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Ethylene Oxide (ETO) Sterilization: Features and Limitations
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Robert Koch and Koch’s postulates
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Why does DNA virus replicate in the nucleus and RNA virus in cytoplasm?
• Acharya Tankeshwar • virology
Dry-Heat Sterilization: Principle, Advantages, Disadvantages
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Moist Heat Sterilization: Principle, Advantages, Disadvantages
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Ziehl-Neelsen Technique-AFB Staining
• Acharya Tankeshwar • staining-techniques
Broth Dilution Method for MIC Determination
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
PYR Test: Principle, Procedure, Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
CAMP Test: Principle, Procedure, and Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
Trans-Isolate (T-I) Medium: Inoculation and Transport
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Brucella: Properties, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Handwashing and hygiene: Why do we wash our hands
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBT) for Brucella
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
MCQs in Microbiology Test Quiz
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mcqs
Typhus Fever: Characteristics and Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Vibrio Cholerae: Characteristics, Pathogenesis, and Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Coxiella burnetii: Properties, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Catalase test: Principle, Procedure, Results, Uses
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
Cellophane (Scotch) Tape Preparation for Pinworm Examination
• Acharya Tankeshwar • parasitology
Lab Diagnosis of Lymphatic Filariasis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • parasitology
Lists of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Properties of Enterobacteriaceae Family
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Weil Felix Test: Principle, Procedure, Limitation
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Bacterial Transformation: Mechanism
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHFs)
• Acharya Tankeshwar • virology
Generalized transduction: Mechanism
• Acharya Tankeshwar • molecular-biology
Specialized transduction: Steps
• Acharya Tankeshwar • molecular-biology
Conjugation: Transfer of Chromosomal DNA by HFr Strains
• Acharya Tankeshwar • molecular-biology
Gene Transfer Mechanism in Bacteria and It’s types
• Acharya Tankeshwar • molecular-biology
Mechanism of Conjugation in Bacteria: The transfer of F Plasmid
• Acharya Tankeshwar • molecular-biology
What are the roles of Medical Microbiologist?
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
TCBS Agar: Composition, Preparation, Uses
• Acharya Tankeshwar • culture-media
Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE) Agar
• Acharya Tankeshwar • culture-media
Chocolate Agar: Composition, Preparation, Uses
• Acharya Tankeshwar • culture-media
Colony Morphology of Bacteria
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Swab: Collection and Transport
• Acharya Tankeshwar • virology
Infectious causes of Cancer: Bacteria, Virus and Parasites
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Sputum Sample: Collection, Transport, Staining, and Culture
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Modified Kirby-Bauer Disc Diffusion Method
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST): Guidelines and Best Practices
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
What does Susceptible, Intermediate, and Resistant Mean?
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Preparation of Antibiotic Stock Solutions and Discs
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Transport and Storage of Antimicrobial Discs
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Satellitism Test for Haemophilus influenzae
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
EMB Agar: Composition, Principle, and Colony Morphology
• Acharya Tankeshwar • culture-media
Blood Agar and Types of Hemolysis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • culture-media
MacConkey Agar: Composition, Uses, Colony Characteristics
• Acharya Tankeshwar • culture-media
Mannitol Salt Agar: Principle, Uses, and Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • culture-media
RPR Test: Principle, Procedure, Interpretations
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Gram-Positive vs. Gram-Negative Bacteria
• Acharya Tankeshwar • difference-between
Funny Name of Infectious Diseases
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Types of Staining Techniques Used in Microbiology
• Acharya Tankeshwar • staining-techniques
MCQs in History of Microbiology (Part II)
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mcqs
Anti-streptolysin O Titer (ASOT): Principle, Procedure, and Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
CSF Sample: Collection, Processing, Staining, and Culture
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Measles virus: Structure, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • virology
Inducible Clindamycin Resistance (D Test)
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Sporothrix: Characteristics, Pathogenesis and Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mycology
Biosafety Levels and Agents of Disease
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Haemophilus influenzae: Characteristics, Pathogenesis and Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Biochemical Tests to identify Mycobacteria, NTM
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
IMViC Tests: Principle, Procedure, Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
Novobiocin Susceptibility Test: Principle, Procedure, Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
Common Cause of Bacteremia and Sepsis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Mueller Hinton Agar (MHA): Composition, Preparation, Uses
• Acharya Tankeshwar • culture-media
MUG (Beta-Glucuronidase) Test for E. coli
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) Agar: Principle, Results, and Interpretation
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
Why is common cold so common?
