Most species of bacteria can be broadly divided into two groups, known as gram-positive and gram-negative. These categories reflect big differences in the microbes' biology, and they also dictate ...

An antibiotic developed some 80 years ago before being abandoned and forgotten could again offer exciting new solutions, this ...

The UK-based firm is developing its initial panel tests for Gram-negative bacteria with tests for Gram-positive bacteria and ...

The Gram-positive blood culture assay is the firm's third panel for the detection and identification of bloodstream pathogens using the Liaison Plex instrument.

Researchers have discovered a new cell division pathway in MRSA that enables high-level resistance to β-lactam antibiotics, ...

Gram-positive, Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. (Janice Haney Carr/CDC via AP) (Uncredited) NEW YORK – U.S. health officials on Wednesday recommended that people 50 and older get a shot ...

1. Consistent management routines – Feeding calves at the same time, every day, can help prevent clostridia flare-ups.

Gram-negative bacteria, which are more pathogenic, had larger diversity, while the gram-positive bacteria were found more in ...

Among the bacteria identified were gram-positive cocci, which can lead to skin infections, and antibiotic-resistant gram-negative rods. The study noted that free weights had 362 times more bacteria ...

This electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention depicts two, round-shaped, Gram-positive, Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. (Janice Haney Carr/CDC via ...