Stokes disc diffusion technique varies from Kirby Bauer disc diffusion in the use of both control and test strain on the same plate. Stokes disc diffusion technique is not as highly standardized as...
Year: 2014
Hemagglutination Inhibition Test: Principle, Procedure, Uses
The nucleic acids of various viruses encode surface proteins (e.g.hemagglutinin (HA) of influenza virus) that agglutinate red blood cells (RBC) of a variety of species. The reaction of viral...
DNA hydrolysis test or Deoxyribonuclease (DNase) test is used to determine the ability of an organism to hydrolyze DNA and utilize it as a source of carbon and energy for growth. DNase agar is a...
Atypical mycobacterial infections caused by a species of mycobacterium other than M. tuberculosis complex, the causative bacteria of pulmonary TB and extrapulmonary TB including...
The lactophenol cotton blue (LPCB) wet mount preparation is the most widely used method of staining and observing fungi and is simple to prepare. The preparation has the following...
Formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease (EVD), is a severe illness in humans with a case fatality rate of up to 90%. It is one of the scariest, most highly infectious, and...