The MSA will select for organisms such as Staphylococcus species which can live in areas of high salt concentration (plate on the ... This is a test commonly used when trying to identify Gram-negative ...

But what if there was an even better way of killing bacteria and germs ... Looking to test this theory, [Jay] sets up an experiment using agar plates. He inoculates half of the plates with swabs ...

This agar is used ... spirit blue dye. Bacteria that produce lipase will hydrolyze the olive oil and produce a halo around the bacterial growth. The Gram-positive rod, Bacillus subtilis is lipase ...

The purpose of this practical is to investigate the effect of antiseptics or antibiotics on bacterial growth using agar plates and measuring zones of inhibition. This allows the selected bacteria ...

Fairburn explains that in the absence of an active anti-phage defence, viral infections inhibit bacterial growth and cause a ...

University of Toronto researchers have discovered nine new genes used by bacteria to protect themselves against ...

The artists use bacteria as their paint and fungus as their canvas to educate people about the important relationship we have with microbes. The American Society for Microbiology's Agar Art ...