Why are marine bacteria and their enzyme activity superior than the others ?

08 September 2014 4,180 7 View

Do antibiotics interfere with the process of glycosylation?

We are using antibiotics in our cell culture media. I want to check the glycosylation pattern in eukaryotic cells.

01 February 2014 3,753 3 View

How to achieve final voltage during IEF of serum sample?

Whenever I did 2D analysis of my serum sample, it takes too much time to reach its final voltage and also face fluctuation in voltage during IEF. Please suggest the protocol for IEF program and...

31 December 2013 1,092 4 View

How do I get final voltage in 2D analysis of serum sample?

Whenever I do 2D for serum sample, it takes a long time and the final voltage could not be achieved and the fluctuation in voltage during IEF is also a major problem with my serum sample. Please...

31 December 2013 6,156 0 View

Can anybody suggest me the protocol for protein isolation from human bones?

I am having difficulties in protein isolation.

31 December 2013 9,982 0 View

Will CHAPS solubalization of membrane protein help for the study of their interaction in cell culture?

We are not getting the comparative result for protein action in cell culture

08 September 2013 2,478 1 View

With PAGE analysis, what should ideally be performed to denature the Protein i.e. Boil or Heat?

I used both like heating sample with sample buffer at 95 to 99'C for 5 to 7 min or kept for 5 min on boiling water. The purpose of this is the same but which is the correct method?

06 July 2013 436 6 View

Can we use Triton X 100 to remove lipids from membrane protein in case of E. Coli. ?

Extraction of Membrane protein form EAEC requires to remove all the lipid contents. What should I can use for this purpose.

05 June 2013 614 4 View

What is the advantage of using chromogenic medium for the identification of specific microorganism while we have the selective media for a particular organism ?

Because chromogenic medium are very costly . various company are manufacturing a list of chromogenic media for their respective organisms. but we can also apply selective media for the detection...

31 December 2011 6,478 15 View

technological Options for Sustainable Solid Waste Water Management jst give your idea from any stream microbiology biotechnology

We need a new idea to come it forword in the market and also in society

11 December 2011 8,227 0 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