Bacteriophages (Morphology and Uses)
Bacteriophages or simply called phages are bacterial viruses that infect bacterial cells. They are obligate intracellular parasites that multiply inside bacteria by making use of […]
Microbiology
Different Phases of Clinical Trials (Drugs testing and Development of vaccines) in Clinical Research
Clinical research is a branch of healthcare science that performs clinical trials or carries out research experiments on people aiming at finding a solution to a disease. […]
Allergy (steps of development of allergy, allergens and few allergic diseases in humans)
Normally, the immune response eradicates infecting organisms without any serious injury to host tissues. However, sometimes the responses are inadequately controlled or inappropriately targeted to […]
Applications and limitations of physical methods of controlling microorganisms
The major physical agents or processes used for the control of microorganisms are temperature (high and low), desiccation, osmotic pressure, radiation, and filtration. Application of […]
Bacteriological evidence of water pollution by coliform bacteria
Pathogens that enter into bodies of water arrive there via intestinal discharges of humans or other animals. Furthermore, certain bacterial species, particularly Esherichia coli and […]
Applied areas of microbiology
Microorganisms affect the well-being of people in great many ways. They occur in large numbers in most natural environments and bring about many changes, some […]
Antibiotics as chemotherapeutic agents (characteristics and qualities)
Antibiotics are a special kind of chemotherapeutic agent usually obtained from living organism. The word ‘antibiotic’ has come to refer to a metabolic product of […]
Bacterial spores and their types
Certain species of bacteria produce spores, which are metabolically dormant structure and might be present either within the cell (endospores) or external to the cell […]
The origin of HeLa cells
It was in the winter of 1951 when Henrietta Lacks, a young black woman of 31 went to the medical clinic of Johns Hopkins University […]
Structure and arrangement of flagella in bacterial cell and types of flagellar motility
Bacterial flagella are hairlike, helical appendages that protrude through the cell wall. They are responsible for motility in bacteria and are much thinner than the […]