Microbiology 3 min read
Control of Microorganisms
Control of microorganisms is essential in order to prevent the transmission of diseases and infection, stop decomposition and spoilage, and…
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Microbiology 4 min read
Bacterial Growth Curves using a Spectrophotometer
Bacteria are as interesting as they are diverse. Though tiny, these unicellular life forms make huge contributions to many systems…
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Types of culture media used in microbiology
Media are of different types on consistency and chemical composition. A. On Consistency: 1. Solid Media. Advantages of solid media:…
Microbiology 4 min read
Eukaryotic Microorganisms
The domain Eukarya contains all eukaryotes, including uni- or multicellular eukaryotes such as protists, fungi, plants, and animals. The major…
Microbiology 4 min read
Types of Microorganisms
Most microbes are unicellular and small enough that they require artificial magnification to be seen. However, there are some unicellular…
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VIRUSES
Viruses are the smallest of all the microbes. They are said to be so small that 500 million rhinoviruses (which…
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How do bacteria reproduce?
Bacteria reproduce by binary fission. In this process the bacterium, which is a single cell, divides into two identical daughter…
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Bacteria
Bacteria are single celled microbes. The cell structure is simpler than that of other organisms as there is no nucleus…
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Flagella Stain
Flagella are too thin to be visualized using a bright field microscope with ordinary stains, such as the Gram stain,…
Microbiology 5 min read
Capsule Stain
Capsule stain is a type of differential stain which uses acidic and basic dyes to stain background & bacterial cells…
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What Is an Acid-Fast Stain Test?
An acid-fast stain is a laboratory test performed on a sample of blood sputum, or phlegm urine stool bone marrow…
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Gram Staining: Principle, Procedure, Interpretation, Examples and Animation
Gram Staining is the common, important, and most used differential staining techniques in microbiology, which was introduced by Danish Bacteriologist…