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Endospore staining involves application of a series of dyes. Malachite green stains endospores and safrinin dyes vegetative cells pink. Here's endospore stain procedure.

Endospores are somewhat like bacterial seeds, tough structures that allow some bacteria to go dormant under unfavorable conditions.

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?

Microbiologically speaking, neither the world nor people are "sterile". Understanding the meaning of sterile is important and helpful for safety and health.

Bacterial controls are often used with differential stains as examples of typical positive and negative stain reactions; helpful references when identifying unknowns.

Oxygen is required for cells to break down organic molecules in the most energy-efficient way. How do microbes that live under conditions of low or no O2 metabolize food?

Heat, UV radiation, antibiotics and chemicals are all used to control bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms. How to they kill pathogens without hurting our cells?

Prokaryotes are evolutionarily ancient, for billions of years the only form of life. Here's a summary of the basic "parts & pieces" of these primitive cells.

In order to view individual bacteria through a light microscope, a bacterial smear must be attached to a slide and then stained. Here is the procedure.

Gram, Acid Fast and Endospore stains; MacConkey's, Mannitol Salt, and Blood Agar media as well as the API-20 test strip all provide information to identify microbes.

The oil immersion objective lens must be used in order to see individual bacteria through a light microscope. Here are the steps required to get a sample in focus.

The distinction between species of sexually reproducing organisms is quite clear, but how are the lines drawn for organisms, like bacteria, that reproduce as clones?

Dogs are particularly vulnerable when it comes to contracting Valley Fever. All owners of dogs living in the desert Southwest should be educated about this condition.

Moldy bread is not bad, it can be thrown out. A moldy house, car, person or school is another matter. The problem of mold is universal. Where it is wet, molds are there.