The discovery sheds light on how certain bacteria -- including strains that cause food poisoning and anthrax -- form spores for survival.

THE usual method for staining bacterial and yeast spores requires three operations ... The same treatment is used to differentiate acid-fast bacteria from others.

Then, the supernatant was discarded, adhered cells were rinsed three times with distilled water and 1ml of a 0.1% crystal violet (CV) solution was added to stain the adhered biomass ... identified ...

DNA of gut microbiota can be found in synovium of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. This finding could result from the translocation of still alive bacteria from gut to joints through blood, ...