Microorganisms are ubiquitous; that is, they are present nearly everywhere. In this lab you will try to isolate bacteria and other microorganisms from various sources using different types of media.

Scientists at UMC Utrecht have developed a new technology to efficiently isolate a specific subset of gut bacteria from fecal samples that are recognized by IgA antibodies. These "IgA-coated ...

and a limited number of individual microorganisms have been studied. It simply has not been possible to isolate the vast majority (>95%) of microorganisms and culture them, presumably because the ...