Most species of bacteria can be broadly divided into two groups, known as gram-positive and gram-negative. These categories ...

Blood cultures were positive only for an anaerobic, endospore-forming, gram-positive bacillus identified as C. sordellii by biochemical tests and by sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene.

Anaerobic bacteria were among the first life forms on Earth and existed at a time when there was no oxygen in the atmosphere. While many organisms depend on an oxygen-rich environment to survive, ...

LanzaTech’s technology can cut steel plants’ CO2 output by a third while also creating ethanol for environmentally friendly plastics and fuel.

Our friend here, Clostridium butyricum (also known as C butyricum), is one of the hardest working microbes living in our gut. Without its exhaustive work, we might find ourselves constantly ...