There are more opportunities available for microbiologists today than at any time in the history of the field. Although the microbiological advancements of the last two centuries have been...
Category: General Microbiology
E. coli: Only bacterium that wins records number of Nobel Prizes
Escherichia coli is the best known prokaryotic organism, we know more about E. coli than humans. It was first isolated in 1885 by the German bacteriologist Theodor Escherich, as normal flora of the...
When you read about the structure of bacterial cells, you might have learned about flagella and the different types of flagellar arrangements found in gram-negative bacteria. Most Gram-positive...
The term peptidoglycan was derived from the peptides and the sugars (glycan) that make a molecule; it is also called 'murein' or 'mucopeptide.' This complex interwoven network of sugar polymer and...
Concentrated deposits of certain substances presented/located in the cytoplasm of certain bacteria are known as cytoplasmic granules or inclusion bodies. They serve as storage areas for nutrients,...
Many gram-positive bacteria have acidic components called teichoic acids embedded in their cell wall. Teichoic acids were discovered in 1958 by Armstrong and co-authors. Gram Positive cell wall...
