MCQ Bacteriology 61: A 70-year-old woman with severe chronic lung disease presented in the OPD of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital with fever, productive cough with purulent sputum, and...
Year: 2013
Microorganisms can be characterized by their requirements for oxygen. The oxygen requirements of bacteria reflect the mechanism used to satisfy their energy needs. Depending on the oxygen...
Biosafety level 1 (BSL1) guidelines for teaching laboratories
Preamble: Educators need to be aware of the risks inherent in using microorganisms in the laboratory and must use best practices to minimize the risk to students and the community. The following...
In this blog post, I am sharing information about the standard, conventional biochemical tests and their primary uses in the Microbiology laboratory for identifying pathogens of interest. Some of the...
MCQ Bacteriology 51: Which of the following is generally not considered a potential agent of bioterrorism and biologic warfare? a. Yersinia pestisb. Botulinum...
The shape of a bacterium is determined by its rigid cell wall. Bacteria that lack a cell wall (Mycoplasma and L-forms) display a great diversity of unusual shapes. Bacteria having various shapes are...