Questions tagged [microbiology]
Microbiology is the study of extremely small organisms. This includes organisms like bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses.
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How to store chlorella for a long time at room temperature?
Is it possible to store chlorella for a long time (6 months) at room temperature? I was thinking about desiccation and looked for some studies on it, but I only found this study (https://www....
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Is it possible to improve metabolic rate through quorum sensing?
I am building a microbial fuel cell unit using mint plant and soil microbes. My goal is to power a LED light using the electricity but the electrify that microbes are so little so I am thinking of ...
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Why is the assimilation of single carbon sources exclusively, rather than other elements, used for phenotypic identification of bacteria?
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Single element source assimilation testing:
determines if an organism can grow using a single source of the specific element being tested. These tests constitute many of the tests in the ...
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What is (are) the species responsible for Lake Natron red waters?
Lake Natron is an alkaline lake located in northern Tanzania. It is known for its red waters, as seen on this image:
Natural-color Landsat 8 image showing Lake Natron in March 2017. NASA, public ...
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Can saltwater bacteria grow in petri-dish using the same agar nutrient media?
I am planning on growing bacteria from a seawater sample to do a research project on the relationship between pH (lowered using sulfuric acid) and the bacterial concentration of the water sample (...
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What is a reference strain in DNA-DNA hybridization DNA groups?
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DNA groups identified:
All intra-group relatedness values are shown in
Table I.
By means of reference strains, most of the DNA groups could be identified as groups described by Bouvet & ...
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What is the largest culturable bacterium?
E. coli is easy to grow in the lab. It has a volume around $0.6 \mu m^3$. Source
T. namibiensis can be much larger, with a volume on the order of ${10^6}\mu m^3$. Source
However, T. namibiensis is not ...
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Does heterogeneous resistance have an impact on the zone diameter observed in disk diffusion susceptibility testing?
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Does the presence of small, discrete colonies within the zone of inhibition, suggesting heterogeneous resistance, impact the zone diameter in disk diffusion susceptibility testing?
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Cynobacteria vs. BGA
I am really confused. On google and other places(though very old) it is mentioned that Cynobacteria are the same as BGA(Blue-Green Algae) and are technically bacteria and are places under the kingdom ...
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Can a stereo microscope be used for mycology?
I have a need for a stereo microscope to do electronics work. I also have a strong desire for a stereo microscope to do mycology. I would like to be able to,
Clearly identify mycelium, from bacterial ...
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Can bacterial DNA solutions, which include other cellular components, be stored without compromising DNA stability?"
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Can bacterial DNA solutions, which include other cellular components, be stored without compromising DNA stability?"
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I'm using the boiling extraction method to extract ...
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What effect does L-cysteine have in a growth medium on Lactobacillus and Bombilactobacillus found in bee species?
To cultivate Lactobacillus and Bombilactobacillus species we used MRS supplemented with 2% fructose in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions and also MRS supplemented with 2% fructose and 0.1% L-...
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How is the zone of inhibition formed in disk diffusion?
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How is the zone of inhibition formed in disk diffusion?
What I mean by the formation of the zone of inhibition is not the ultimate visibility of such zone but the circumstances that result in ...
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Relation of pH and amino acids in microtitr assay
I am testing a Biolog plate (https://www.biolog.com/products/metabolic-characterization-microplates/) in which the wells test for the optimum pH at which my bacterium grows. Aside from having a range ...
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What is the biological pathway for the biodegradation of DDT (pesticide)?
There are various micro organisms which can degrade DDT. Which micro organism is most frequently used for biodegradation of DDT and what is the metabolic pathway by which DDT is degraded?
