STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
ntroduction Three characteristic components (a nitrogenous base, a pentose, and a phosphate) are found in nucleotides. A nucleoside is called […]
General
AVERY, MACLEOD, AND MCCARTY EXPERIMENTS
TRANSFORMATION EXPERIMENTS After Griffith’s experiments, Oswald Avery and his colleagues became interested in discovering which constituent in the heat-killed virulent
GRIFFITH’S TRANSFORMATION EXPERIMENTS
INTRODUCTION Streptococcus pneumoniae, commonly known as pneumococcus, is a bacterium that can cause diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis, and otitis
INTRODUCTION OF GENETICS
INTRODUCTION The term ‘ Genetics ‘ was used for the first time by W. Bateson in 1905, although beginning of
THREE DOMAIN CLASSIFICATIONS
Introduction This system was proposed by Carl Woese in 1978 on the basis of molecular biology and biochemistry. This classification
FIVE KINGDOMS CLASSIFICATION
FIVE KINGDOMS CLASSIFICATION Introduction Presently, the planet Earth is home to more than 8 million species, and continuously the new
Branches of Microbiology
With the accumulation of knowledge about various aspects of microbes since the last century and has spread into various branches.
HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY
HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY Although microbes were the first life forms to occupy the planet earth, the knowledge about microbiology is
