Under the Microscope

The Dangers of Listeria in Food

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:23:23 -0700

As of October 3, 2011, at least 100 people have been...

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:50:40 -0700

Earlier this month, a 16-year old girl in Florida contracted...

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:52:55 -0700

Legionella are a group of Gram negative bacteria that causes Legionnaires’...

Thu, 05 May 2011 16:43:22 -0700

Can bacteria be seen with the naked eye? Has anyone ever seen a virus? These a just a...

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:27:29 -0700

In 1993, the largest outbreak of waterborne microbial illness ever recorded in...

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:29:55 -0700

E. coli on Blood Agar

This week, I was...

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:06:00 -0700

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates the number...

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:28:50 -0700

I was recently asked a question about the potential source of Zygomycete fungi...

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:37:53 -0700

Recently, one of the most talked-about areas of microbiology concerns the establishment...

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:42:01 -0700

The explosion of the British Petroleum (BP) oil rig, Deepwater...