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Mindless talks(Third of three parts)

by Ronie J. Calugay, Ph.D. - May 6, 2010 - 12:00am

It is now well established that Vibrio fischeri excretes AHLs as chemical signals to communicate; Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses both AHLs and the siderophore pyoverdine, and other bacteria actually use peptides or...

Mindless talks

by Ronie J. Calugay, Ph.D. - April 29, 2010 - 12:00am

The first glimpse on quorum sensing was observed in 1965 by Alexander Tomasz in bacteria that cause pneumonia. Microbiologists were later enlightened on this phenomenon by serendipity because of a squid that gl...

Mindless talks

by Ronie J. Calugay, Ph.D. - April 22, 2010 - 12:00am

What an ugly blot on the human character. Despite our sheer intelligence, we have strong tendencies to spit out profanities, to gossip, backbite and badmouth people we envy and perceive as threats to our self-esteem...

Better off scummed!

by Ronie J. Calugay, Ph.D. - February 4, 2010 - 12:00am

Among the hundreds of thousands of species of microalgae, a superhero is on the rise — meet Botryococcus braunii!

Better off scummed!

by Ronie J. Calugay, Ph.D. - January 28, 2010 - 12:00am

In the Oscar-nominated film War of the Worlds directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the novel by the master science fiction writer H.G. Wells...

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