Bacteria Definition and 157 Threads

http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040226/01

A high level of peptidoglycan (polysaccharide) in the cell wall of bacteria will be stain gram positive (purple). Cells with a lower concentration of peptidoglycan in the cell walls are gram negative (pink). Gram negative cells have an outer membrane that is toxic to mammalian physiology and...

How do anerobic bacteria make it to their final destination? For example, Plaque must be built up around the gum line to allow anerobic bacteria to colonize. But, the environment before they get their consist of Oxygen. So how do they get there in the first place. Nautica

In diverse hospitals in the north of France a bacteria resistant against almost all antibiotics is on the rise. Of the 112 patients since summer, 18 have died. The pathogen is Acinetobacter baumannii. And this is just the start if we don't come up with some good antibiotic regulations...

Is yeast, as in baking yeast or brewers yeast, a bacteria or fungus? My daughter, the nurse, and I are arguing about this. I say it is bacteria and she says it is a fungus. Whose right or are there more than one kind?

juz wondering...is the agar for cultivating bacteria the same agar we buy from supermarkets n eat?

How do antibiotics actually attack the bacteria ? How do they work ?