We determine the structure and function of the cell wall to elucidate not only how it permits cell growth but also how antibiotics lead to death. We use the infamous “super bug” Staphylococcus aureus ...
Staphylococcus aureus is capable of fermenting mannitol (left side of left plate ... The first selective ingredient in this agar is bile, which inhibits the growth of Gram-positives other than ...
This is in contrast to Streptococcus species, whose growth is selected against by this high salt agar (plate on the right ... The acidity of the media will cause the pH indicator, phenol red, to turn ...
Of the towels collected, 49% had bacterial growth, which increased in number ... Of the rest, 36.7% were enterococcus spp and 14.3% staphylococcus aureus. Coliform bacteria and staphylococcus ...