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		<title>Rutherford Fellowship for microbiologist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[University of Otago microbiologist Dr Peter Fineran is having       an unusually good month, having just gained two research       awards, including a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, which       comes with $800,000 in research funding.
Dr Fineran (32), who is a senior [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.microbexpert.com/blog/2011/09/rutherford-fellowship-for-microbiologist.html</link>
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		<title>Pall introduces Sentino microbiology pump for analysis of aqueous samples</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pall Corporation, a leading provider of separation systems and  single-use filtration and purification technologies to pharmaceutical  and biotechnology companies to support faster development of new drugs  and vaccines, has introduced the new compact, easy-to-use Sentino  microbiology pump for microbial analysis of aqueous samples using the  Membrane Filter (MF) technique. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.microbexpert.com/blog/2011/09/pall-introduces-sentino-microbiology-pump-for-analysis-of-aqueous-samples.html</link>
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		<title>Video gamers solve microbiology puzzle</title>
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Scientists had been struggling to map the structure of M-PMV, a protein    involved in a virus that causes a form of simian Aids, in an experiment    called CASP9. The search, in that experiment and others, had been going on    for more than a decade. The solution [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.microbexpert.com/blog/2011/09/video-gamers-solve-microbiology-puzzle.html</link>
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		<title>Chesapeake Bay fouled by Susquehanna flooding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chesapeake Bay looks like a dirty bathtub, its waters turned brown with mud and  awash in pollution and floating debris, including uprooted trees,  propane tanks, even a battered dining-room chair.
Braving boat-damaging hazards, scientists are swarming over the bay to see if the massive stormwater runoff from Tropical Storm Lee last week is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.microbexpert.com/blog/2011/09/chesapeake-bay-fouled-by-susquehanna-flooding.html</link>
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		<title>Using Algae to Make Better Batteries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Think alginate, that you may have met quite intimately if you’ve had  dental impressions made – the gooey, but not sticky substance that was  in the tray which formed to match your teeth.  Alginate or more  accurately the sodium alginate, the sodium salt of alginic acid, is  derived from Macrocystis pyrifera [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.microbexpert.com/blog/2011/09/using-algae-to-make-better-batteries.html</link>
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		<title>Late summer at the lake? Watch for blue-green algae</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE – The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is reminding  residents of Eastern Washington who live on or near lakes or who visit lakes, to  keep children and animals away from blooms of blue-green algae because they can  be toxic.
When an algal species reproduces rapidly and reaches high concentrations, it  is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.microbexpert.com/blog/2011/09/late-summer-at-the-lake-watch-for-blue-green-algae.html</link>
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		<title>Program Complete for 5th Annual Algae Biomass Summit &#8212; Largest Single Event Featuring Algae Industry&#8217;s Leading Entrepreneurs, Researchers and Companies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Sep 14, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) &#8212; The Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) today announced the agenda for its 5th Annual Algae Biomass Summit, the algae industry&#8217;s premier event. More than 800 attendees are expected to see and hear the more than 200 presentations and poster sessions that showcase technological breakthroughs in algae technologies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.microbexpert.com/blog/2011/09/program-complete-for-5th-annual-algae-biomass-summit-largest-single-event-featuring-algae-industrys-leading-entrepreneurs-researchers-and-companies.html</link>
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		<title>FOOD The magic of mushrooms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My parents always collected cep and chanterelle mushrooms and dried them  on clothes lines crisscrossing our kitchen. Only when I was in my 20s  did I find out that my father made chanterelle schnaps.
When it  comes to mushrooms I am very conservative, and stick to the ones I know.  For the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.microbexpert.com/blog/2011/09/food-the-magic-of-mushrooms.html</link>
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		<title>Franklin: Fungus among us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We got a lot of questions from homeowners this year concerning spots on their maple trees and hostas.
The spots on their maple tree leaves are due to a fungal disease known as tar spot, which is a disease caused by several fungi in the genus Rhytisma. Members of this genus also infect silver, sugar, red [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.microbexpert.com/blog/2011/09/franklin-fungus-among-us.html</link>
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		<title>Buried treasure: Cook up an exotic truffle feast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first ever encounter with a truffle occurred age  six, somewhere in the Jura Mountains of France. My brother and I had  pooled our pocket money to buy my father a birthday present. We settled  upon a small Périgord truffle in oil, sealed in a shot glass. I had no  idea [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.microbexpert.com/blog/2011/09/buried-treasure-cook-up-an-exotic-truffle-feast.html</link>
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