Posts from 2021

Microbiology Journals and Their Impact Factors

Quality Control Strains (standard strains) and their Uses

How do Probiotics work?

Scrub typhus: Overview, Pathogenesis and Lab Diagnosis

Microbial Jargons and Their Meaning

Microorganisms with Probiotic Properties

Probiotics, Prebiotics and Health Benefits

Cell Wall–Deficient Bacteria

Virus: Properties, Diseases, and Lab Diagnosis

Mutation and Types of Mutations

Nutritional Types of Bacteria

Archaea: Characteristics, Similarities, Differences with Bacteria

Spirochetes: Morphology, Classification, Disease

Normal Flora of the Skin-Skin Microbiome

Candida auris: Transmission, Risk, Diagnosis, Treatment

Epitopes: Types, Function, Epitope Spreading

Bacillus cereus: Morphology, Disease, Biochemical Tests

Moraxella catarrhalis: Properties, Lab Diagnosis

ESBL and Classification of β-lactamases

Cells of the Immune System

Laboratory Diagnosis of Mucormycosis

IgE Antibodies: Structure, Properties, and Functions

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease): Clinical Features, Diagnosis

Enterococcus faecalis: Properties, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis

Serratia marcescens: Properties, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis

Mucormycosis: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, and Treatment

Phenotypic Methods for the Detection of Carbapenemases

Ct Value in SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR

Phenylethyl Alcohol Agar: Composition, Preparation, Uses

Demonstration of Treponema pallidum Using Dark-Field Microscopy

Critical (Panic) Values in Microbiology

Microbiology Sample Collection Guidelines and Rejection Criteria

Bordetella pertussis: Properties, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis

Bacterial Quorum Sensing

WHO AWaRe Classification of Antibiotics

Bacteroides fragilis: Properties, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis

Southern Blotting: Principle, Steps, Applications

Actinomyces: Properties, Disease, Lab Diagnosis

Sample Collections for Lab Diagnosis of Fungal Infections

Carba NP Test (CNPt): Principle, Procedure, Results

Dermatophyte Test Medium (DTM): Composition, Preparation, Uses