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Resistant to HIV infection: what makes it?
• Acharya Tankeshwar • virology
Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Disease, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Neisseria meningitidis Virulence Factors
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Laboratory Diagnosis of Syphilis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
FTA-ABS Test: Principle, Procedure, Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
VDRL Test: Principle, Procedure, Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
MCQs in History of Microbiology (Part I)
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mcqs
Dimorphic Fungi: Disease, Properties
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mycology
Anaerobic Culture Media
• Acharya Tankeshwar • culture-media
Chlamydia trachomatis: Properties, Disease, Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Extracellular and Intracellular Bacteria
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Nobel Prizes for Research in Microbiology and Immunology
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Microbiologists Just Want to Have Fun
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Campylobacter Jejuni: Disease, Properties, Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Shigella: Disease, Properties, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Bacitracin Test: Principle, Procedure, Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
Bile Solubility Test: Principle, Procedure, Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
Citrate Utilization Test: Principle, Procedure, Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
Optochin Sensitivity Test: Principle, Procedure, Results
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
Streptococcus pneumoniae: Properties, Pathogenesis, and Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Bacterial Growth Curve: Phases, Significance
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Biosafety level 2 (BSL2) guidelines for teaching laboratories
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
MCQs Bacteriology (61-70): Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mcqs
Oxygen Requirements for Pathogenic Bacteria
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Biosafety level 1 (BSL1) guidelines for teaching laboratories
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Biochemical Tests for Bacterial Identification
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
MCQ Bacteriology (51-60): Question with Answers
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mcqs
Interesting Facts about Microorganisms
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Shapes of Bacteria: Cocci, Bacilli, and Spirochetes
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Antigenic Drift and Antigenic Shift in Influenza Virus
• Acharya Tankeshwar • virology
Culture Media: PH Indicators, Color of Colonies
• Acharya Tankeshwar • biochemical-tests
Career Opportunities for Microbiologist
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
E. coli: Only bacterium that wins records number of Nobel Prizes
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Why does influenza come back year after year?
• Acharya Tankeshwar • virology
Motility Patterns of Bacteria
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Peptidoglycan: Structure, Function
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Cytoplasmic Granules in Bacteria
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Layer
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Teichoic Acid: Structure, Types, and Functions
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Transposons: Definition, Types, Functions
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Bacterial Capsule: Importance, Capsulated Bacteria
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Flagella: Structure, Arrangement, Function
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Bacterial Pili (Fimbriae): Types, Functions
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Bacterial Spores: Structure and Spore-Forming Bacteria
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Differences between Exotoxins and Endotoxins
• Acharya Tankeshwar • difference-between
Escherichia coli: Properties and Identification
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Salmonella: Properties, Disease, Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Staphylococcus aureus: Disease, Properties, Lab Diagnosis
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Pathogenicity Islands: Properties and Types
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Category A Infectious Microorganisms
• Acharya Tankeshwar • general-microbiology
Hepatitis B Serology Test Result Interpretation
• Acharya Tankeshwar • virology
Food Poisoning: Definition, Causative Agents
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
Stool Sample: Collection and Transport
• Acharya Tankeshwar • bacteriology
MCQs Immunology (41-55): Basic Immunology with Answers
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mcqs
MCQs in Immunology (21-30): Antibodies-I (Answers with Explanations)
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mcqs
MCQs Immunology (31-40): Complement System with Answers
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mcqs
Immunology MCQs (1-10): Answers with Explanations
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mcqs
Immunology MCQs (11-20): Answers with Explanations
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mcqs
MCQs in Parasitology (11-20): Malaria with Answers
• Acharya Tankeshwar • mcqs
Life Cycle of P. falciparum vs. P. vivax
• Acharya Tankeshwar • parasitology