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Cows on antibiotics release more methane from their dung
It’s a well-known fact that cattle and other livestock are responsible for releasing greenhouse gases like methane into the atmosphere. However, contrary to popular belief, it’s actually bovine burps, not farts, that are to blame. Methane from belching is a … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology
Tagged Antibiotics, climate change, Cows, dung, dung beetle, greenhouse gas, Methane, Microbiome
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On the Horizon: an introduction
Over the next few weeks and months, we’ll be publishing a collection of articles about emerging diseases in our On the Horizon series. In this first post, we spoke to David Heymann, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Diseases, On the Horizon
Tagged climate change, Emerging disease, Rift valley, WHO, World Bank
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Can we use models to predict virus outbreaks?
Professor Matthew Baylis from the University of Liverpool will talk about his predictions for future impacts of climate change on infectious diseases of animals at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference today (21 March). If we can anticipate what will happen … Continue reading
Microbe Talk: April 2015
In 1677, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek had a letter published in the Royal Society’s journal Philosophical Transactions, which was the first paper to describe microbes, opening up the world of microbiology that we know today. This year is the 350th anniversary … Continue reading
Microbe Talk: October 2013
[gigya src=”http://microbetalk.podomatic.com/swf/joeplayer_v20.swf” flashvars=”‘minicast=false&jsonLocation=http%3A%2F%2Fmicrobetalk.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2Fembed_params%2F2013-10-01T03_07_43-07_00%3Fcolor%3D43bee7%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26facebook%3Dtrue%26height%3D85%26minicast%3Dfalse%26objembed%3D1%26width%3D440″ wmode=”tranparent” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowFullScreen=”true” width=”440″ height=”85″] This month, I spoke to Dr Arwyn Edwards about his research into the microbiome of glaciers and the role that bacteria are playing in climate change. I also learnt how fertilizer production … Continue reading