Natural Science Forum / Biology / Microbiology / May 2004

My friends and I are collecting teaching supplies to send to the
Microbiology Department at the University of Dar Es Salaam (UDS) in
Tanzania.  They are in need of textbooks, reference books and
laboratory supplies.  As you can imagine, in developing countries where

Friends,
I have recently read "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston, and several
other books concerning deadly viruses including "Virus Ground Zero",
"Ebola", and "Virus Hunter". I am currently reading "Man and

I am now home schooling 3 children because of family illness and we
have taken a big interest in microscopes.  I would love if anyone
would take a peek at our  web page to let us know if we are on to
something?!? I really want to encourage these kids and their interest

I've recently started scanning the huge collection of glass negatives from
the Delft School Archives and have been amazed at the quality of late 19th
century pictures of  microorganisms. I'm accustomed to the beautiful quality
of portraits and landscapes from the period, but to find ...

Hello! I'd like to obtain Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology the
9-th Edition.
Serge D.
Odessa National University

I have a "how to wash pots" question.
This may seem trivial, but I am volunteering to work
in a hospice (i.e. home for people about to die), and will
be washing dishes.

Aren't Lacto bacilli in vagnial fluid supposed to be non-motile ?
Looking through my microscope,I found rod shaped, single (I did not
see any chains), motile in a >4.7 pH ?
routine vagnial cultures are said to be clean.

Joelle Farag <rrvajbmklw@edv-shopping.de>
To: <microbio@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>
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Hello. I am looking for the materials about Gardnerella vaginalis to make
sure about disbalance in vaginal microflore.
Serge D.
Odessa national university of I.I.Mechnikov

During the past two years, the salaries of
most scientists including biologists have decreased significantly.  
See
http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/sciencesalaries.html

Is the (m)(t)RNA molecule encoded in the DNA?  I was reading a book that
says it was and it sounded like a strange loop as how did it first start if
the mechanism that reads the code is also embedded in the code?

I'm writing a bit of science fiction in which spheres containing
concentrated mitochondria and other, alien substances lie buried in the
earth and form a matrix for all life -- the life force. I was thinking how
cool it would be if these spheres gave off an "energy" signature that ...

I found a reference I'd be interested in reading. The article is in a
journal short-handed "Sci. Prog.". I did some research and found out
the name of the journal (Science Progress), but I can't seem to find
an online reference for this journal. If anyone knows where I can find

Hi
I am not sure if this is the right group to post this message but I
can still try I guess......
I wanted to ask if anyone knew of a vital stain for fungi- I have