A deadly disease outbreak associated with the wet season in Northern Australia has created a medical mystery for Queensland scientists who are working tirelessly to understand its spread.

In usual cases, the bacteria that cause bloodstream infections ... and the pairs or chains of Streptococcus species. Quick identification and delivery of antibiotic medications is the only way ...

A series of plates with splashes of watercolor, the images document the dilution of fecal samples to quantify intestinal bacteria growing on a nutrient-rich agar plate. Though they look hastily ...

This is an all-inclusive method for automatically classifying bacteria on agar plates by combining image processing ... to improve and expedite the labor- intensive process of bacterial identification ...

These results, the study authors say, could lead to better noninvasive diagnostic methods for colon cancer and could even suggest new therapies targeting these bacteria for tumor elimination.

On agar media, bacteria emerge as tiny oily spots. All over the agar plate, fungi develop as powdery mats ... from taxonomic profiling to discovering complex metabolic pathways to identifying ...

Culture in liquid media, also known as a broth culture, gives the bacteria ... visual identification of colonies of interest from the general background. It may be necessary to pick and re-streak ...