Unit I : Microbial Staining Techniques
B.Sc. First Year (Semester II) Paper III Basic Microbiology & Biomolecules Unit I : Microbial Staining Techniques …
B.Sc. First Year (Semester II) Paper III Basic Microbiology & Biomolecules Unit I : Microbial Staining Techniques …
PHB staining * Bacterial cell inclusion bodies are also known as granules. * These granules function as energy storage and…
Ringer et al. method * Here mordant is used. * In this method, tannic acid acts as a mordant that accelerates…
Chance's Method Principle : "Bacterial cell is stained pink with new fuschin and then only cytoplasm is decolo…
Structural staining * Structural staining is used observe certain structures on bacteria. * This is important because certa…
Acid-Fast staining * Acid fast stains are used to differentiate acid fast organisms such Mycobact…
Types of media based on application and functions: Microbiologists use basis types of media for cultivation of bacteria, bu…
Natural media: Natural media are those which are used on the basis of experience and not on the basis of exact composition.…
AGAR-AGAR : Agar agar (commonly called as agar) is used as the most effective solidifying agent. Properties of Agar are: * …
Non-Synthetic media or complex media: * Non synthetic medias are those whose exact chemical composition is not known. * Th…
Fun. group formula : Name of fun. group : Ester General Formula : Defi : The mono alkyl derivatives of carboxylic acids…