Microbiology as a field in the biological sciences saw the light of the day because of several innovative research and experiments by pioneers in this field. The study of microbiology will be incomplete without a touch on the founding fathers of this important field of biological sciences. Several scientists in time past contributed tremendously to […]
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General Microbiology
MICROBIOLOGY is simply defined as the study of microorganisms. Microorganisms or microbes are organisms that are too small to be seen by the naked (unaided) eye. Microorganism is the term applied to all microscopically small living organisms. However, some of the organisms studied in this important field of the biological sciences (i.e., microbiology) are macroscopic
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Careers in Microbiology, General Microbiology
All around the world there are microbiologists making a difference to our lives – ensuring our food and water is safe, treating and preventing disease, developing green technologies or tracking the role of microbes in climate change. Microbiologists aim to answer many important global questions by understanding microbes. They work in many places, from labs
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Careers in Microbiology, Environmental & Soil Microbiology, Food Microbiology, General Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Microbiology
Microbiology (Micros-Small, Bios-Life, Logy-Study)is simply defined as the study of microscopic organisms that are too small to be seen clearly with the naked eye including bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa, viruses and prions. It is simply the scientific study of microorganisms. Microorganisms or microbes are organisms that are too small to be seen by an unaided
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General Microbiology
Microorganisms produce definite patterns on culture media plates as they grow and divide. These specific patterns (inclusive of shapes and sizes) also aid in the preliminary identification of the organisms for further characterization. Colonial morphology is the size, shape, colour, texture and the general structure of an individual colony of a particular microorganism (in this
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Bacteriology, General Microbiology, Microbial Physiology & Metabolism
Growth is simply defined as an irreversible increase in the size of an organism. It is one of the characteristics of living organisms. In microbiological terms, growth is basically the increase in the cell size and cell mass of a bacterial cell, and it occur during the development of the organism. Growth in microorganisms unlike
Medical Bacteriologyis a branch of medical microbiology that is concerned with the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases caused by bacterial pathogens. It is simply the study of bacteria that are of medical importance i.e. that cause diseases in human beings and animals. Medical bacteriology is the study of the interactions between pathogenic bacteria
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Bacteriology, General Microbiology, Medical Microbiology