To enhance the early detection of novel infectious bacteria that could cause outbreaks of infectious disease and public health emergencies, a team of researchers in Penn State's College of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The different variants of the diphtheria bacillus are described as they appeared in a study of the growth and of the production of toxin by ...

Parents, guardians and all who care for kids should check their medicine cabinets after a children's cough syrup was recalled for a foodborne bacteria that can cause myriad problems. Science X Daily ...

Standard anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis, which can be contracted through skin contact, ingestion, or inhalation. Its ...

ALTHOUGH the occurrence of localized areas of suppuration caused by the typhoid bacillus is on the whole infrequent, McCrae 1 believes that during typhoid fever no part of the body in which abscesses ...

Gram staining is one way scientists can identify bacteria. Gram-positive bacteria, such as Staphylococcus, appear blue or purple under a microscope when scientists apply a stain. Conversely, ...

The only way to overcome multidrug-resistant bacteria is to design a drug that bacteria have never encountered. In a new study funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation, scientists are doing just ...

Gram-positive bacteria have thick cell walls. A Gram stain test, which involves a chemical dye, stains the bacterium’s cell wall purple. On the other hand, gram-negative bacteria stain pink instead.

Cells throughout our body can defend themselves from bacteria using various mechanisms. By harnessing a cellular process called autophagy, researchers at The Crick hope to boost our body’s ability to ...