Salmonella. Escherichia coli. These once feared bacterias have joined the forces of good to sanitize your hands as fancy soaps. These petri dish bar soaps—modeled after some of the most infamous ...

“In order to grow bacteria on a petri dish of that size, it needs to be able to swim, which is something E. coli can do but many other model organisms cannot,” said Dr. Michael Baym, first ...

Over the past few months I’ve been working on a book on Escherichia coli (more on that later). ... Invisible Gladiators in the Petri Dish Coliseum. By Carl Zimmer. May 23, 2006.

Researchers at University of California San Diego discovered that mixing E. coli with A. baylyi bacteria on an agar surface in a petri dish resulted in the growth of stunning flower patterns.

Their experiment induces mutations in E. coli bacteria by exposing them to gradually increasing concentrations of antibiotics. Continue reading “Mega-Plate Petri-Dish Lets You Watch The ...

MEGA is essentially a giant rectangular Petri dish, 120cm in length, and is set up a bit like a US football field. ... there's 3,000 times the amount of antibiotic that E. coli can tolerate.

“In order to grow bacteria on a petri dish of that size, it needs to be able to swim, which is something E. coli can do but many other model organisms cannot,” said Dr. Michael Baym, first ...