Clinical Laboratory Gallery: Introduction, Contents, and Brief Description of Photos

Wet Mount Microscopy-Ready slide for observation

Introduction ‘Clinical Laboratory Gallery’ is a collection of genuine photos regarding stream of Clinical Laboratory like Stool and Urine Section (SUS), Phlebotomy, Clinical Haematology, Clinical Biochemistry, Blood Banking and Transfusion medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Cytology and Histopathology, and Molecular Biology. Contents Collection of images are …

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Culture Media: Introduction, Common Ingredients, Types, Preparation, and Use of Common Culture Medium, Keynotes, and Related Images

Culture media with variety of microbes-Micrococcus growth on nutrient agar (upper left), Lactose fermenting(Lf) and non-lactose fermenting (NLF) colonies of Gram negative bacteria colonies on MacConkey medium, Hameophilus influenzae colony morphology on chocolate agar(lower left), beta-hemolytic colonies of Staphylococcus aureus( middle), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibiogram pattern on Muller-Hinton agar(MHA)

Introduction of Culture Media Culture media are required to grow the organisms and they are generally from clinical specimens to identify the causative agent. Common Ingredients of Culture Media Common Ingredients of Culture Media and their basic constituents are as follows- Water: It is the …

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Aeromonas hydrophila: Introduction, Identification Features, Keynotes, and Aeromonas Footages

Aeromonas hydrophila growth on MacConkey agar

Introduction of Aeromonas hydrophila Aeromonas hydrophila is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobe, rod-shaped motile(due to single polar flagellum) bacterium without capsule and spore having a size from 0.3-1.0 µm wide by 1.0-3.5 µm long. It is generally found in the aquatic environment. Its presence can not …

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Salmonella Paratyphi: Introduction, Identification Features, Keynotes, and Salmonella Footages

Salmonella Serovar Paratyphi growth on Nutrient agar, Blood agar, MacConkey medium, BHI broth and Biochemical reactions in TSI, SIM, citrate and urea agar

Introduction Salmonella Paratyphi (serovar) belongs to Enterobacteriaceae and thus is a Gram-negative bacterium causing mild gastroenteritis to a life-threatening bloodstream infection. It causes paratyphoid fever and it is restricted to humans. Proper sanitation and hygiene may decrease its infection chance. Travelers must be cautious during …

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Proteus vulgaris: Introduction, Identification Features, Keynotes, and Proteus Footages

Dienes phenomenon of Proteus vulgaris strains

The genus Proteus was discovered in 1885 by Hauser and it is also named after a Greek god.  Proteus is a member of the family, Enterobacteriaceae and it is a Gram-negative, oxidase-negative, fimbriated, motile, non-sporing rod-shaped bacterium without capsule and having a size of 0.4–0.8 μm in diameter and …

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Microbiology and More Gallery: Introduction, List of Photos, and Keynotes

Human Microbiome Agar Art

Introduction of Microbiology and More Gallery Microbiology and More Gallery is a random collection hub of microbes and laboratory medicine-related footage. This is the genuine work of the author. Most of the pictures are commonly those encountered by the laboratory personnel during their working period. …

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

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 and in modified form for Mycobacterium leprae, Nocardia species, Cryptosporidium parvum, Cyclospora cayetanensis , Isospora belli, and fungal spores. Ziehl-Neelsen (hot), and Kinyoun (cold) are …

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

Some Typical Shape, Size and Arrangements of Bacteria

List of Some Typical Arrangements of Bacteria In this chapter, we discuss some typical arrangements of bacteria like Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, pneumococcus, Enterococcus, Micrococcus, Neisseria species, Bacillus anthracis, Diphtheroids, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio cholerae, Campylobacter, Helicobacter, Treponema, Leptospira, Borrelia, etc. S.No. Arrangements  Organisms 1. Gram-positive cocci …

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