Microbiology Notes
List of 16 types of microscopes Simple Microscope Compound Microscope Phase Contrast Microscope Fluorescence Microscope Electron Microscope Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Dark Field Microscope Dissecting Microscope … Read more
A microscope is an optical instrument having one or more lenses system which is used to get a clear magnified image of minute objects or structures that can’t be viewed … Read more
IMViC is an acronym for four separate tests which are used to isolate and identify bacterial, especially mainly coliforms. The IMViC stands for: Indole test Methyl red test Voges-Proskauer test … Read more
An autoclave is a machine that uses the physical method of sterilization that not only sterilizes the surface of the material but also the constituents present in it, thereby, killing … Read more
The three-domain system was first introduced by Carl Woese in 1990 that is why its called Carl Woese’s Classification. This classification system also is known as the Six Kingdoms and … Read more
Until 2022, there are 10 families, 31 genera, and 88 species of myxobacteria. There is only one order of myxobacteria known as Myxococcales. Classification of Myxobacteria 1. Family – Anaeromyxobacteraceae … Read more
History of Microscope In the 1st Century AD, the Romans invented the glass and used them to magnify objects. In the early 14th Century AD, eyeglasses were made by Italian … Read more
Zacharias Janssen (1570-1638) Dutch spectacle maker He invented compounding of lenses He used two lenses fitted in a single tube to observe an enlarged image of microscopic forms. Robert Hooke … Read more
What is Bioremediation? Bioremediation is the process of reduction, elimination, alteration, and transformation of contaminants present in the natural environment like soil, sediments, air, and water through the application of … Read more
VIVA Alert: Basic Microbiology with mnemonics Name one cluster shaped (grape-like) cocci? Staphylococcus aureus Name one chain shaped cocci? Streptococcus spp. What is the difference between Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus? … Read more
