#bacterial cells

[starry-dwarf-froggo]

It's Time for Science! (Aka, I Think Bacteria Are Neat and Want to Show Off my Petri Dishes Like Cool Rocks):

Now, I know what you're thinking

This is K. pneumoniae, known for causing pneumonia, grown on MAC.

MAC, or MaConkey Agar is a type of growth material that changes color when bacteria ferment lactose, and it's used to identify gram negative organisms.

Well, bacteria have membranes that protect them from the environment, much like how we have skin.

"Starry, what the hecc are grams?"

Gram positive bacteria are bois that have Dummy Thicccccccc tm cell membranes

Gram negative bacteria are scrunkily lads that have skinny ass membranes

The bacteria above, K. pneumoniae is just one of these scrunkily lads

And when they're put on this type of media...

They make a really pretty sunset color

[wtf-fun-factss]

We have 10x more bacterial cells than human ones in our bodies. Click to read the full fact.

[helvaticacare]

Overview of MS2 Bacteriophage – Definition and its Usage

MS2 Bacteriophage is a non-enveloped part of the Leviviridae family. Discover the usage of MS2 Bacteriophage in detail.

Viruses such as Rhinovirus, Influenza, Coronavirus, SARS, and Poliovirus are known to infect mammalian cells. But, do you know about the viruses that infect the bacterial cells? Such viruses are known as bacteriophages. Bacteriophages are relatively simple to work with while it provides beneficial information about product usage.

[ifreedawn]

New Post has been published on Scientia

Programming language for living cells

A programming language for living cells. New programming language lets researchers design novel biological circuits. Scientia — MIT biological engineers have created a programming language that allows them to rapidly design complex, DNA-encoded circuits that give new functions to living...

http://www.freedawn.co.uk/scientia/2016/04/04/programming-language-living-cells/

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Dipeptide-Based Metabolic Labeling of Bacterial Cells for Endogenous Antibody Recruitment

Dipeptide-Based Metabolic Labeling of Bacterial Cells for Endogenous Antibody Recruitment

The number of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections has increased dramatically over the past decade. To combat these pathogens, novel antimicrobial strategies must be explored and developed. We previously reported a strategy based on hapten-modified cell wall analogues to induce recruitment of endogenous antibodies to bacterial cell surfaces. Cell surface remodeling using unnatural single…

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