Outside Iraqi temperature reached 55 C,What you think the effect on microflora?

I think this temerature will effect the physiology of psychrophilic and mesophilic organisms.This temperature might be lethal to these creatures as will which lead to change in distribution of...

07 August 2015 1,587 3 View

Do you think this is could be the era of immunology?

Microbiology covered so many fields of knowledge including health,industry,agriculure and space ete..immunology is a relevant disipline which nowadays starts to be the attracting field of research...

05 June 2015 6,379 4 View

Does quizzes initiates students to be more prepared and attended classroom?

One of the assessments for students is to faces quizzes in the classroom.This over a sudden way of student assessment is still carried out by many institutes of teaching on university levels.The...

05 June 2015 2,776 6 View

What is your opinion about problem-based way of teaching under and postgraduate students?

We have two methods of teaching in university either classical or student-centered method of teaching.I think some universities/colleges they teach in a mixed method between the two major teaching...

03 April 2015 1,506 14 View

Why is our normal flora so important from a immunological point of view?

Normal flora is so hard first defense line against attacking microbes and this is due to different mechanisms including nitches.

22 March 2015 1,488 5 View

How depth low power laser can penetrate human tissue?

Low power laser now is very useful in medicine in general and in microbiology in particular.It can kill bugs infecting our body but how depth can penetrate to eradicate pathogens?

02 March 2015 2,919 5 View

Do you think UV light can be an applicable for sterilization of drinking water and how?

Indeed UV light has the property of killing bugs and this phenomenon can be used for cleansing of drinking water using applicable technique .

02 March 2015 4,847 3 View

Is their any differences between person to person immunity of the same race and environmental conditions?

Genetic and physiology would do?

02 March 2015 4,767 1 View

What is a suitable minimum concentration of chloroxelenol for killing of microbes?

Providon-iodine is the industrial solution containing an active compound iodide. The question is what is a suitable concentration can be used to kill pathogen.

02 March 2015 5,755 5 View

Can any body tell me the definition of cold death and heat death from physiological point of view?

elevation of body temperature during infection might lead to heat death or inhibition of pathogens and cold might does .

02 March 2015 5,493 4 View

What does it require to be ready for e-Commerce in developing countries?

Most developing countries are not ready for e-Commerce? What dimensions and indicators are there to measure e-commerce readiness of a nation? Please share framework or model and evaluation...

22 February 2021 8,132 6 View

How COVID-19 has affected mental health?

The pandemic has led to depression and anxiety and its negative effects shouldn't be ignored. However, it has also led some people to become more resilient! What do you think? Thank you.

21 February 2021 4,733 19 View

Can medicinal plants really play an inherent rule in the COVID-19 tackle?

Numerous scientific reports cited plant extracts with potential antiviral activity and even anti-COVID-19? Why these findings are neglected? I remember very well the warning released by the WHO to...

17 February 2021 2,141 9 View

What are the best cations for preparing competent cells, Ca2+ or Mg2+?

I have been reading various articles and most state that treatment with CaCl2 produces higher efficiency of transformation than MgCl2. Can anyone explain why Ca2+ is better than Mg2+ at...

16 February 2021 8,519 5 View

How can I interpret a ratio variable?

Dear colleagues, I am running a regression in which I have the following regression FoodExp = 67.04 DepRatio +.....e My interest is in the interpretation of the coefficient on the dependency...

16 February 2021 2,058 2 View

Kinetics of Enzyme production in Recombinant E Coli?

Hello, I am trying to find kinetic information (such as rate of enzyme production etc.) on the expression of taq polymerase in E-Coli after inserting a recombinant plasmid. Any help would be...

12 February 2021 1,386 3 View

Patients with chronic kidney disease could get COVID-19 vaccine?

04 February 2021 278 4 View

Can anyone help to convert ODK XLS into XML?

We want to conduct a verbal autopsy using WHO adult VA updated tools in ODK. The current version of WHO adult verbal autopsy tools is v1.5.3. I have successfully converted VA ODK-XLS v1.4 into XML...

03 February 2021 844 2 View

Alternatives to .45 um filter to isolate MS2 from lysed E. coli?

Hello, I am looking for alternatives or cheaper materials to isolate out MS2 from E. coli following lysis via chloroform. Some literature I have reviewed uses a .45 um nanopore filter following...

02 February 2021 807 3 View

What are some good protocols for native outer membrane protein extraction from E. coli?

I am trying to extract any and all outer membrane proteins from a lab strain of e. coli (ATCC 11229) and am looking for the best general protocol to extract outer membrane proteins. All...

25 January 2021 5,736 3 View