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- Title
Notizen: Bakterien, Umwelt und Gesundheit.
- Authors
Blicker, Luca
- Abstract
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen have discovered two new species of microorganisms in wastewater treatment plants that live anaerobically and reduce nitric oxide (NO) to nitrogen (N2). This results in minimal production of the greenhouse gas N2O. An international group of researchers, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, has found that the amount of carbon that soil binds depends on how efficiently microorganisms process carbon compounds. When bacteria use the compounds for metabolism, carbon is released as CO2 into the atmosphere. When they use the compounds for growth, carbon is stored in the soil. A study predicts that microorganisms will not only emit more CO2 due to global warming, but that the increase in emissions will also accelerate. A study by the University Medicine Halle shows that infection with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is less likely to lead to long-term effects than other variants. There is also evidence that the risk of long Covid is lower in people who have already been infected once. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed surfactant nanoparticles that are intended to transport antibiotics to the lungs to fight diseases such as tuberculosis. The nanoparticles consist of 99% active ingredients and double the antibiotic effect in mice.
- Subjects
BREMEN (Germany); ATMOSPHERIC carbon dioxide; MARINE microbiology; KARLSRUHER Institut fur Technologie; POST-acute COVID-19 syndrome; SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant; SEWAGE disposal plants
- Publication
Nachrichten aus der Chemie, 2023, Vol 71, Issue 10, p62
- ISSN
1439-9598
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/nadc.20234138869