MALDI-based protein mass pattern detection ('profiling') is an inexpensive and straightforward approach for bacterial classification and identification. The method can easily distinguish bacteria ...

AIST researchers, in collaboration with JAMSTEC, Hokkaido University and Tohoku University, have succeeded in cultivating an ...

Researchers have succeeded in cultivating an ultra-small bacterial strain parasitizing archaea and classified it as new species and genus of Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus.

Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa. This discipline includes fundamental research on the biochemistry, physiology ...

Some bacteria are harmful and cause disease, and some are useful, like the one hundred trillion bacterial cells that inhabit our digestive system. Bacteria reproduce by cloning themselves through ...

This new technology uses artificial intelligence to convert microscopic images of unstained bacteria into their ... where quick and accurate bacterial classification is crucial for diagnostic ...

Amplicon-based sequencing approaches have been widely adopted for routine microbiology applications, including targeted 16S rRNA for bacterial taxonomic classification and tiled multiplex PCR for ...