a line of products marketed in US Hispanic communities, called La Fruta, Drinkable...

Lifeway Foods Announces New 100,000 Share Buyback Program

...ir, a children's line of organic kefir products called ProBugs (TM) in a no-spill pouch in kid-friendly flavors like Orange Creamy Crawler and Sublime slime Lime, and a line of organic whole milk kefir. Lifeway also produces a line of products marketed in US Hispanic communities, called La Fruta, Drinkable...

Lifeway Foods Switches to 100% Certified Hormone Free Milk

...ldren's line of organic kefir products called ProBugs (TM) in a patented no-spill pouch in kid-friendly flavors like Orange Creamy Crawler and Sublime slime Lime, and a line of organic whole milk kefir. Lifeway also produces a line of products marketed in US Hispanic communities, called La Fruta, Drinkable...

Chemical engineering researchers identify biofilms that cause infections

...teria in its biofilm form. Put simply, biofilm is a protective and adhesive slime excreted by bacteria that have joined together to form a community. The sub... examining biofilm structure on a microscopic level. Though it appears as slime to the naked eye, biofilm is actually composed of several hills and valleys...

Lifeway Foods Reports Record 1st Quarter 2008 Results

...ldren's line of organic kefir products called ProBugs (TM) in a patented no-spill pouch in kid-friendly flavors like Orange Creamy Crawler and Sublime slime Lime, and a line of organic whole milk kefir. Lifeway also produces a line of products marketed in US Hispanic communities, called La Fruta, Drinkable...

Webcast Alert: Lifeway Foods, Inc. Announces 2007 Year End Full Financial Results

...fir, a children's line of organic kefir products called ProBugs(TM) in a no-spill pouch in kid-friendly flavors like Orange Creamy Crawler and Sublime slime Lime, and a line of organic whole milk kefir. Lifeway also produces a line of products marketed in US Hispanic communities, called La Fruta, Drinkable...

Slime in Biological News

Bacterial slime helps cause serious disease

Leptospirosis is a serious but neglected emerging disease that infects humans through contaminated water. Now research published in the May issue of the journal Microbiology shows for the first time how bacteria that cause the disease survive in the environment. Leptospirosis is a major public ...

When the going gets tough, slime molds start synthesizing

In times of plenty, the uni-cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum leads a solitary life munching on bacteria littering the forest floor. But these simple creatures can perform heroic developmental acts: when the bacterial food supply dries up, Dictyostelium amebas band together with their ne...

Unusual microbial ropes grow slowly in cave lake

... know why the have the shape they do," says Macalady. "Microorganisms in them likely secrete some sticky goo, an extra-cellular polymeric substance -- slime that holds them together." What the researchers do know is that the location where these ropes grow is very low in available energy -- considered a...

Ripple effect: Water snails offer new propulsion possibilities

... A UC San Diego engineer has revealed a new mode of propulsion based on how water snails create ripples of slime to crawl upside down beneath the surface. Eric Lauga, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the Jacobs School of Enginee...

MSU biofilms research helps set standards for everyday products

...does the job. Biofilms are the extremely common communities of bacteria that form on most wet surfaces. They range from the plaque on teeth to the slime on streamside rocks to the sludge that clogs pipes. Most biofilms are harmless, but some have been linked to ailments such as urinary tract infect...

Turning on cell-cell communication wipes out staph biofilms

...gets. Biofilms are communities of bacteria that grow on moist surfaces, including heart valves, bone and medical implants. Encased in self-produced slime and highly resistant to antibiotic therapy and the body's own immune defenses, biofilm infections represent a tough and dangerous medical problem. The...

Veterinary college researchers explore function of biofilm in bovine respiratory disease

...zed community of bacteria that forms a glue-like substance that adheres to a variety of surfaces. The plaque on your teeth is a biofilm, as is the slime that often forms on meat that has been left out too long. While some biofilms are harmless, they can also cause a variety of diseases in humans and an...

Coral reefs and climate change: Microbes could be the key to coral death

...ct as a shield, preventing disease-causing pathogens such as bacteria and some viruses from penetrating their tissues. The reefs defensive mucus or slime is also at risk from stresses brought on by climate change. This seems to happen just at a time when some of the key functional microbe groups are cha...

Some cheaters can keep it in their genes

...can get away with it. The researchers looked at slime moulds microscopic single-cell organisms or amoeb...one another when food is in short supply. Studying slime moulds at the cellular level provides the scientis...at it may be widespread among social creatures. slime mould amoebae feed off bacteria in the soil but wh...

Symposium marks 30th anniversary of discovery of third domain of life

...oth the true bacteria and archaea; and eukaryotes, including all animals, plants, fungi and protists (a diverse group that includes protozoans, algae, slime molds and other organisms). Some prominent biologists still hold to this classification scheme. Woese had set out to map the evolutionary history o...

Slime in Biological Technology

FERMENTATION BASICS

...ungi may be subdivided into lower fungi as well as slime moulds and higher fungi which comprises yeasts. ... for completeness. Myxomycota, commonly known as slime moulds (or slime fungi) are widely used as research organisms. Vi...

Slime in Biological Definition

Eukaryote

...igned to several supergroups: Opisthokonts Animals , fungi , choanoflagellates , etc. Amoebozoa Most lobose amoebae and slime moulds Rhizaria Various amoeboid protozoa Excavates Various flagellate protozoa Plantae sensu lato Land pl...

Fungus

...ed from the fungi due to the presence of flagellated spores, but are of definite relation to the others and so are now usually treated with them. slime moulds were also originally placed here, because they produce fruiting bodies, but are now recognized to belong among the amoebae . Miscellaneo...

Prokaryote

...nd capable of free-living. Colonies are formed by organisms that remain attached following cell division , sometimes through the help of a secreted slime layer . Environment Prokaryotes are found in nearly all environments on earth. Archaea in particular seem to thrive in harsh conditions, such ...

Protist

...ts, and so may be included among the Plantae, but the brown algae developed separately. These are also a few fungus-like protists. These are the slime moulds , which are spore-forming amoeboids, and the water moulds and labyrinthulids . The latter two are related to brown algae, golden algae, dia...

Protist

...ts, and so may be included among the Plantae, but the brown algae developed separately. These are also a few fungus-like protists. These are the slime moulds , which are spore-forming amoeboids, and the water moulds and labyrinthulids . The latter two are related to brown algae, golden algae, dia...

Slime in Biological Dictionary

Slime molds

... slime mold is a broad term describing fungi-like organi... Overview of the three main groups: plasmodial slime molds , cellular slime molds , and Labyrinthulomycota. called Acrasi...

Protozoa

... Fire Ant Killing Protozoa Found In 120 Texas Counties (May 11, 2004) — If ... Protists are a group made up of protozoa , unicelular algae and slime molds. ... Protozoa are the oldest known group of heterotrophic life-that consume and ... Protozoa are single-celled animals that feed prim...