How do I quantify capsular polysaccharide in bacteria?

What precautions should be taken while handling S. aureus enterotoxin Type B in the lab?

I would like to understand potential safety concerns while handling SEB in the lab. Especially while working in animal house facility. Would like to know precautions for handling. Sigma MSDS...

07 August 2024 6,034 3 View

How can I inoculate a lyophilized anaerobic bacteria into the culture medium without an anaerobic chamber?

There are anaerobic gas pak jars and environment providers in the laboratory that provide anaerobic environmental conditions for the growth of anaerobic bacteria. However, there is no anaerobic...

05 August 2024 4,945 3 View

How to analyze multiple phosphorilation sites?

Hello, I am currently analyzing some phosphoproteomics data, but I have peptides with multiple phosphorylation sites or phosphorylations together with carbamidomethylation or oxidation. How can I...

04 August 2024 8,432 3 View

Can the limit of quantification (LOQ) of an analytical method fall outside its linear dynamic range, or must it always be within it?

Can an analytical method's limit of quantification (LOQ) be outside its linear dynamic range, or is it always required to be within it? Please provide a thorough explanation supported by verified...

29 July 2024 7,198 9 View

How does the Retention time effect the Biogas Production?

List down the various factors responsible and how does this effect the overall biogas production when it is related to Hydraulic retention time of the digester based on the feedstock?

27 July 2024 4,800 4 View

Question about MHB (Mycorrhiza Helper Bacteria) isolation technique??

What are the most effective isolation techniques for obtaining MHB?? Is there are best approach techniques? I keep struggling in obtaining it.

26 July 2024 7,387 0 View

Prediction and quantification of water content ?

Hi all. Is it possible to correlate multiple parameters like fruit weight, color, length and diameter, its ratio with water content in coconut ?. Need some guidance on some non destructive methods...

23 July 2024 9,421 3 View

Pink bacterial colonies?

I am cloning an overexpression plasmid with my protein of interest tagged with mScarlet. After transforming my ligated product into DH5α bacteria and plating on LB agar, I noticed colonies with a...

22 July 2024 5,953 6 View

What does negative readings in spectrophotometer denote. Was testing TSS content of bacterial cultures?

I was performing estimation of Total Soluble Sugar content in bacterial cultures by Anthrone method. Out of 9 samples, only one sample showed positive reading while others had a negative reading...

22 July 2024 9,576 4 View

How can I decrease the error of Rietveld method for phase quantification?

Phase quantification in steel contain BCC and FCC

20 July 2024 8,150 7 View