A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a virtual Gram staining technique that could transform how microbiologists stain and classify bacteria.

In Lab 2 you were introduced to simple staining techniques that enable microbiologists to observe the morphological characteristics of bacteria. Although simple stains are useful, they do not reveal ...

“Gram stains show whether the bacteria in urine samples are gram positive or negative by staining them purple or pink,” says Miyatsuka. “Only the most experienced technicians can make ...

Bacterial vaginosis is confined to an asymptomatic ... solution (positive whiff or sniff test). As an alternative, Gram-stain-based microbiological diagnosis of BV has been proposed.

Gram-positive bacteria: A group of bacteria that have a thick cell wall and retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining procedure, making them appear purple under a microscope.

The most important endospore-forming bacteria are members of the genera Bacillus and Clostridium, both of which are Gram-positive rods. An endospore is a dense ... The presence of endospores in a ...