Everything you need to know about microbial diversity. Some of the questions are as follows:- Q.1. What are protoctista? Ans. Lynn Margulis in 1985 placed algae and protozoa together and called the group protoctista instead of calling protista. Q.2. What is protista? Ans. A kingdom of organisms that lacks true tissue differentiation which include many algae and protozoa. Ernst Haeckel [...]
Everything you need to know about the history of Microbiology. Some of the most frequently asked questions are as follows:- Q.1. What is metal cycling? Ans. The heavy metals like mercury can exist in a variety of inorganic and organic forms. Some microorganisms can form methyl mercury and can also form methylated forms of arsenic, selenium, tin and some other [...]
Everything you need to know about extremophiles. Some of the frequently asked questions are as follows:- Q.1. What are extremophiles? Ans. The extremophiles are the organisms which grow under extreme environmental conditions like temperature, salinity, pH, anaerobic conditions (sensitive to oxygen), extreme atmospheric pressure, water stress and others under which other organisms will generally not grow or the conditions that [...]