It is related to the very common Candida albicans, which causes thrush. It was first discovered in the ear canal of a Japanese patient in Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital in 2009. Most of the ...

Thus organisms capable of lactose fermentation such as Escherichia coli, form bright pinky-red colonies (plate pictured on the left here). MacConkey agar is commonly used to differentiate between the ...

Arguably one of the world's most beloved foods, chocolate comes in three main varieties: dark, milk and white – although white "chocolate" does not actually contain cocoa products and is a bit ...

This is in contrast to Streptococcus species, whose growth is selected against by this high salt agar (plate on the right in the picture below). The differential ingredient in MSA is the sugar ...

(Spoiler: it's not all about the taste.) There’s no other food as tantalising as chocolate. Moreish and gratifying, it can make us nostalgic for the bars we enjoyed as children and comfort us ...

Perhaps you're one of the many people who've switched from milk to dark chocolate because the latter has less sugar and more ...

According to the experts, a good dark chocolate should contain at least 70 per cent cocoa solids to deliver the desired chocolate hit, but chocolate made from 100 per cent cocoa solids is ...

If you bought it in the United States, the answer is probably yes. There’s a crunchy, gooey, nutty treat that has taken over social media feeds this year, and it’s a very specific chocolate bar.

Scientists and entrepreneurs are working on ways to make more cocoa or develop cocoa substitutes as climate change affects ...

The latest high-profile claim that our problems emanate from the rise of the radical right wing came from American late-night TV talk host Stephen Colbert during his softball visit with Canadian ...

The cost of chocolate is expected to sharply increase in the next few months. Cocoa prices have been high this year due to issues with production in West Africa. Sweet-toothed shoppers are being ...