Culturing, a term for growing microorganisms in the laboratory, is a basic yet indispensable method in microbiology research. Microorganisms are often cultured in a liquid medium that provides ...

The skin microbiome plays a key role in skin health and disease. While imbalances in skin microbiome composition are linked to disease, studying it has been challenging due to limited methods for ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

Scientists assess bacterial growth trajectories to better predict infectious capacity and the conditions that aid proliferation. This article explores the key factors that influence bacterial ...

A new diagnostic method would confirm sepsis infections earlier, cutting critical hours in the "race against time" to save patients' lives. Publishing in Nature Publishing Journal Digital Medicine, ...

Researchers developed the TUS Skin Bacteria Co-culture (TSBC) medium, a novel system that enables the balanced cultivation of multiple skin bacteria. This breakthrough allows for a more detailed study ...