Biofilms -; slimy communities of bacteria -; grow on all sorts of surfaces ... which permits the other species to stick around." To test this hypothesis, the researchers repeated the experiment ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate a microplate-based assay for monitoring the toxicity of silver and gold nanoparticles on bacteria. Method: Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacteria ...

The £8m Longitude Prize has been won after a decade-long competition to ... It has been awarded for a test that rapidly detects whether an infection is caused by bacteria and identifies the ...