This type of medium is both selective and differential. The MSA will select for organisms such as Staphylococcus species which can live in areas of high salt concentration (plate on the left in the ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 61, No. 1 (Jul. - Aug., 1937), pp. 110-121 (12 pages) Weakly hemolytic streptococci obtained from freshly drawn milk samples were divided into the following ...

Differentiating bacterial strains within a single sample can be a daunting challenge. Microscopic studies of the sample can be used for simple identification and differentiation tasks. Microbiologists ...

A new device for faster testing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been developed. Bacterial infections have become one of the biggest health problems worldwide, and a recent study shows that ...

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) captures the spectra of vaginal fluid samples to detect biochemical changes in relation to bacterial presence. By determining the presence of specific ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new simple approach to ...

Renewed interest in anaerobic bacterial metabolism has led to the discovery of an array of novel enzymes and cofactors, adding new dimensions to the scope for commercial exploitation. Striking ...

Cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs) have central roles in bacterial homeostasis and virulence by acting as nucleotide second messengers. Bacterial CDNs also elicit immune responses during infection when they ...