She has a background in microbiology. Her science communication work spans journalism and public engagement. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Under ideal conditions, bacterial ...

Forty people watched as the Currie Lab manager Caitlin Calhoun removed the queen ant’s chamber from the colony’s case in the Microbe Place. The Microbe Place, housed in the Microbial Sciences Building ...

fungi and other microbes living inside your intestines, plays a role in many aspects of your health. A plentiful and diverse colony of helpful bacteria living in your gut can help your body ...

Laura is an Assistant Editor for The Scientist. She has a background in microbiology. Her science communication work spans journalism and public engagement. View Full Profile. Learn about our ...

However, when grown on agar in a Petri dish, each individual cell divides multiple times to form a visible colony. If we count the number of individual colonies of bacteria on the plates ...

A new research project aims to turn wine into dresses with a creative – if slightly gross – colony of bacteria. While most of us worry about spilling wine onto our clothes, researchers at the ...