Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) broth is a general-purpose liquid medium used for the cultivation and maintenance of a wide variety of fastidious and non-fastidious microorganisms, including aerobic and...
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Gram staining requires the use of different chemical reagents which can be purchased in ready-to-use forms from commercial suppliers or can be prepared at the laboratory by mixing different chemicals...
Bacteria are often preserved in microbiology laboratories for many purposes such as to re-examine or characterize further or to send to a national reference laboratory for confirmation etc. The...
MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry: Principle, Applications in Microbiology
MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry is a versatile analytical technique to detect and characterize mixtures of organic molecules. In microbiology, it is used as a rapid, accurate, and cost-effective method...
Selenite broth is used as an enrichment medium for the isolation of Salmonella and Shigella from stool, urine, water and food products. It is the most widely used enrichment medium to isolate...
Bird Seed Agar, also known as Staib medium, is a selective and differential medium for isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from clinical specimens and differentiation of it from other Cryptococcus...