Fast and reliable identification of bacteria directly in clinical samples is a critical factor in clinical microbiological diagnostics. Current approaches require time-consuming bacterial isolation ...

Rapid and accurate bacterial identification is essential for timely treatment of infections like sepsis. While traditional methods are reliable, they lack speed, and advanced molecular techniques ...

Identifying bacteria by sight can be quite difficult. Why not listen to them instead? Researchers at TU Delft in the Netherlands and the university’s spinoff company SoundCell think that bacterial ...

Scientists at National Taiwan University have developed a new microfluidic system that can detect subtle chemical fingerprints from bacteria—helping to identify even antibiotic-resistant strains. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Current methods of identifying resistance mutations in microbes can miss other ways resistance can develop. koto_feja/iStock via ...

It’s easy to see why horizontal gene transfer would be common among microbes. They often live in complex communities that are ...