Endo agar (also called Endo’s medium) is a microbiological growth medium with a faint pink colour. Purpose : Endo agar is used to detect fecal contamination in water and dairy ...

Purpose: The identification process of an unknown microbe relies on obtaining a pure culture of that organism. The streak plate method produces individual colonies on an agar plate. ...

Hektoen Enteric (HE) Agar : Is a selective and differential agar.  primarily used to recover Salmonellaa and Shigella from patient specimens although many other species may grow ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae on Cystine Lactose Electrolyte Deficient Agar (C.L.E.D Agar): Klebsiella colonies appear Large, yellow or yellowish-white. Highly mucoid and elevated. Bromothymol ...

 * ENVELOPE : outer covering , made of protein. * CAPSID : capsule made of protein. Encloses nucleic acid. * Viral Proteins  : as spikes on surface.  *Virus Genome :  is either ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an increasingly prevalent opportunistic human pathogen, is the most common Gram-negative bacterium found in nosocomial, or hospital-acquired infections. This ...

Tellurite Blood Agar is a selective medium used for isolation and cultivation of Corynebacterium species. Potassium tellurite acts as a selective agent and has inhibitory activity ...

Parasite Name: Enterobius vermicularis (formerly Oxyuris vermicularis ) Synonyms: pinworm, threadworm, seatworm Classification: Helminth (nematode) Taxonomy: Animalia Nematoda Secernetea ...

Spirochaetes are tightly coiled, flexible rods. This bright-field micrograph shows a marine species of Spirochaeta (arrow). Notice the bend in the center of the cell. Cell dimensions ...

Sulfanomide crystals are considered abnormal in urine. Appearance: flat needles, sheaves of small needles or as spheroids. Often brown in color. The presence of sulfanomide crystals ...

The RBC’s here have stacked together in long chains. This is known as “rouleaux formation” and it happens with increased serum proteins, particularly fibrinogen and ...