Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, ...

This is a test commonly used when trying to identify Gram-negative enteric bacteria, all of which are glucose fermenters but only some of which produce gas. *Note - broth tubes can be made containing ...

When exposed to antibiotics, approximately one out of every 10 8 -10 9 bacteria develops resistance due to spontaneous ...

A newly developed laboratory tool can, within hours, help to identify specific viruses which can be used to destroy variants ...

The Amsterdam-based firm's PCR-based Molecular Culture ID test is used to detect more than 200 bacterial species, yielding results within five hours.

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, show that the emergence of ...

Bacteria can spread resistance genes to each other through plasmids. Plasmids are small free-standing DNA rings in which ...

"We used metagenomics data -- extensive sequencing of bacterial genomes from the environment -- to identify a previously unknown actin-like protein in a family of bacteria known as Verrucomicrobiota.

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, researchers show that the emergence of resistance can be understood in the ...