When medications are applied to the skin in the form of a lotion, the drug molecules are often large enough that they have difficulty passing through the skin's outer layer, called the epidermis.

As a result of this skin, they are restricted to moist, humid habitats. Reptile skin In reptiles, the epidermis forms a complete body covering of keratinized scales. Epidermis consists of stratum ...

The outermost layer is the bloodless epidermis. The dermis includes collagen, elastin, and nerve endings. The innermost layer, subcutaneous fat, contains tissue that acts as an energy source ...

Staphylococcus epidermidis exhibits different patterns of colonization to skin epithelial layers, which may contribute to long-term colonization. The microbial surface components recognizing ...

1923: A paper named ‘Amphioxus Fisheries Near the University of Amoy’, the first paper published in Science by Chinese marine researchers, reported the discovery of Xiamen amphiox to the world.

Staphylococcus aureus is capable of fermenting mannitol (left side of left plate) while Staphylococcus epidermidis is not (right side of left plate). This is a differential medium. It tests an ...

The acidity of the media will cause the pH indicator, phenol red, to turn yellow. Staphylococcus aureus is capable of fermenting mannitol (left side of left plate) while Staphylococcus epidermidis is ...