What is mycology? Mycology is simply defined as the study of fungi. Fungi (singular: fungus) are eukaryotic and heterotrophic microorganisms that do not contain chlorophyll but obtains its nutrient through the absorption of food and/or nutrients in its environment. The study of fungi actually began in the early 1830’s following the serendipitous discovery of fungi […]
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Medical Microbiology, Mycology
The human body is inundated with plethora of harmless microorganism’s including fungi and bacteria found in different parts of the body. These organisms which are generally known as normal microflora are found in both the external and internal part of the body. The relationship between indigenous microorganisms of humans (i.e. normal microflora) and the human
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Bacteriology, Medical 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
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