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FUNCTIONS OF BLOOD AND BLOOD CELLS
FUNCTIONS OF BLOOD ⇒ Blood acts as an oxygen carrier from lungs to the body tissues…
INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY
Microbiology, from Greek words Mikros means small and bios mean life and logia mean to study,…
PREPARATION OF BLOOD AGAR MEDIUM USING TRYPTICASE SOY AGAR BASE
The most widely used enriched medium for the growth of Fastidious organisms (those microbes that requires…
PREPARATION OF BLOOD AGAR MEDIUM FROM NUTRIENT AGAR BASE
The most widely used enriched medium for the growth of Fastidious organisms (those microbes that requires…
CAPSULE STAINING TECHNIQUE – INTRODUCTION, METHODS, PRINCIPLE, PROCEDURE & RESULTS
INTRODUCTION TO CAPSULE STAINING TECHNIQUE A capsule in bacteria is the result of amorphous viscid secretion…
NEGATIVE STAINING – INTRODUCTION, PRINCIPLE, PROCEDURE, RESULTS & APPLICATIONS
INTRODUCTION TO NEGATIVE STAINING TECHNIQUE Sometimes it is more convenient to determine the overall bacterial cell…
EXAMINATION OF SPUTUM SPECIMEN IN MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
The term “Sputum” often used interchangeably with the “phlegm” but technically if we take a look…
INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS & REPORTING OF AFB (ACID FAST BACILLI) IN SPUTUM SMEARS
Acid-fast staining is the most commonly used staining technique for the identification of Mycobacterium species especially…
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RED BLOOD CELLS AND WHITE BLOOD CELLS (RBCs VS. WBCs)
Beside the Platelets, the two most important cellular components present in our Blood are the Red…
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SERUM AND PLASMA
The most confusing terms ever made in the Hematology might be the Serum and Plasma which…
COMPOSITION OF BLOOD
COMPOSITION OF BLOOD – TYPES OF BLOOD CELLS When an anticoagulated sample of blood is allowed…
CARBOHYDRATES – DEFINITION, FUNCTIONS, CLASSIFICATION, ISOMERISM & PROPERTIES
INTRODUCTION TO CARBOHYDRATES ⇒ Carbohydrates are the polyhydroxy Aldehydes or Ketones, are major macronutrient and the…
MORPHOLOGY AND CULTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF YERSINIA PESTIS (Y. PESTIS)
MORPHOLOGY OF YERSINIA PESTIS (Y. PESTIS) Shape – Yersinia pestis is a short, plump, ovoid, rod…
A DETAILED CLASSIFICATION OF BACTERIA
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO BACTERIA ⇒ Bacteria are a wide group of unicellular organisms that are…
MORPHOLOGY AND CULTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA (P. AERUGUNOSA)
MORPHOLOGY OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA (P. AERUGINOSA) Shape – Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Slender, rod shape (bacillus)…
MORPHOLOGY AND CULTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE (GONOCOCCUS OR GONOCOCCI)
MORPHOLOGY OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE (GONOCOCCUS) Shape – Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an oval or spherical (coccus) shape…