by Jamie Liu Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? This tells the scientist how bacteria […]
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Antibiotic
(noun. /an-tee-by-AW-tic/) by Jamie Liu What does it mean? Antibiotics are drugs that are used to treat or prevent bacterial […]
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100 Years of Wolbachia
By Olivia Conway In the past several decades, researchers and physicians have made tremendous advances towards reducing the death rates […]
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Calculating colony forming units (CFUs)
by Leslie Kent Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Microorganisms, like bacteria, are living things […]
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Vultures: You Are What You Eat…Or Are You?
by Quinn Eberhard Of the great variety of animals on Earth, few are considered more repulsive than the vulture. Often […]
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Crystal Violet Biofilm Assay
by Leslie Kent Technique Name: Crystal Violet Biofilm Assay Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? […]
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Virulence
(noun. /VEER-you-lense/) by Nicole Gadda What does it mean? Virulence is the severity of the damage a microorganism (like bacteria, […]
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Flagella
(noun. /fluh-JEH-luh/) Singular: Flagellum by Nicole Gadda What does it mean? Flagella are small, threadlike structures on microscopic organisms like […]
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Virus y bacterias: ¿Cuál es la diferencia?
Publicado en February 3, 2021 por Nicole Gadda (English version) Traducido por Maria X. Cardenas, PhD ¿Alguna vez te has […]
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Kirby-Bauer Test
By Megan Frederick Technique Name: Antibiotic Susceptibility Test (AKA Kirby-Bauer Test) Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the […]
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Quorum sensing
By Katie Acken (Noun. /KWORE-rum SEN-sing/) What does it mean? Quorum sensing is how bacteria communicate with each other. Bacteria […]
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The Breath that Changed the World
By Michelle Chamberlain Today, humans rely on oxygen to survive, but for the first half of our planet’s history oxygen […]
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Vaccine
By Taylor Tibbs (noun, /vak-SEEN/) What does it mean? A vaccine is a biological product used to protect or immunize […]
Continue readingViruses vs. bacteria: What’s the Difference?
By Nicole Gadda Versión en Español Have you ever wondered why antibiotics treat strep throat, but not a bad case […]
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Bacterial Transformation
By Nicole Gadda Fun rating: 5/5 Transformations get a full 5/5 fun rating from me! The possibilities are truly endless when […]
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Gram Staining
By Mohamed Nasr Fun rating: 5/5 Difficulty rating: 1/5 What is the general purpose? Gram staining is used to differentiate between […]
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Don’t Eat the Ice Cream: The True Story of Typhoid Mary
By Nicole Gadda Do you know the story of Typhoid Mary? Mary Mallon, otherwise known as Typhoid Mary, was born […]
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Bacteriophage
By Nicole Gadda (Noun. /bak-TEE-ree-o-faje/) A bacteriophage is a virus that only infects bacteria. Like all viruses, they’re not living […]
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Bacteria in your gut are eating your leftovers, and that’s a good thing
By Jeffrey Letourneau Versión en Español What did you eat for dinner last night? It might feel like a long […]
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The Battle Against the Bugs: Antibiotic Tolerance and Staph infections
By Jenna Beam Versión en Español Let’s talk about Staph. If you haven’t had a Staph infection, you probably know […]
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