THIS work has been designed to give an account of bacteriology and its applications to industry and medicine. Intended primarily “for college classes composed of students, some of whom intend to ...

THE importance of bacteriology is undeniable; in fact, the study of the action of bacteria in health and in disease, inside and outside the animal body, has revealed so many new facts, it has already ...

MANY publications have appeared indicating that chronic infection of the lower respiratory tract is a common occurrence. 1–10 Usually, the bacteriology has been determined by aerobic culture of ...

Microbiologists scrutinize some of the smallest lifeforms, from helpful gut microbes to dangerous pathogens. The study of microorganisms their impacts on human health will help us manage threats and ...

It turns out those cellulose-based thickening agents found in common foods can be digested. Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown that our gut bacteria can feed on these large ...