Does the term "Microbial biomass" include both microflora (e.g. bacteria and fungi) and microfauna (e.g. protozoa and nematodes) or only microflora?

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I have two two soil samples, dark coloured and light coloured. They both have the same soil pH (4.7). In an attempt to raise their soil pH to neutral I realised that the dark coloured soil took...

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Is there any cases algae not using the nutrient from the wastewater and grow normally?

I am working on microalgae cultivation using waste water. The initial concentration of nutrients were less but the microalgae has achieved biomass growth of 2 g/L. The final concentration of...

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Does crude extraction using NaOH and Tris work well with Fungi?

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What are the best (less toxic to human) methods of microbial lab fumigation?

We are planning to establish a microbial laboratory in our research center and are actively seeking the best disinfection methods. If anyone has any recommendations, please let us know. Thank you.

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What is fitofthora instance of potatoes?

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What is gangrine? Is there gangrine happened indie potato?

Please discuss someone told about fungus and allied others.

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Question about Single Strain Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi??

Now i am working on AM fungi single strain. What are the most effective isolation techniques for obtaining pure cultures of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi?? Is there are best approach...

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I encountered a situation where the 16s PCR amplification worked perfectly with the DNA from the same sample, but using the same sample Don't working?

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Isolation of Hydrogen Producing Bacteria?

any good research which can show selective microbial strains for producing hydrogen? Yes the normal procedure is known but the isolation is the key for such selective microbial strains which can...

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Has anyone calculated the effective concentration at 50% (EC50) value of different fungicides for the fungus Tilletia horrida?

How can we measure their colony diameter?

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