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 100th anniversary of Robert Koch's receiving the Nobel Prize reminds us of his achievements as a founder of modern bacteriology and as a forefather of immunology ...

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 ...

On the surface, bacteria may appear bland. But there’s more going on inside than meets the eye, new research is revealing. For many years, scientists thought that bacteria didn’t have internal ...

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 ...