Clinical bacteriology relies on the ability to identify cultured isolates. However, unknown isolates are common in hospital settings. Now, researchers at the University of Basel, have established a ...

A collaborative study by researchers from UCT and other institutions has successfully isolated and characterised vaginal ...

A study published in Frontiers explores the microbial diversity within hospital sink drains across multiple wards over a year-long period, focusing on bacterial communities, species identification, ...

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) pediatric oncology ward, from June 2021 to April 2022. A total of 110 children who developed fever ...

Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health ...

In a recent study published in BMC Microbiology, researchers developed the Novel Organism Verification and Analysis (NOVA) algorithm to systematically analyze bacterial isolates unidentified using ...

Scientists have developed a new technology to efficiently isolate a specific subset of gut bacteria from fecal samples that are recognized by IgA antibodies. These 'IgA-coated' bacteria are associated ...

Scanning electron microscopy image of Enterococcus faecalis bacteria in a biofilm. Green pseudocolouring was applied with Gemini AI on the original greyscale image for vizualization purposes only. © ...

Three species of bacteria in combination are capable of breaking down PAE diethyl phthalate, an important component in plastic pollution. Yet none of the three can do the same thing in isolation to ...