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Urease test: Principle, Procedure, Results and Uses

December 29, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 16

Medium used for urease test: Any urea medium, agar (Christensen’s Urea Agar) or broth (Stuart’s Urea Broth). Urease test medium can be a sole medium or part of panel like motility indole urease (MIU) test. […]

Bacteriology

Oxidase test: Principle Procedure and oxidase positive organisms

December 29, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 18

The oxidase test is used to identify bacteria that produce cytochrome c oxidase, an enzyme of the bacterial electron transport chain.  When present, the cytochrome c oxidase oxidizes the reagent (tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine) to (indophenols) purple color end product. When the enzyme is […]

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Mycology

Scientists sequenced the genome of Pneumocystis jirovecii, fungus responsible for pneumocystis pneumonia

December 27, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 0

According to the latest blog posts in the website of American society of Microbiology, scientists have sequenced the genome of the fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii. This advancement may help identify new targets for drugs to treat […]

Funny Microbiology

Why Microbiology is the most interesting subject and Microbiologist cool people

December 11, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 3

I strongly believe that Microbiology is the most interesting subject, blended with many interesting funny small creatures which are invisible to naked eyes of humans. The world of these tiny organisms is very big, dynamic, most interesting […]

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Immunology

Boost your immunity level and get Healthy Life

December 9, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 0

Whenever we got ill, our body fights with those disease causing germs and try to make us feel better. The fight between the disease causing germs and our body system is very complex. Both the […]

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Bacteriology

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Infection, Mortality, and Pathogenesis

December 6, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 2

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram negative rod. Pseudomonas aeruginosa can resist high concentration of salt, dyes, weak antiseptics, and many commonly used antibiotics. Most pseudomonads known to cause disease in humans are associated with opportunistic […]

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MCQ immunology

MCQ in Microbiology: Immunology Questions and Answers with Explanation

November 27, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 12

This is the collection of some multiple choice questions to check your understanding about immunology;  definitions, terms, concepts etc. At the end of this immunology MCQ, i have posted the answers also. I expect  persons who […]

Funny Microbiology

Why Epidermophyton does not infect hair?

October 18, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 3

During college life, the  lecture of  dermatophytes used to be more interesting than other classes of mycology. It’s not only because the dermatophytes are most common problems affecting all people (and of course students: whom […]

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Lab Diagnosis of Viral Disease

Geological name of Microorganisms and Microbial diseases

October 5, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 0

Sometime the name of the microorganisms and the microbial diseases are  derived from the place of first isolation of the organism or occurrence of the disease. Sometime these names create confusion because the organism or disease initially […]

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Non culturable Pathogenic Bacteria: Challenge to laboratory diagnosis of disease

October 2, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 0

Culture is one of the most widely used laboratory diagnostic tool.  Culture helps microbiologist for the identification and characterisation of the causative agents of the disease.  To perform antimicrobial susceptiblity test also, microbiologist have to […]

Immunology

Agglutination Tests: Types, principle and uses

September 29, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 5

When the specific antibodies (agglutinins) bind to surface antigens of bacteria/virus or any antigens immobilized in particulate matter (such as latex particle) and cause the formation of a visible clumps, such test is called agglutination test. […]

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Counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE): Principle, Procedure and Uses

September 29, 2012 Acharya Tankeshwar 4

Counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) is a modification of Ouchterlony method that speeds up migration of an antigen and antibody by applying an electrical current. Most bacterial antigens are negatively charged in a slightly alkaline environment, whereas antibodies […]

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