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Loop desgin of inoculation loop

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microbiology lab have loop design, so i want to ask about this design why its take shape of hollow loop, and there is inoculation needle or stabbing subcultre and take small colony, but why we used loop? I heard before ...

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General Anonymous 2 years 1 Answer 43 views

Question 2

Bacterial susceptibilty test

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Hello everyone the susceptiblity test of urine culture for 62 years old female patient revealed multidrug resistance e. Coli result as follow Sensitive cefoperazone /sulbactam zone diameter 21mm Resistance to ampicillin /sulbactam, amoxicillin /clavulanic acid, impinem, piperacillin /tazobactam, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, ...

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Bacteriology 2 years 1 Answer 37 views

Question 3

What is a FoR assessment in terms of antimicrobial efficacy?

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I will shortly learning about FoR assessments, however I cannot find any literature on it. I am unsure if I have been given the incorrect acronym or I'm just not searching correctly. I have tried "FoR" but everywhere I search ...

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Not Sure Anonymous 2 years 1 Answer 85 views

Question 4

Could you explain to me this please …. ((They demonstrated that extracellular polysaccharides possess a high number of calcium binding sites through which they can integrate the free calcium into the biofilm. This neutralizes the toxic substance and strengthens the EPS structure of the biofilm.)) What is the binding site and how it’s work and what neutralizes toxins mean????

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This is a journal of the study https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News/Uni-Research/How-Caries-Causing-Bacteria-Can-Survive-in-Dental-Plaque.html And this is the original source https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0186256 Please help me :"(

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Bacteriology Anonymous 2 years 1 Answer 18 views

Question 5

Is there any solid media that is only selective but not differential?

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An example please

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Anonymous 2 years 1 Answer 17 views

Question 6

Tests for roundworm

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What tests are out there if a worm has migrated out of the bowel. Our health has been really bad since we were told to treat wrong and to treat twice weekly instead of the standard once fortnightly. My doctor ...

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Parasitology 2 years 1 Answer 17 views

Question 7

How to differentiate between shigella dysentery and EHEC for diagnosis?

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How to differentiate between shigella dysentery and EHEC while diagnosis because both present with same clinical features like bloody diarrhoea,fever, malaise. Also both have same gram smear features i.e. gram negative pink color rod shaped bacteria along with RBC's and ...

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Bacteriology 2 years 1 Answer 44 views

Question 8

Simultaneous Occurrence of Yeast (Mold) and Bacteria

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Hello, I was working on a sample (flour) and I observed the PCA (Plate Count Agar) plates to be 0 and a high number of yeasts on the SDA (Sabouraud Dextrose Agar) plates. Is this microbiologically possible, to have yeast ...

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Food Microbiology Anonymous 2 years 1 Answer 18 views

Question 9

Microplastics and cancer cells

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Can cancer cells be coerced into attacking microplastics in the blood rather than other blood cells?

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Not Sure 2 years 1 Answer 21 views

Question 10

When/how long should food be stored before laboratory testing for mold growth?

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Hello! I am a student doing a research on whether a particular substance incorporated to bread can reduce or delay mold growth. I would like to ask if somebody knows how long should i store my experimental bread before submitting to ...

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Mycology 2 years 1 Answer 26 views

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