Microorganisms can produce different types of volatile compounds that may give characteristics smell, pleasant scent, or pungent odor. The production of these volatile chemicals depends on that...
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Pour plate method is usually the method of choice for counting the number of colony-forming bacteria present in a liquid specimen. Because the sample is mixed with the molten agar medium, a larger...
Capsule stain is a type of differential stain which uses acidic and basic dyes to stain the background and bacterial cells, respectively, so that presence of the capsule is easily...
Urea breath test (UBT) is a qualitative and non-invasive rapid test for diagnosing infections of Helicobacter pylori (the primary cause of gastric and duodenal ulcers). Helicobacter pylori...
A vast array of childhood infections can be prevented by starting immunization early and sticking closely to the vaccination schedule laid out by the below childhood vaccination checklist...
Cary-Blair transport medium can be used to transport clinical specimens suspected to contain enteric pathogens, including Shigella, Salmonella, Vibrio cholerae, and Escherichia coli O157:H7....