Gram-positive bacteria show blue or purple after Gram-staining in a laboratory test. They have thick cell walls. Gram-negative bacteria show pink or red on staining and have thin walls.

Bacteria with thick peptidoglycan are called gram positive. If the peptidoglycan layer is thin, it's classified as gram negative. A gram-positive bacillus doesn't have an outer cell wall beyond ...

The global paraben market revenue was around US$ 91.4 million in 2021 and is estimated to reach US$ 165.1 million by 2031, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2% during the forecast ...

It also has bactericidal activity against gram-negative anaerobic bacilli, all sporulated anaerobic cocci and gram-positive bacilli. Putrid odor is characteristic of local infection by anaerobic ...

Ceftazidime-avibactam and ceftolozane-tazobactam were the most commonly prescribed antibiotics of all broad-spectrum agents approved in the past decade.

Scientists led by Karla Satchell, Ph.D., the Anne Stewart Youmans Professor of Microbiology at Northwestern University, have ...

There's something make-believe, almost Pokémon-like in a new species of bacteria found living on a mud flat in Oregon.

University of Oklahoma researchers have discovered that some bacteria in the gut have their own unique "weapon system" to ...

Multifunctional autoprocessing repeats-in-toxin (MARTX) toxins are secreted by bacteria and support the spread of many Gram-negative bacteria, including Vibrio vulnificus, a lethal food-borne ...