#microbiologyUnmoderated tagAll postsTrendingHotNewPromotedPayoutsenforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • 11 hours agoRed is but one stepI saw this agar plate the other day. I thought, "is it time to gather assorted bacteria for Halloween decorations?". Aside from the red pigments from Serratia, I wanted to see if…huitemae in #beer • 2 years agoDIY Microbiology: Setting yourself up for successA little investment can bring significant benefitsenforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • last yearDeciding on Trade-offsIt would appear the automatic acid fast staining machine is no longer operational. Such is work at a high volume lab. The machines are bound to break in time. And this stainer…stefanieanais in #hive-163521 • 2 months ago[ESP-ENG] Medios de cultivo en Bacteriología: Enterobacter Cloacae Complex🦠🤓 🔬 / Culture Medium in Bacteriology: Enterobacter Cloacae Complex🦠🤓 🔬Hola Hivers. Soy Stefanie, estudiante de Bioanálisis de la Universidad Central de Venezuela.🙂 Hi Hivers. I'm Stefanie, Biochemistry student at Universidad Central de…adamada.stem in #hive-163521 • 11 months agoWhen Bacteria Create False MiraclesImage Source You probably heard of stories where religious statues start to bleed blood from tenforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • last yearWiping TablesIt's not often I actually compare the difference between two cleaning products. Recently, I decided to read the labels of a Kroger brand cleaning wipe and compared that to the…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • last yearDiphtheria todayA recent development at work is identifying all (possible) Corynebacterium in a culture. By recent, I mean within the last 12 months. For the most part, these gram positive…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • 4 months agoUnlikely pathogensGoing through the daily routines at work can sometimes yield interesting educational tidbits. Working in the lab, the MALTI-TOF has often revealed organisms not taught in…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • last yearSeptic with BotulismBotulism is a rather uncommon illness. Most of the trouble is in the toxin created by the organism Clostridium botulinum . Sometimes, other Clostridium species can also…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • 7 months agoName that organism!BD's BBL CHROMagar series is one of the most useful tools when doing microbiology. It's a nonselective, differential media. This means you can grow most bacteria/yeast and they…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • last monthIt's that thing againI have previously written about the bacteria Delftia acidovorans . In short, it can metabolize metals. You may find them in the environment. That's what led me to look into…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • 7 months agoClose encounter with a superbugsource Some time ago, one of my colleagues and I stared at the test results of a patient in awe. It's not uncommon for us to work up drug-resienforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • 7 months agoWhat drugs are there?In a land before time, how were minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determined? The answer is it wasn't pleasant. What you see in the picture below is an Etest . It's a…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • 2 months agoChanging GasThe incubators started alarming. They were warning about the gas levels. That usually meant one of us needed to go downstairs and check the tanks. Since I was the extra person…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • last yearUnder the ScopeGram stains can be boring at times due to the volumes my department receives each day. For the most part, they are straight forward with nothing too out of the ordinary.…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • last yearUnder the Scope: Severe MalariaSome of the most interesting blood smears I've seen involve parasites. In particular, patients with malaria. Malaria is not a thing in Utah, so the patients acquired it somewhere…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • last yearThought process...What is wrong with this picture? On this 5% sheep blood agar plate (SBA), you see two organisms. One is P. aeruginosa (bottom) and the other is E. coli (top). I don't remember the exaenforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • last yearGet MoldyFinding mold growing in your agar plates is not uncommon. They could be legitimate organisms growing from patient samples. Sometimes, they are contaminants from handling or even…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • last monthAnother night in the labsOne night, a container came in. You could hear the rattling inside the container. Almost immediately, the processor tried to open it. One of my colleagues stopped her on the spot…enforcer48 Resnic Reanimatorin #hive-163521 • 11 months agoSalvaging Microbiology Cultures*A dreaded statement to make on a culture report is specimen lost due to laboratory accident . This is a fancy way to say that we screwed up. Depending on the specimen type, the…
