Natural Science Forum / Biology / Microbiology / January 2005

I had a jam jar of pure amonia sitting in a cool cupboard.  When I
looked at it about 6 month later, it had something growing it it.  It
looked like some type of fungus.  They were little white floating
hollow spherical soft things.  They were all about the size of a

This email describes a plan is to build a marine fishery and
tourism destination, near the equator in a marine desert.
A platform, similar to a deep-sea oil platform must be built. It
generates power from the difference between cold-deep and

I am wondering if any of you have protocols about PCR techniques and
bacterial DNA extractions directly from healthy swine stools specimens.
Thank you
Morgan

I have read someone have used FCM in environmental microbiology.
what is your opinion about it?

I would like to have your suggestions.  I am looking for a book with good
molecular biology techniques or informations.  I would like to see the PCR
applications (real time, RT-PCR, reverse PCR) and also mutagenesis
techniques and also some BLAST informations or any other ...

I read that it is possible to use adjuvants such as BSA (0.1 to 0.8 µg/µL
final concentration) to improve the yield of PCR products.  How do I use
this adjuvants ? Do I simply add BSA to the mastermix?
Thanks for your answers

Just wondering what it takes to become a microbiologist, I know this
leaves the door wide open for jokes, but indulge me a second.  I
collect and deliver various samples, (blood, urine, etc.), from various
doctors surgeries and take them to my local hospitals bacteriology labs

Here various microscopic objects can be seen stereoscopically!
http://139.134.5.123/tiddler2/stereographer/gallery/microscope/microscope.htm

Anyone know if research has been done on marine algae sea ranches?
Basically, corral marine algae at sea, nurture and harvest it.

Who knows liter. about parasites?

What is the basic difference between heat shock protein and the
Chaperonin.
Tanvir
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I was told at work today that a test was conducted with a test tube
that produced anaerobic life. In controlled conditions a test tube was
"vacuumed" and water added to the tube, and an electrical current was
past through the tube. The end result was that anaerobic life was

I am sorry but i can't reply to questions so i made a new topic.
First thank you to Dr Coutts who replies in a nice way to my idiot
questions about my weird bacteria. I was just trying to kid, not to do
antiscience (cf John Gentile)???????????????????

I spread an conjugative vector containing 5 antibiotic resistance
genes and also the virulence plasmid of Bacillus anthracis into
bifidobacterium bifidum. My dog smell my petri plate of this hybrid
(which I recalled Bifidobacterium tuberculosis) , and he started to

Thanks for your answer,
I work in the chocolate industry and I need to know how I can kill (by
heat-threatment) all the bacteries including Salmonella.
Do you know what the minimum temperature is to kill those bacteries