The lac operon is a well-known example of an inducible gene network that regulates the transport and metabolism of lactose in Escherichia coli. It encodes the genes for the internalization of...
Year: 2019
Microbes are loosely classified into several groups based on their preferred temperature ranges. Every organism has a range of permissive growth temperatures. Unlike pH or osmolarity, microbes...
Staphylococcus aureus is a notable human pathogen for a variety of infections; suppurative (pus-forming) infections, systemic illness and toxinoses. S. aureus has an extraordinary repertoire of...
Glycopeptide antibiotics act primarily by inhibiting cell wall synthesis of bacteria but functions differently from beta-lactam antibiotics. Vancomycin is the most important and commonly used...
The serodiagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection is widely used for screening pregnant women in order to prevent congenital toxoplasmosis. The Sabin-Feldman dye test was the first test system able to...
The direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) test is a rapid microscopic procedure for detecting the presence of a particular antigen (typically a specific protein on the surface of a virus, bacterium, or...