Quality control strains (standard strains) are well-characterized microorganisms with defined susceptibility or resistance profiles to the antimicrobial agent(s) tested. They are routinely used to...
Category: Bacteriology
Scrub typhus also known as bush typhus, is an emerging infectious disease caused by a bacteria Orientia tsutsugamushi (formerly known as Rickettsia tsutsugamushi). It is a zoonotic disease primarily...
Spirochetes are long, thin, flexible, spirally coiled helical bacilli. These motile, gram-negative bacilli are classified into eight genera primarily on the basis of habitat, pathogenicity,...
There are two medically important Bacillus species: Bacillus anthracis which causes anthrax, and Bacillus cereus, which causes a foodborne illness (food poisoning) similar to that of...
Moraxella catarrhalis is a small gram-negative diplococcus that resembles the cocci of the genus Neisseria. The genus Moraxella is one of the several in the family Neisseriaceae; other medically...
ESBL stands for extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, i.e., a group of enzymes produced by Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria that can hydrolyze all β- lactam agents except carbapenems and...