Introduction of Serum and Plasma The serum is a clear yellow fluid that is separated when blood is allowed to…
Introduction of Hemolysis and Hemodigestion When the pure isolated colony of organism on a blood agar plate is exposed in…
Fig. Lactose Fermenter (LF)-Pink colony-Right side and Non-Lactose Fermenter (NLF)-pale or no color change-Left side Gram-Negative Bacteria on MacConkey agar…
Introduction of Haemophilus The genus Haemophilus is a pleomorphic Gram-negative coccobacilli fastidious bacteria and thus they do not grow on an ordinary medium like…
Definition of Dermatophytes Dermatophytes are a common label for a group of three types of keratinophilic fungi that infect keratinized tissues…
Introduction of Staphylococcus and Micrococcus Staphylococcus (pleural-staphylococci) is spherical, non-motile, gram-positive in singles, pairs, and clusters. On nutrient agar, growth…
Introduction of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Viridans streptococci Streptococcus pneumoniae is also called pneumococcus and pneumococcus is the commensals of the…
Introduction of Amoebic dysentery and Bacillary dysentery Amoebic dysentery or amoebiasis is an intestinal infection caused by a unicellular (protozoan)…
Introduction LAMP stands for Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification while PCR full form is polymerase chain reaction and LAMP is the nucleic…
Introduction of Antigen Versus PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Antigen and PCR tests in COVID-19 patients are the most common assays applicable…