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 ...

1-5 What Bacteria Use Quorum Sensing? Both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria use quorum sensing. Generally, gram-negative bacteria employ acylated homoserine lactones as autoinducers, which ...

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's along with an international team of researchers have discovered a surprising new ...

Three of these six pathogens are antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Recently, antibacterial drugs against ESBL-producing Gram-negative bacteria accounted for ∼15% (2 out of 13 ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that could potentially revolutionize treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections, cancer and other challenging gram-negative pathogens without relying ...

It is commonly used to distinguish between oxidase negative Enterobacteriaceae and oxidase positive ... crystal violet which inhibit the growth of Gram-positive bacteria. The differential ingredient ...

Most resistant to carbapenems Gram-negative bacteria isolates are only susceptible to polymyxins, which are commonly the main antibiotic class used against these isolates. Some shortcomings of ...

2) To phenotypically characterize multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, proteus species, Citrobacter species, Salmonella and Shigella isolated ...

A specialized protein produced by the immune system that helps destroy disease-causing organisms. An antibody is a component of humoral immunity. Antibodies can be effective defenders against both ...

Doxycycline has bacteriostatic activity against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Children ≤8yrs: weigh benefits vs. risks; reserve use only for severe or life ...