Natural Science Forum / Biology / Microbiology / October 2007

It is a grisly scenario: 650,000 deaths, with bodies piled up in
shipping containers before being buried in mass graves all over the
country.
That is the nightmare envisaged by the Government in what it describes

considering that silicon has a valency of +/- 4 just like carbon, does
it not stand to reason that silicon based life might exist somewhere
in the universe? perhaps at higher temperatures, nearer the centre of
galaxies?

I would be very gratefull if someone could tell me if it is possible
to find the density of sucrose at a certain temperature and
concentration?
Thank you!

Greetings all
I am looking for a BSL1/2 cell wall deficient bacteria to be used in college
level research. I know some pathogenic mycobacteria are cell wall deficient but
would rather have some non pathogenic.

Please respond; we have no one else to go to at this point!  The motile
living organism was found in another 2.5 gallon container of Safeway water,
today!  We have a specimen if there is a credible source that can retrieve
and evaluate it.

Regular "Free Energy Change" is "Delta G", but how do you pronounce
the "degree" part for "-Standard- Free Energy Change"?

Hello friends
I am not the student of microbiology. So i am heavily relying on the
guidance given by u. Plz help me out.
Can anybody guide me about the microbes (specially spore forming)

Dear Sir
I am working on  the contamination of Milk with Gram-negative psychrotrophic spoilage bacteria during pasteurization process and  I need   a set of biochemical tests  to diagnose and differentiate different species of this bacteria ,specially pseudomonas florescence. I ...

Has anyone else seen this particular gram stain artefact?  When gram
staining Bacillus cultures i see strange light pink filaments, too
narrow to be cells, closely associated with the actual cells.  The
smears also show the characteristic gram variable reaction of

Here is how my 1st-class butter is made.
Raw, uncooled, unheated, unrefrigerated, uncooked, organic,
un-homogenized, unpasteurized cow's milk is used. The cows used for this
milk are all in perfect health with absolutely no disease or other