Essays on Microbiology

Joshua Lederberg was born in New Jersey in 1925. His parents were recent immigrants from Israel and soon after his birth moved to Washington Heights in New York City. When he graduated high school, from Stuyvesant High school, he sought to continue his education. In…

In recent years we have seen an increased prevalence in zoonotic parasitic infections. This is likely due to a number of factors, some of which are related to a shift in the way humans interact with animals. There are also however, other factors, not so…

In present study, all selected carps (H. nobilis, C. idella and C. carpio) secreted huge amount of mucus. Also mucus secretion varied among selected fish species. Blackstock and Pickering (1982); Negus (1983) and Nigam, Kumari, Mittal and Mittal (2012) also reported the similar results. This…

Monophyletic groups all come from a single common ancestor, but for paraphyletic groups, not all of the descendants are counted, some are excluded. Protista is a part of this group, meaning they do not share derived characteristics that separate them from other lineages. The major…

The word ‘Lectins’ has been derived from the Latin word which means ‘I choose’. Because lectins are very specific to the site to which it binds. Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins which bind to glycoproteins, glycolipids, and also polysaccharides which mediates various kind of biological processes…

Acidithiobacillus strains SP5/1 and HV2/2 are rod-shaped, Gram-negative, γ-proteobacterium, aerobically pyrite-oxidizing and Acidophilic bacteria that thrives optimally at 30°C and 45°C respectively. S-layer molecular structure similarity in symmetry in the closely related species can be used as a taxonomic characteristic that distinguishes phylogenetic position of…

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Physarum polycephalum is a brainless single-celled organism with many nuclei found in many different forms and environments where it is observed as a complex living creature. P. polycephalum is most commonly colored dark yellow and found located in dark, humid, and cool places such as…

Radioiodine is a radioactive material it must be put away in fume hoods and it has to be kept securely airtight. The radioiodine must not be put away in refrigerators. Contaminated Lab coats can be preserved by placing them in a plastic carrier bag and…

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation is a key to the nitrogen nutrition to the legumes. The most important agents for the symbiotic nitrogen fixation are the bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, which invade the root hairs of leguminous plant and develop nodules on the roots, where nitrogen…