Tomb of Giuliano de'Medici in the New Sacristy (Medici Chapel), San Lorenzo, Florence (photo via Richard Mortel's Flickrstream) In these epidemic days, it’s easy to paint all microbial organisms in a ...

A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a virtual Gram staining technique that could transform how microbiologists stain and classify bacteria. This ...

Gram staining is a type of differential staining used to distinguish between Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial groups, based on inherent differences in their cell wall constituents. Stains ...

Two years ago, a group of infants died at the university hospital and it was found to be Gram-negative bacteria that caused their death. The Gram-negative bacteria turn into pink color and ...

Your doctor may use an acid-fast bacteria (AFB) stain test to see if you have a lung disease like tuberculosis (TB). In addition to showing tuberculosis, an AFB stain can also show if you have another ...