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Last updated on June 7th, 2021 Mucormycosis is a rare and life-threatening fungal disease caused by a group of fungi collectively known as mucormycetes. Since the disease is very fatal, timely diagnosis is crucial for [...] -
Last updated on May 28th, 2021 Mucormycosis, previously called ‘zygomycosis’, also known as ‘black fungus disease ‘in online or print media after its epidemic in India during the COVID-19 pandemic, is a serious but rare [...] -
Last updated on June 11th, 2021 The cycle threshold (Ct) can be defined as the thermal cycle number needed to amplify viral RNA at which the fluorescent signal exceeds that of the background and thus passes [...] -
Cellular life on earth has evolved along three major lineages, called Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya. Comparative rRNA sequencing revealed these three distinct cellular lineages, also called domains. Bacteria and Archaea are prokaryotic lines whereas Eukarya [...] -
Spirochetes are long, thin, flexible, spirally coiled helical bacilli. These motile, gram-negative bacilli are classified into eight genera primarily on the basis of habitat, pathogenicity, phylogeny, morphological and physiological characteristics. These long slender bacteria are [...] -
Human skin is home to billions of diverse bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses with bacteria making up the vast majority. Typically, a person has around 1,000 species of bacteria on their skin. The skin microbiome is [...] -
Candida auris (C. auris) causes a serious and sometimes fatal fungal infection that is emerging globally. First identified in 2009 in Asia, this drug-resistant fungi is an emerging threat especially to vulnerable patients (e.g, hospitalized [...] -
Epitopes, also known as antigenic determinants, are the immunologically active discrete sites on the antigen molecule that physically bind to antibodies, B-cell receptors, or T-cell receptors. When an antibody binds to an antigen, it isn’t [...]
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Last updated on May 30th, 2021 Enterococci are catalase negative, gram-positive cocci in chains. Initially grouped under group D Streptococcus, they are reclassified later as a separate genus Enterococcus under a family; Enterococcaceae. Enterococcus faecalis [...] -
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Last updated on May 30th, 2021 Salmonella-Shigella (SS) agar is used for selective isolation and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella. It is used for the isolation, cultivation and differentiation of gram-negative enteric microorganisms from both [...] -
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Epitopes, also known as antigenic determinants, are the immunologically active discrete sites on the antigen molecule that physically bind to antibodies, B-cell receptors, or T-cell receptors. When an antibody binds to an antigen, it isn’t [...]
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