until the colonies no longer produced enough slippery surfactant to spread effectively. "When put into an environment where ...

These colonies of bacteria grow on implanted medical devices, our skin, contact lenses, and in our guts and lungs. They can ...

However, as a bacterial colony develops, “growing pains” are inevitable, as proliferating cells must balance growth rates with the stress of overcrowding and nutrient resource limitations. Other ...

Over the next few sessions in lab you will be learning how to isolate bacterial colonies into individual species. This allows for the creation of a pure culture, a culture of bacteria containing only ...