The human intestinal system is home to about four hundred different kinds of bacteria, many of which are necessary for the proper digestion of food.

A stool culture is done to identify bacteria or viruses that may be causing an infection. Although more than 50 different kinds of bacteria normally live in the intestines , large ...

The human distal gut hosts a bustling community comprising thousands of different kinds of bacteria. Fortunately, most of these intestinal residents don't cause disease but instead ...

Two different kinds of marine bacteria cooperate to produce a compound that apparently protects the organisms from other microbes, according to Texas A&M University researchers.

All the different kinds of fecal coli bacteria, and all the very similar bacteria that live in the ground (in soil or decaying plants, of which the most common is Enterobacter ...

Many different kinds of salmonella bacteria exist, but the most common types in the United States are Salmonella serotype Typhimurium and Salmonella serotype Enteritidis.

Here the researchers looked at three different kinds of probiotic bacteria: Lactobacillus rhamnosus Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. Lactis Propionibacterium freudenreichii ssp ...

... being hospitalized; undergoing an invasive procedure suchas surgery; having a weakened immune system; and being treated with antibiotics that kill many different kinds of bacteria ...

Laboratory tests showed the activated form of lactoferrin to be effective in eliminating more than 30 different kinds of bacteria from meat samples, including E. coli O157:

Bart Weimer, director of Utah State's Center for Integrated BioSystems, says the lake contains more than 1,000 different kinds of bacteria. The salt water favors types that are ...