Under ideal conditions, bacterial cell proliferation is exponential, transforming an empty Petri dish into a lush “lawn” of growth. However, as a bacterial colony develops, “growing pains” are ...

The experiment followed an earlier investigation by Alex English, in which he performed similar swab tests on gate seating at ...

The scanning electron microscope image shows a colony of bacteria (coloured bluish) around a few micrometres small root (brown) in the soil. The image represents how bacteria and microbial ...

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In their analyses of the retrieved samples, microbiologists detected 12 bacterial and six fungal colonies. Of them, three bacterial colonies were new species, the ISRO said. Indian scientists ...

In fact, biofilms can withstand doses up to 1,000 times greater than their planktonic counterparts. Within the biofilm, bacteria take on different responsibilities. Some individuals focus on ...

Penetrating seawater carries bacteria that form colonies – biofilm. The bacteria attack the concrete that is supposed to ...