What is the best method to dissolve curcumin in DMSO?

04 May 2016 4,898 1 View

Which commercially available Pyrophosphate(PPi) Detection Kit works best for cellular level PPi detection?

07 August 2014 7,593 1 View

Can anyone please suggest if other than PBS and HEPES there is any other buffer that can be used for washing HeLa cells?

I have been conducting an experiment on HeLa cells; I do not need phosphate contamination or at least minimize phosphate interaction with my culture as much as I can. Thanks

05 June 2014 7,035 5 View

Can anyone explain in detail the difference between Ferric Citrate and Ferric Ammonium Citrate?

I was able to find that Ferric citrate provides iron in less toxic form than other free iron salts but was not able to find any detail on either how such mechanism is possible.

04 May 2012 6,350 0 View

How does increased NaCl concentration in culture broth effect the growth Vibrio Cholera?

Gram negative bacterial culture.

03 April 2012 7,892 22 View

Does anyone knows the complete protocol for arginine dihydrolase test done for Vibrio cholera identification?

I have found several links but none of them provide the whole experiment. There is one done by Thornley M.J. (1960) but I am not able to access it. Kindly help me out. :(

01 February 2012 6,386 2 View

Kindly help me with some protocols on spectrophotometric analysis of amino acids..As my institute doesn't provide me with HPLC and other equipments..

I need to conduct an experiment on identification of certain amino acids.. I will be highly gratified to have some valuable suggestions.. as I don't have an option due to lack of resources.. :(

31 December 2011 9,156 5 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