Is it possible to calculate the number of cells constituting a Colony forming Unit? Does a simple method exist for this calculation?

It is very difficult to obtain a Colony Forming Unit by a single cell. I would like to know if it is possible to verify the presence of different cells from different bacteria.

02 March 2018 7,321 6 View

Do you know if there is a cultivation method for Methylocella silvestris?

06 July 2014 500 1 View

Do you know if the infective dose for some species of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (M. intracellulare, M. chelonae, etc.) was determined?

Mycobacteria are opportunistic pathogens. Some cases of pulmonary mycobacteriosis were recently notified in some hospitals where immunodepressed subjects were present. It could be important to get...

04 May 2014 240 9 View

Could somebody suggest a procedure for favoring the development of spores rather than that of hyphae?

We should separate the two structures and do not know a valid procedure for dividing them after the colony growth.

08 September 2012 1,476 46 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

Which is the most ecofriendly and effective activated agent for the preparation of activated carbon from sewage sludge?

I am going to prepare activated carbon from the waste activated sludge coming out of WWTP. Can you please help me in understanding, which chemical/physical activating agent will be most...

07 February 2021 9,507 5 View

What are the ways to test the knowledge level of agricultural labourer about their day to day work?

what kind of test can I do for testing the level of knowledge about their daily operation?

03 February 2021 7,583 10 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