How can I determine a bacterial colony forming unit?

I got samples from chicken gizzards fed with different oyster mushroom, and streak inoculated them on PDA plate after 10-6 serial dilution, now how can I determine the bacterial colony forming unit?

02 March 2020 4,823 3 View

Should we also rate publishing Journals based on review processes?

I have seen many questions on papers rejected after for many months of delay.. it could be very frustrating and devalue the paper if it is time sensitive. I know it depends of the reviewers...

01 February 2020 3,963 2 View

Paper rejected after journal held in on review for one and half years.. Is that proper?

Does it really matter?

31 December 2019 5,835 4 View

Why do we have to use both forward and reverse primers for gene amplification/expression?

Often time I see scientists using both forward and reverse primers for amplification of a particular gene.. Is it really necessary??

31 December 2019 3,804 6 View

Studying fungi associated with E-waste polluted sites, I need suggestions on genes to study that best describe their roles in such environment?

08 September 2017 5,781 0 View

I need suggestion on how I can apply molecular docking system in fungal hydrocarbon gene expression study?

Molecular Biology

08 September 2017 8,921 0 View

Does anyone have a recommendation for yeast reporter gene plasmid/protocol?

Hi, could anyone recommend a plasmid and/or protocol for reporter gene assay in S. cerevisiae? I want to assess the effect of growth conditions on a transcription factor, so I want to clone it`s...

01 March 2021 210 1 View

Isolates of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus?

Dear Dr. Cai, my name is Simone Prospero and I work in the team of Phytopathology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL;...

01 March 2021 1,133 1 View

How to remove the residual PDMS on the silicon mold?

Incompletely cross-linked pdms are difficult to remove.

01 March 2021 798 3 View

The reason that the culture of white fungi Contamination with green mold(Trichoderma), the culture autoclave at121 for 15 min. What is it?

Is the period to autoclave not enough? The inoculation in a hood and flame and UV and alcohol.

27 February 2021 9,356 3 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View

What is the most suitable medium of ascomycetes fungi ??

What is the most suitable medium of ascomycetes fungi ??

26 February 2021 4,413 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

To date, according to health authorities, 30% of the population's diseases are initiated by drinking water pollution. Do you know this problem?

The main studies are as follows: * regular and timely receipt of information about the state of the environment using automated systems (stationary and mobile); * operational analysis of the...

23 February 2021 912 5 View

Can 5-FOA Diffuse Through Agar?

I am preparing to do a gene knockout in the filamentous fungi Coccidioides posadasii targeting pyrG/URA3 so that 5-FOA can be used for selection pressure instead of traditional antibiotic...

16 February 2021 169 4 View

What can be use to mop up heavy metals from vegetables or soils in quarry mining site?

It has been established that quarry mining site polluted and contaminated it's environment with heavy metals, these affects the crops and vegetables planted in the area. The possible solutions to...

12 February 2021 1,155 5 View