The severity and duration of any infectious disease depend on the infective dose of the pathogen and predisposing host factors. The infective dose is defined as a minimum number of microorganisms...
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Treponema (trepos meaning turn and nema meaning thread) pallidum is a member of the spirochete family having a characterized distinct helical shape. It is the causative agent of syphilis, an...
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite of many vertebrates including humans and causes the disease Toxoplasmosis. Its name was derived from the crescent shape of the tachyzoite stage of the...
Impact factor (IF) is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year. It is used to sort or rank journals by their relative importance. It...
Probiotics are live microorganisms that are supposed to have health benefits when consumed or applied to the body in adequate amounts. Scientific evidence suggests that specific strains of probiotic...
When the laboratory instructor said "take the test organism and stab into the butt", most of the students were stunned! It was that practical of Microbiology, which taught many students the...