Scientists have sequenced one of the first bacterial genomes associated with Jamaican sugarcane. The team also decoded two bacteria linked to Riesling grapevines. Studying the effects of organisms on crops is gaining attention as the world populations increases and concerns about food production and protection grow.

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More than 100 co-authors and several dozens of advocates of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill have been urged to be present at the session hall of the House of Representatives in order for them to vote for the measure that has been pending for several weeks. According to Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, one of the principal authors of the bill, the advocates and supporters of the measure constitute a ...

For decades, microbiologists thought that bacteria act individually, unaware of their multitudinous counterparts involved in causing the same infection. In the past two decades, however, they have discovered that many species of bacteria 'communicate'. In fact, bacteria can signal to each other that their numbers are sufficient to launch a coordinated attack.