Natural Science Forum / Biology / Microbiology / December 2004

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what happens to the metabolic processes of entamoeba histolytica in
it`s cystic stage..is it completely absent ?if yes, than how does it
reactivates it self in the host body?

Anyone have any idea where I can find information about sanitizing
hairbrushes like the ones they use in barbershops to dust off the hair after
a haircut?
I'm about to open up a barbershop, and I have information on sanitizing

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Does anyone have more information about the streptococcus bovis? Like
taxonomy, morfology, surviving, spreading, fighting, pictures ....
thanks
Pieter

can anyone name a supplier of a tweezer or other means of hand-held
equipment with which I can rotate the held specimen exactly 180°
(flip) around a horizontal axis (e.g. by a mini ratchet moving a
cogwheel) ?

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When I left grad school almost 15 years ago, we seemed on the verge of
proof that cyclosis was an active process, in so far as ATP was
consumed through actinomysin interactions between chloroplasts and the
plasmalemma.  However, I have not kept up with the literature, which

A manufacturer of fully cooked whole muscle (as opposed to chopped and
formed) poultry products tests its finished product for LM and it
tests positive.  Is there any scientific evidence to suggest that the
bacteria is a surface bacteria, and therefore in order to kill the

Help!
I need to describe short tandem repeat sequences in DNA profiling and
draw a schematic diagram of a tetranucleotide and I haven't a clue where
to start.

Can someone explain how the length of protein sequence, i.e. the number of
amino acid residues, should be properly counted. I try to assess the length
of human heart fatty acid binding protein. It is physically built of 133
amino acids, but for some reason the literature value is ...

I have a couple of questions for learned people on the bio/organic
chemistry groups.
In elementary chemistry we have ionic and covalent bonds between
molecules in certain simple compounds like H2O (water, covalent), NaCl

I have some questions that I can't find by Googling:
1.  Sea cucumbers are widely reported to produce holothurin
and holotoxin when threatened, dying, or spawning.  
Does anyone know the LD50 for these toxins...how toxic

Im a student in Genetics from Austria. Im not using Newsgroups very
frequently but after spending hours on the Internet searching for an answer
to my question I finally choose this method to find what I´m looking for.
I hope some of you can hap me with this:

Does anyone know what the letters V and X stand for with respect to
antibiotic discs impregnated into agar to test antibiotic
susceptibility of organisms?