Author Archives: kaggen

Carbohydrate fermentation

Posted on 2011-02-21 by kaggen

We are currently restructuring and updating the information about which carbohydrates  bacterial species can ferment under production of acid. The updated information is stored in a form suitable for use in a planned module for bacteriological experiments in silico, which … Continue reading →

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Rhodococcus equi – new colony pictures

Posted on 2011-02-17 by kaggen

Rhodococcus equi causes airway infections in  horses. We have replaced the old single colony picture of R. equi in VetBact with six new ones. This one shows a closeup of R. equi colonies cultivated on purple agar with lactose. Note … Continue reading →

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New and improved colony pictures

Posted on 2011-02-08 by kaggen

The quality of some of the colony pictures can be improved and we are continuously replacing some of the old ones. For each bacterium, our goal is to have one picture of the entire agar plate and one closeup of … Continue reading →

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Financial support for bacteria from dogs

Posted on 2011-02-07 by kaggen

We have received a grant from the Foundation of Thure F. och Karin Forsberg for “Further development of the database VetBact, with special reference to bacteria isolated from the dog”. This grant will make it possible to improve and add … Continue reading →

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