Recently we have done two differential stains, the Gram stain and the Acid Fast stain. Both stains differentiate between bacteria chemically. The two staining techniques of Lab 4 differentiate by ...

Two years ago, a group of infants died at the university hospital and it was found to be Gram-negative bacteria that caused their death. The Gram-negative bacteria turn into pink color and ...

Compared with other urine analysis methods, urine Gram stain has a moderate predictive value for detecting gram-negative bacteria in urine culture but does not significantly improve urinary tract ...

Tomb of Giuliano de'Medici in the New Sacristy (Medici Chapel), San Lorenzo, Florence (photo via Richard Mortel's Flickrstream) In these epidemic days, it’s easy to paint all microbial organisms in a ...

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 ...

Chemists have developed a fluorescent probe, BacGo that can detect Gram-positive bacteria precisely and promptly. The research team used bacterial sludge from wastewater for the demonstration ...