PREPARATION OF MACCONKEY BROTH MEDIUM IN LABORATORY

The MacConkey Broth medium, which is similar to the first ever developed solid differential medium for…

MORPHOLOGY AND CULTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES

MORPHOLOGY OF STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES Shape – Streptococcus pyogenes is a Round shape (coccus) bacterium Size –…

PREPARATION OF TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH MEDIUM (TSB) a.k.a TRYPTIC SOYA BROTH OR TRYPTONE SOYA BROTH IN LABORATORY

In Microbiology laboratory, Bacteria need to be cultured in the for various purposes like identification of…

COMPOSITION OF MACCONKEY AGAR MEDIUM (MAC MEDIUM) & MODIFICATIONS AS APPLICABLE

The MacConkey Agar Medium commonly called as MAC medium is first artificial differential solid medium prepared…

PREPARATION OF TRYPTICASE SOY AGAR MEDIUM (TSA) a.k.a TRYPTIC SOYA AGAR OR TRYPTONE SOYA AGAR IN LABORATORY

Bacteria need to be cultured in the laboratory for various purposes like identification of the causative…

PREPARATION OF SABOURAUD DEXTROSE BROTH MEDIUM (SABOURAUD LIQUID MEDIUM) FOR FUNGUS CULTURE IN LABORATORY

Fungi are needed to be cultured in the laboratory for various purposes like identification of the…

PREPARATION OF MACCONKEY AGAR MEDIUM (MAC) IN LABORATORY

The first ever developed solid differential medium for the growth of bacteria on the globe was…

PREPARATION OF SABOURAUD DEXTROSE AGAR (SDA) MEDIUM IN LABORATORY

Fungi are needed to be cultured in the laboratory for various purposes like identification of the…

NORMAL VALUES – LABORATORY REFERENCE RANGE

Here is the list of Normal ranges of various Medical Tests. The Normal values given below…

MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS

Here is the list of commonly used medical abbreviations which is definitely gonna help you in…

VIROLOGY NOTES

VIROLOGY NOTES – A QUALITY STUDY NOTES OF VIROLOGY Virology is the branch of microbiology that…

IMMUNOLOGY NOTES

IMMUNOLOGY NOTES  – ILLUSTRATIVE STUDY NOTES OF IMMUNOLOGY Immunology is the branch of medical science that…

PREPARATION OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD SMEAR

A Peripheral blood smear (PBS) or Blood film is required to be made from capillary blood…

PREPARATION OF McFarland STANDARD FOR ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST (AST) IN LABORATORY

The McFarland Standards are commonly used in Antibiotic Susceptibility Test (AST) to standardize the approximate number…

DEHYDRATION OF TISSUES – TECHNIQUE OF REMOVING WATER FROM THE TISSUES

INTRODUCTION TO DEHYDRATION OF TISSUES Dehydration of tissues is the important process because of the paraffin,…

Gram Staining – Principle, Requirements, Procedure & Interpretation

WHAT IS GRAM STAINING TECHNIQUE? Gram staining is the most important and widely used differential staining…

AN INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN CELL

CELL is the fundamental structural and functional unit of all living organism and anything less than…

VARICELLA – ZOSTER VIRUS (VZV) – INTRODUCTION, INFECTIONS, PATHOGENESIS, CLINICAL FEATURES, TREATMENT & PROPHYLAXIS

INTRODUCTION TO VARICELLA – ZOSTER VIRUS ⇒ In 1889, Von Bokay had suggested that Varicella (Chickenpox)…

EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (EBV) – INTRODUCTION, INFECTIONS, CLINICAL FEATURES & LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS

INTRODUCTION TO EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (EBV) In 1964, a virus was observed in cultured lymphoma cells by…

PREPARATION OF MUELLER HINTON AGAR MEDIA (MHA) IN LABORATORY

The well-known solid media for the Antibiotic Sensitivity Test a.k.a. Antibiotic Susceptibility Test was developed by…