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Agar Art with Living Microbes: Introduction, Requirements, Making Procedure and Uses
Introduction of Agar Art with Living Microbes Agar art or microbial art or germ art is the same thing in which art work created by culturing microorganisms in certain patterns. The microbes used can be bacteria, yeast fungi, or protists (less commonly). The microbes can be chosen for their natural colors. Organisms most commonly used and available are Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Serratia marcescens as shown above picture. Painting with bacteria isn’t entirely new because Sir Alexander Fleming, the scientist responsible...
Microbiology Short Notes for MCQs: Medical Lab Technician, Technologist and such Related Fields
Microbiology Short Notes The topic ' Microbiology Short Notes' will serve as capsule for candidates who are participating post for medical lab technician, medical lab technologist and such related fields. Father of modern microbiology → Louis Pasteur Father of medical microbiology → Robert Koch Father of modern bacteriology→ Robert Koch Father of medicine → Hippocrates Father of virology →Ivanowsky Father of Antiseptic surgery → Joseph Lister Father of blood group → Karl Landsteiner Milestones in microbiology Antony van Leeuwenhoek → Developed 1 st microscope and...
DNA Sequencing: Introduction, Types, Principle, Procedure and Uses
Introduction of DNA Sequencing DNA sequencing is a technique used to determine the precise order of the four nucleotide bases, adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine which make up a strand of DNA. These bases provide the underlying genetic basis (the genotype) for telling a cell what to do, where to go and what kind of cell to become (the phenotype). Nucleotides are not the only determinants of phenotypes, but also they are essential to their formation....