Basic Microbiology

Auramine Staining: Introduction, Principle, Procedure, Result Interpretation, Limitations, Keynotes, and Related Footages

Introduction of Auramine Staining Auramine is a fluorochrome stain used to visualize acid-fast structures of various microorganisms especially Mycobacterium tuberculosis…

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Some Typical Arrangements of Bacteria: List, Keynotes, and, Few Related Images

List of Some Typical Arrangements of Bacteria In this chapter, we discuss some typical arrangements of bacteria like Staphylococcus, Streptococcus,…

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Diphtheria bacillus and Diphtheroids: Introduction, Differences, and Keynotes

Introduction of Diphtheria bacillus and Diphtheroids Diphtheria bacillus is also known as Klebs-Löffler bacillus and it is a Gram-positive nonmotile,…

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Yeasts and Molds: Introduction, Differences, and Yeasts and Molds Footage

Introduction of Yeasts and Molds Fig. Right side-Yeasts and left side-Molds Yeasts are small round or oval in shape, eukaryotic,…

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Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria: Introduction, Differences, and Related Footage

Introduction of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria Fig. Gram-Positive Bacteria (Left) and Gram-Negative Bacteria (right) ‘Gram-Positive Bacilli (GPB)‘ is also called…

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Enterococcus faecalis: Introduction, Keynotes, and Related Footage

Introduction Enterococcus faecalis (previously identified as Streptococcus faecalis) is a Gram-positive coccus in singles, pairs, and even short chains which…

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Agar Art with Living Microbes: Introduction, Requirements, Making Procedure, Application, and Keynotes

Introduction of Agar Art with Living Microbes Agar art or microbial art or agar art with living microbes and germ…

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Giemsa stain: Introduction, Principle, Reagent Preparation, Staining Procedure, Result Interpretation, Uses, and Keynotes

Introduction of Giemsa Stain Giemsa stain is a type Romanowsky stain that stains nuclei and cells. It was initially designed for…

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Bacteria and Virus: Introduction, Differences, and Keynotes

Introduction of Bacteria and Virus Bacteria are member of a large group of living unicellular microbes having size of cocci…

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VTM: Introduction, Composition, Preparation, Uses, and Keynotes

Introduction of VTM VTM stands for viral transport medium. It is the medium for the storage and transportation of viruses.…

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