https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6aLv5WROh8
This presentation covers how bacteria alter their appetites for different sugars by mutating solute transport systems. The talk also relates the importance o

https://projectsforwildlife.libsyn.com/episode-035-dr-manuel-varela-talks-about-ecological-benefits-and-impacts-to-microbes-and-their-relationship-to-wildlife
Aug 27, 2019. Dr. Manuel Varela is a microbiology professor at Eastern New Mexico University located in the small ranch town of Portales, NM. He is the co-author of two books "The inventions and discoveries of the World Most famous scientists and "enter the world of microbiology: interviews of the world's most famous microbiologists.While in graduate school he coined the term "Antiporter

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210423095406.htm
Most infectious bacteria and viruses bind to sugars on the surface of our cells. Now researchers have created a library of tens of thousands of natural cells containing all the sugars found on the

https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/42784/why-do-bacteria-die-in-a-high-sugar-content-environment
When microbes encounter a surrounding like a high concentrated sugar state or solution (hypertonic), water diffuses out of the permeable cellular membrane of the microbe to its outer environment with high sugar concentration causing dehydration of the microbe and it leads to shrinking of cell. As water is necessary for chemical reactions inside

https://healthsciences.ku.dk/newsfaculty-news/2021/04/bacteria-and-viruses-infect-our-cells-through-sugars-now-researchers-want-to-know-how-they-do-it/
Sugar is not just something we eat. On the contrary. Sugar is one of the most naturally occurring molecules, and all cells in the body are covered by a thick layer of sugar that protects the cells from bacteria and virus attacks. In fact, close to 80 per cent of all viruses and bacteria bind to the sugars on the outside of our cells.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manuel-Varela-3
We study bacterial multidrug efflux. Varela has co-authored 'The Inventions and Discoveries of the World's Most Famous Scientists (2018), 'Enter the World of Microbiology: Interviews about the

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8667-7853
Varela has a Ph.D. with honors in biomedical sciences from UNM and was a postdoc under Tom Wilson at Harvard Medical School. Varela moved to ENMU and studied bacterial sugar transporters, drug resistance, and multidrug efflux pumps from MRSA and Vibrio cholerae. He used comparative genomics to identify novel antimicrobial targets in cholera

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-bacteria-viruses-infect-cells-sugars.html
Sugar is one of the most naturally occurring molecules, and all cells in the body are covered by a thick layer of sugar that protects the cells from bacteria and virus attacks. In fact, close to

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-bacteria-viruses-infect-cells-sugars.pdf
sugars in an environment with the natural occurrence of e.g. proteins and other sugars, and we can thus study the cells in the form in which virus and bacteria find them," Yoshiki Narimatsu explains.

https://sciencex.com/news/2020-06-weve-deadly-bacteria-common-sugar.html
In fact, the keen ability of the deadly bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae to use the plant-derived sugar raffinose may explain how it spreads through the human body. S. pneumoniae is a bacteria that can quickly develop antibiotic resistance. Each year it causes millions of infections and about one million deaths. Its "ecological niche", which

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-gut-bacteria-tell-their-hosts-what-to-eat/
Scientists have known for decades that what we eat can change the balance of microbes in our digestive tracts. Choosing between a BLT sandwich or a yogurt parfait for lunch can increase the

https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/bacteria-eating-viruses-gut-may-prolong-life/
Bacteria-eating viruses in the gut may help us live to a healthy 100. By Paul McClure. June 01, 2023. Researchers have examined the gut microbiomes of healthy 100-year-olds and found that they

https://theconversation.com/weve-discovered-how-these-deadly-bacteria-use-a-common-sugar-to-spread-through-the-body-it-could-help-us-stop-them-138942
S. pneumoniae, the bacteria responsible for pneumonia, causes about one million deaths each year. Now we know how it uses the sugar raffinose to spread through the body to cause disease.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jMM_FDoAAAAJ
Manuel F Varela. Microbiologist, Professor of Biology, Eastern New Mexico University. ... DR Britton, M Varela, A Garcia, M Rosenthal. Life sciences 38 (3), 211-216, 1986. 143: ... Presence of multidrug-resistant enteric bacteria in dairy farm topsoil. JM Burgos, BA Ellington, MF Varela. Journal of dairy science 88 (4),

https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/sugar-disrupts-microbiome-eliminates-protection-against-obesity-and-diabetes
"Sugar eliminates the filamentous bacteria, and the protective Th17 cells disappear as a consequence," says Ivanov. "When we fed mice a sugar-free, high-fat diet, they retain the intestinal Th17 cells and were completely protected from developing obesity and pre-diabetes, even though they ate the same number of calories."

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/certain-gut-bacteria-may-influence-overeating-of-sweet-treats
This binge-eating behavior happens particularly ... by oral antibiotics consumed up to 50% more sugar than mice with typical levels of gut bacteria. ... and a group of bacteria known as S24-7, Dr

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201001113602.htm
Carb-eating bacteria under viral threat. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 13, 2024 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 10 / 201001113602.htm. University of California - Riverside. "Carb

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/sugar-disrupts-microbiome-and-immune-function-leading-to-metabolic-disorders
Sugar appears to tip the microbiome balance away from bacteria that support immune cells in favor of non-beneficial bacteria. The study authors draw a strong connection between the loss of these

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24189-bacterial-infection
Bacterial infections are diseases that can affect your skin, lungs, brain, blood and other parts of your body. You get them from single-celled organisms multiplying or releasing toxins in your body. Common bacterial diseases include UTIs, food poisoning, STIs and some skin, sinus and ear infections. They're often treated with antibiotics.

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-cultivate-a-healthy-gut-microbiome-with-food/
No TMAO in their bloodstream because they have no egg-eating bacteria to make it. But give it a month for their gut bacteria to start to grow back, and the eggs start to cause TMAO production once again. It's the same thing with meat. Give people the equivalent of an 11-ounce steak, and TMAO levels shoot up in the blood.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220829194721.htm
Microbiota imbalance induced by dietary sugar disrupts immune-mediated protection from metabolic syndrome. Cell , 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.08.005 Cite This Page :

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/these-deadly-bacteria-use-common-sugar-spread-through-body-161356
S. pneumoniae can stay in our nose and throats, where it does not cause disease. It plays an import role in this ecosystem. When this bacteria is killed, other deadly bacteria may take its place

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/496460
This means that we can study the sugars in an environment with the natural occurrence of e.g. proteins and other sugars, and we can thus study the cells in the form in which virus and bacteria