In the fields of observation chance favors the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur
The Microbiology Post
Microbiology is a specialized field of biology that deals with living things ordinarily too small to be seen without a magnification...
The earliest microscopic observations appear to have been made between 1625 and 1630 on bees and weevils by the Italian Francesco...
The major groups of organism studied in microbiology are bacteria, archea, algae, fungi, viruses and protozoa...
Louis Pasteur introduced techniques that are still used today. He made enormous contributions to our understanding of the microbial role...
Nutrition is a process by which nutrients are acquired from the environment and used in cellular activities..
Organisms can be classified into taxonomic categories (taxa), based on the difference and similarities among them.
The main determinants of a microorganisms nutritional type are it sources of carbon and energy...