Bacteriology is the study of the uses and applications of bacteria as well as characterizing and identifying them. The study of bacteria is essential to the well being of humans, to help determine which bacteria are necessary for health benefits…
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If you purchased a live Christmas tree for the holiday season, you are probably already familiar with the fresh, aromatic scent of the fir tree, and its long lasting needles. As you may already know, fir trees are not a…
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Microorganisms are tiny single-celled organisms such as bacteria, algae, and fungi. They are the simplest and yet the most diverse creatures on earth, and have been present for longer than any of the more complex plants and animals that have…
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Microbial physiology is a broad ranging subject covering the study of the cell structure, function, growth and metabolism of single cell organisms. Major applications of the subject include medicine, agriculture and food sciences. Microbes are organisms that are microscopic, too…
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Before the invention of the microscope, the history of microbiology was pretty much nonexistent. When Robert Hooke, an English scientist, first developed the microscope for his scientific studies in the mid-1600s, he pushed the scientific foundation of microbiology toward an…
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We are all of us, each and every lifeform on the planet, made up of thousands upon millions of cells. The cell is the basic structural and physiological unit of all living organisms on the planet. However, while all life…
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Bacteriology is a specialization of microbiology concerned with the study of bacteria and their actions and relationships. Having impacts in medicine, agriculture, food production and preservation and much, much more, this field of study has become important in our understanding…
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More than ever medical scientists ae now relying on the history of microbiology is the ongoing history of how scientists are conquering disease processes. They must know what has been before they can proceed to uncover more leads into how…
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A Brief Introduction to Virology Part I Viruses are, by far, among the most difficult organisms on the planet to deal with. They are not truly living things. They do not carry out their own metabolism, nor do they reproduce…
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Existing somewhere in every part of the biosphere, microorganisms serve many purposes. While, from the point of view of some other organisms, these might not all be positive, each and every one is important to the survival of life on…
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