CELL DENSITY METER
Cell density meter is an instrument that is used for measuring of the density of (microbial) cells in suspension. The cell density meter is a […]
Bacteriology
Glass Plating Beads for spreading bacteria/fungi on culture plate
Glass Plating Beads are reusable beads which helps to spread suspensions of microorganisms (bacteria or fungi) in a culture plate even much more than a […]
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF BIOFILM FORMATION
Typical sites where biofilms can form on the human body include the teeth (where biofilms form dental plaque that leads to tooth decay), contact lenses […]
QUORUM SENSING
Quorum sensing (QS) is defined as the cell-to-cell interaction (communication) between one bacterium and another, and which allows them to share genetic information through the […]
MYCOPLASMA AND L-FORM BACTERIA
Mycoplasmas or mollicutes are wall-less bacteria.They are a group of bacteria that do not have a cell wall. Wall-less bacteria are pleomorphic, and they exist […]
ACTINOMYCETES
Actinomycete comprises a group of Gram-positive, slow-growing, pleomorphic and rod-like anaerobic bacteria that form spores and mycelium. Mycelium is the branching filaments or hyphae of […]
ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII: AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNISTIC (RESISTANT) GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM IN HUMAN POPULATION
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-negative, and catalase-positive coccobacillus found in the genus Acinetobacter and family Moraxellaceae. Species of A. baumannii do not ferment […]
BORRELIA BURGDORFERI: THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF LYME DISEASE
Borrelia burgdorferi is a Gram-negative, highly motile, and microaerophilic spiral-shaped or helical bacterium in the genus Borrelia and family Spirochaetaceae. B. burgdorferi is a spirochaete […]
BRUCELLA SPECIES INFECTION IN HUMAN POPULATION: AN IMPORTANT ZOONOTIC INFECTION
Brucella is a bacterial genus that encompasses bacterial species that mainly cause infections in animals. Brucella species causes brucellosis, a zoonotic infection in animals. Brucellosis […]
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS INFECTION IN HUMAN POPULATION: DETECTION, PATHOGENESIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION
Chlamydia trachomatis is a Gram-negative or variable, fastidious, obligate intracellular bacterium found in the family Chlamydiaceae andgenus Chlamydia. The Chlamydia genus mainly contains bacterial pathogens […]
YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA INFECTION: DETECTION, PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT
Yersinia enterocolitica is a Gram-negative, toxigenic, pleomorphic, non-lactose fermenting, aerobic and facultative anaerobic, food-borne and water-borne rod-like bacterial pathogen or coccobacillus in the genus Yersinia. […]
PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT OF BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS INFECTION
Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative, capsulated, non-motile, fastidious, toxigenic, aerobic and coccobacillus or rod-like bacterium found in the genus Bordetella. It is the main causative […]