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Microbes in food and drink - Beneficial bugs

Feed the world? Arbuscular mycorrhiza and agriculture (May 2012)

Rhizobia and legumes: fixation with intimacy (May 2012)

Viruses can be our friends (May 2012)

Growing plants in the presence of salt or metals (May 2012)

Muscodor albus - the anatomy of an important biological discovery (May 2012)

Retroviral placental syncytins: old dogs with new tricks (Feb 2012)

Microbiology of the neonate: getting to the guts of it (Feb 2012)

Biological control of varroa with entomopathogenic fungi: a sustainable solution for a globally important pest? (November 2011)

Prebiotics for pets (November 2009)

Can microbes be used to produce ‘greener’ sports turf? (August 2009)

Antibiotics and Streptomyces: the future of antibiotic discoverys (February 2009)

When good bugs fight bad (February 2009)

E. coli as a probiotic (August 2004)

Lactic acid bacteria - the uninvited but generally welcome participants in malt whisky fermentation (February 2004)

Lactobacillus in non-dairy foods (Feb 2002)

Mushrooms - crop quality and spoilage (Feb 2002)

Last updated 15 May 2012