Moist heat sterilization is a method of sterilizing equipment, tools, and other materials. This process involves exposing items to high… Read More »Moist heat sterilization: Principle, Types, Advantages
Tyndallization is an alternative sterilization method. It is a physical method of sterilization that uses moist heat (steam) for sterilization.… Read More »Tyndallization in Microbiology
Microorganisms in the genus Mycobacteria and Nocardia have complex cell walls with higher lipid content. The cell wall of these microbes… Read More »ZN Staining Procedure: Principle, Method and Results.
Mannitol salt Agar is a selective and differential medium for the isolation and identification of Staphylococcus aureus from clinical and… Read More »Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA)
It is a type of microbial culture medium. It is used to transport microbiological samples from one location to another.… Read More »Transport Media in Microbiology
Rappaport and Henig described a medium for isolation of enteropathogenic E coli serotype. Sorbitol MacConkey agar is also a type… Read More »Sorbitol MacConkey Agar
McConkey agar is a complex growth medium for culturing bacteria. MacConkey agar is selective and differential media. This medium is… Read More »MacConkey agar selective differential media
In microbiology, some bacteria are termed fastidious and non-fastidious. Fastidious bacteria require complex nutritional and environmental conditions to grow and… Read More »Fastidious and non fastidious Bacteria
Culture media are the nutrient mediums for the cultivation of microorganisms. Culture media provide different nutrients for the growth and… Read More »Nutrient agar media composition and Uses
Nutrient broth is a microbial culture medium. Microbial culture media without solidifying agents such as agar and gelatin are known… Read More »Nutrient broth composition and uses
