This medical device is taking a bullet for you: Emery Pharma tests surgical screw for anti-biofilm activity
*This blog has been written and published with permission from Silver Bullet Therapeutics, Inc. For more details and information, please refer to their press release. One of the major issues surrounding…
There is No Escape from the ESKAPE Pathogens
The ESKAPE pathogen mnemonic was created to represent deadly bacterial pathogens with rapidly growing multi-drug resistant properties. ESKAPE stands for Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas…
Titanic in jeopardy: New Species of Rust-Eating Bacteria can Devour the Historic Ship
Probably one of the most iconic ships of all time is being munched on by a critter we cannot even see. A marvel of engineering for its time, the “unsinkable”…
From Benign to Lethal: The tale of the little E. coli that could
Evolution is a slow-moving, unyielding force that acts upon all life forms, leaving fossils and hidden traces in DNA as evidence. The power behind the theory of evolution has never…
How-to guide: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)
For many years, the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method accounted for most susceptibility tests. Using the Kirby-Bauer method, a zone of inhibition (where bacteria did not grow) could be identified and…
Collision Induced Fragmentation of Macrolide Antibiotics
Emery Pharma’s LC-MS spectrometer is built for generality. Our photodiode array can capture all wavelengths from 200 nm to 800 nm simultaneously; our added evaporative light scattering detector (ELSD) is…
Microbiology Video: Biofilm Profiling Services – Minimal Biofilm Eradicating Concentration (MBEC)
In this Emery Pharma microbiology video, our scientist provides an overview of our advanced biofilm testing services, with a particular focus on the Minimum Biofilm Eradication Concentration (MBEC) assayThis brief…
Separation and Identification of alpha- and beta-glycopyranoside anomers
Many natural products consist of a protein, peptide, or a small molecule which has been glycosylated. These glycosylations can occur for a variety of reasons, including cell-cell recognition of glycosylated…
Fungi: They’re Everywhere!
Fungal spores are commonplace in households and many work environments. In small quantities to healthy people, there are no adverse effects. In large quantities or in immunocompromised individuals, it can…
Yeast: It’s Not Only Found in Food
Yeast is used to make bread rise and ferments sugar to make wine or beer. The most commonly studied yeast is Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which has historically been used for baking,…