A microscopic picture of a stool

More Mujibur Rahman's questions See All

What is the chemical difference between hs-CRP and standard CRP ?

In recent years CRP values, as measured by a high-sensitivity assay (hs-CRP,normal value ,

11 December 2018 9,912 0 View

Can lactase enzyme be used after breast feeding to baby or mixed with milk for others with lactase defficiency?

Lactase deficiency is not rare condition and baby with congenital lactase deficiency offers great problem to the parents. In the same way adult cases can't drink milk. If lactase preparation can...

03 April 2018 8,338 1 View

What is physiological basis of immunosupression during late pregnancy?

Immune-suppression is common during pregnancy especially during last trimester and there is every possibility of getting infection during this period. There is definite mechanism of this...

07 August 2016 3,608 1 View

Why different objects having same color show that color?

Different objects like a red peeper,red cloth, red blood showing same color with different chemical composition absorbing all color except red rays. But what is basic cause behind this property of...

08 September 2015 2,584 0 View

Does HbA1c always reflect past status of glucose level in diabetes mellitus?

Measurement of HbA1c is a good tool to monitor past (12 weeks) status of blood glucose level but it may sometimes misguide the physician. Recently a patient incidentally diagnosed as diabetes...

11 December 2013 438 12 View

What is the cause of halitosis (bad breathing) in diabetic patients?

Common cause of halitosis ( bad breathing) are oral or dental, respiratory or GIT problem or chronic sinusitis. Without any apparent infection, I found halitosis in many persons. Ultimately these...

09 October 2013 8,540 4 View

Does constant use of negative (concave) lens aggravate myopia?

Myopia is common among the students or persons particularly females who have a height less than 5 feet. Mostly its incidence is directly proportional with the shortness of height. We observed that...

08 September 2013 8,344 10 View

Would it be better to administer vaccines(e.g, MMR) through a natural (inhalation) route?

For a long time MMR or pertussis vaccines have been claimed to be associated with autism in children. When MMR or the pertussis vaccine are given intramuscularly, it bypasses a natural barrier...

31 December 2012 1,204 6 View

Why are allergies more common in developed countries than developing countries?

It is now established that allergy is more common in developed countries than developing countries and similarly it is more in urban than rural area.

10 November 2012 7,619 97 View

Can we use goat blood instead of sheep blood for preparation of blood agar media?

Usually sheep blood and sometimes horse or rabbit blood is preferred for the preparation blood agar media. But in text books of microbiology goat blood is not advised for this purpose. In our area...

10 November 2012 2,415 15 View

How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

02 March 2021 3,584 1 View

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration fors?

Warm greetings My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology (on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 1,660 3 View

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration forms?

Warm greetings! My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology focusing on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample (Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 3,612 3 View

Advice on growing lactobacillus species in the lab?

Hello everyone, For part of my PhD project, I'm hoping to grow some lactobacillus species in the lab so that I can create standard curves for a qPCR quantification of a faecal sample. However, I...

24 February 2021 3,157 6 View

Differences between sheep blood with Alsever solution vs citrated/defibrinated sheep blood in microbiological media?

I am aware of a study that has compared the use of citrated and defibrinated sheep's blood in microbiological media (Hair Sheep Blood, Citrated or Defibrinated, Fulfills All Req... ), but can...

10 February 2021 5,927 1 View

Hi everyone, I want to lower the pH of microbiological broth, what are the best options?

I will be using the lowered pH broth for MIC test of some disinfectants, and I do not want the acid to have any interfernece with MIC results.

03 February 2021 6,959 4 View

How do microbes tell the presence of an inorganic minaral in the soil?

Due to their ubiquitous nature, there is a tendency of the presence of microbes in a given mineral(s). For instance, if microorganisms that love the of pH less than 6 in the pH value, is isolated...

03 February 2021 4,630 10 View

How do you quantify bacterial qPCR data?

Hi all, How would you use qPCR to quantify the amount of a particular bacterial species in a sample experimentally? I understand you could use specific primers for the 16s V region of a...

01 February 2021 7,153 4 View

How can I know the stationary phase of growth of several bacteria?

How can I know the stationary phase of growth of several bacteria? We are aiming to collect exoproteome of several bacteria. We know that the ideal time to collect exoproteome is during the...

31 January 2021 4,528 10 View

Stephane Ranque

It is challenging to identifiy a microorganism from a picture... I would say that it is Bastocystis hominis.

Mujibur Rahman

Bastocystis hominis is very common parasite which I find in stool sample. Now a days due to easy availability and use of nitazoxanite B. hominis rarely found in stool. B. hominis is larger than this parasite.

Prashant Purohit

What about modified Z.N. stain for Cryptosporidium?

I didn't feel for modified Z-N staining because appearance of the present organism was not like cryptosporidium. Present organism usually found in pairs, tetrad or sometime as single.