Barnes explained that during this period, any microorganisms settling on the plate interact with the agar, promoting the growth of bacteria, mould or fungi. If substantial growth is detected ...

This case report details a 33-year-old male with a family history of meningitis who presented with recurrent bacterial meningitis. Initial diagnostic evaluations, including CT and MRI, identified a ...

Here, we describe the emergence of complex structures in a colony grown from mixtures of motile and non-motile bacterial species on a soft agar surface. Time-lapse imaging shows that non-motile ...

These molecules can also be obtained from ‘mobile genetic elements’ that can be transferred between bacteria within a population. Pathogenicity islands are one such type of mobile genetic element and ...