We all know microbiological specimens must be promptly transported to the laboratory within a few hours. If there is a delay, special transport media may be needed depending upon the types of...
Category: Bacteriology
Urease is a constitutively expressed enzyme that hydrolyzes urea to carbon dioxide and ammonia. Many organisms especially those that infect the urinary tract, have a urease enzyme that is able to...
The oxidase test is a technique for detecting the presence of the terminal enzyme system in aerobic respiration called cytochrome C oxidase or cytochrome a3. Usually, the family Enterobacteriaceae...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Infections, Pathogenesis and Lab Diagnosis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative rod. Pseudomonas aeruginosa can resist high concentrations of salt, dyes, weak antiseptics, and many commonly used antibiotics. Most pseudomonads known to...
Leprosy is an age-old disease, associated with social stigma; historical records and literature show that people afflicted with leprosy have often been ostracized by their communities and families....
The coagulase test helps to identify Staphylococcus aureus which produces the enzyme coagulase (coagulates) plasma from coagulase-negative staphylococci (CONS). Coagulase is also the virulence factor...
