Why is it important to study bacteria? Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterial strain that can be responsible for several human diseases: the most serious include malignant external otitis, ...

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 ...

Rapidly analyzing samples for the presence of bacteria and similar organic structures is generally quite a time-intensive process, with often the requirement of a cell culture being developed.

Raman spectroscopy, especially in its surface-enhanced variant, is an attractive approach for the rapid detection of different bacteria, thanks to the unique spectral fingerprint that different ...

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