Bacteria

What are deodorants made of?

Deodorants are products that contain perfumes to mask body odor and a germicide, such as triclosan, to kill odor-producing bacteria by acting on perspiration residues and sebum (natural body oil).

Do more food poisonings occur in summer?

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) confirms it: Food poisoning increases in the summer months. According to experts, it seems to be due to two reasons. For one thing, bacteria grow faster in hot summer months, especially between 32ºC and 43ºC.

How many germs accumulate in a flute or a trumpet?

Thomas Glass and his colleagues at the University of Oklahoma (USA) recently published a study in the journal 'General Dentristry' showing that both brass and woodwind instruments are contaminated with a wide variety of bacteria and fungi. , many of which are associated with infectious and allergic diseases, as well as the development of asthma.

Are there bacteria that live in caffeine?

Caffeine is found naturally in more than 60 different plants and is made up of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen. Its molecular structure makes it resist the attack of most bacteria.

The origin of the E.coli bacteria outbreak could be in bean, bean and lentil sprouts from Germany

After the WHO officially sculpted Spanish agricultural products of having caused the wave of diseases and deaths in those affected by the E. Coli bacteria in Europe in recent weeks, the head of Agriculture of the state of Lower Saxony (Germany), Gerti Lindemann, has pointed to a German bean sprout farm as a probable source of the infection.

How often should pants be washed?

Josh Le, a student at the University of Alberta (Canada), has just broken a particular record by wearing the same jeans for 15 months, without washing them, to show that the lack of washing has no hygienic consequences.

Antibiotics in your tears

A team of American scientists has developed a technique to identify lytic enzymes in tears and saliva that could be used as antibiotics to kill resistant disease-causing bacteria.

Bacteria are also supportive

Bacteria are much more supportive than previously thought, and that is why they have become so resistant to antibiotics. This is the conclusion reached by a team of researchers from the United States. According to their experiments, when a bacterium manages to develop resistance to antibiotics, it does not simply pass it on to its offspring, as was believed until now, but it sacrifices itself to improve the chances of survival of the weakest of the group.

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