The culture media (nutrients) consist of chemicals which support the growth of culture or microorganisms. Microbes can use the nutrients of culture media as their food is necessary for cultivating them in vitro. Types of Culture Media: The first medium prepared was meat-infusion broth. As most pathogenic microbes require complex food similar in composition to the fluids of the animal [...]
Growth is defined as an orderly increase in cellular components. Microorganisms grow in a variety of physical and chemical environments. To distinguish orderly growth with that of in orderly growth, in recent years the term "balanced growth" has been used. "Balanced growth" as defined by Campbell, is doubling of every biochemical unit of the cell within the time duration of [...]
In this article we will discuss about the characteristics of fungi. The fungi are cosmopolitan in distribution, some are aquatic, others are terrestrial and still others are air borne. Many are parasitic on plants, animals and human beings. The plant body typically consists of branched and filamentous hyphal form, a net like structures called as mycelium. The hyphae are aseptate [...]