Growth Requirements of E. coli

In growing a bacteria there must be consideration of factors that helps the cell grow, or synthesize. Growth factors that include all the nutrients required by the organism to be cultivated, and such factors as pH, temperature and aeration. Agar,is a good medium where microbes are capable to grow in them, this is an extract form marine alga. First factor to consider is its nutrients,A very good medium includes the exact and accurate qualities...

Kjeldahl Method

Introduction Proteins are polymers of amino acids. Twenty different types of amino acids occur naturally in proteins. Proteins differ from each other according to the type, number and sequence of amino acids that make up the polypeptide backbone. As a result they have different molecular structures, nutritional attributes and physiochemical properties. Proteins are important constituents of foods for a number of different reasons. They...

All About E.coli

Organism: E-coliHabitat (reservoir) –normal bowel flora of humans and others animals may also inhabit female genital tract. Mode of transmission-          Varies with the type of infection. For non-gastrointestinal infection, organism may be endogenous or ma spread person to person, esp. in the hospital setting ; for gastrointestinal infection, transmission ode varies with the type of E-coli...