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The human body is made up of about 10 trillion cells, but hosts 100 trillion more. The vast majority of cells living on and in the body are bacteria and other microbes.

There are three types of symbiotic relationships that microbes can have with their host organism: mutualism, commensalism and parasistism.

Candida albicans, a commensal, normal, human mucosal inhabitant, can disease when antibiotics, corticosteroids, birth control pills, immune suppression or surgery occurs.

Probiotics are beneficial bacteria naturally found in the digestive tract and vagina and often used to supplement dairy foods such as yogurt.

The urine indican (or Obermeyer) test is an efficient aid used by naturopathic doctors in the screening for bacterial links to digestive issues.

Clostridium difficile (aka C. diff or CDF) has recently emerged as a serious infectious agent, both deadly and resistant to antibiotics. Why is C. diff a superbug?

Selective media inhibit the growth of certain microbes, providing general information regarding the bacteria that are able to grow on these specialized types of agar.

Whether you are a patient or a health care worker, nosocomial infections are a type of illness that you should be concerned about. Read on and help protect yourself.

Fimbriae are external structures of Gram- cells which enable bacteria to adhere to surfaces and, as virulence factors, mediate infection of host cells.

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs typically caused by a bacteria, virus, or inhaled substances. Here is a look at some gram-negative bacterial causes.

Archaea are prokaryotes that differ from bacteria and eukaryotes enough to be assigned to their own taxonomic domain. Here is a brief introduction to Archaeans.

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Pneumonia refers to inflammation of the lungs.

Blood Agar is a bacterial growth medium that can distinguish normal from pathogenic bacteria based on the effect of bacterial hemolytic enzymes on red blood cells.

Bacteria in the genus Streptococcus can be classified by species, hemolysis pattern and by their antigens, chemicals to which the human immune system reacts.

Thrush can make breastfeeding your baby a painful experience. Gentian violet is messy, but it's a great home treatment for both moms and babies with a yeast infection.

Types of Streptococcus can be distinguished by cell arrangements, hemolysis pattern that they generate on blood agar and by their antigenic particles.

What does it mean if a BAP throat culture shows B-hemolysis? Do you have strep throat? Maybe. Here is some additional information on B-hemolytic bacteria.

Both bacteria and viruses can cause disease. However, these two types of infectious agents achieve their pathogenicity in different ways.

Mannitol Salt Agar is a special bacterial growth medium that is selective for halophiles and can differentiate pathogenic and nonpathogenic Staphylococcus.

Bacteria and viruses are both tiny infectious agents with the ability to cause disease. So it is not surprising that these microbes are sometimes mistaken as the same.

There are good staph bacteria (Staphylococcus epidermidis), bad staph (Staphylococcus aureus), and really bad, pathogenic staph (MRSA). Here's a comparison.

Pneumonia is an inflammation or infection of the lungs most commonly caused by a bacteria or virus, but can also be caused by inhaling foreign substances.

Here are some very simple steps that a person can take bolster immune function and avoid getting sick this cold and flu season.