Category: Microbiology

   TOPIC: BASICS OF MYCOLOGY 📌 KEY POINTS 🔹Mycology is the study of fungi. 🔹The cell wall of fungi possesses two characteristic cell structures: chitin and ergosterol. 🔹Fungi grow in two basic forms, as yeasts and molds.  🔹Elongation of the cell produces a tubular, thread-like structure called hypha (septate or nonseptate). 🔹A tangled mass of hyphae constitutes […]

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 TOPIC: BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF MICROBIOLOGY 📌 KEY POINTS: 🔹Microbiology – Study of living organisms of microscopic size. 🔹Ruska (1934) – developed the electron microscope, enabling the visualisation of the microbes.The development of the tissue culture technique has permitted the cultivation of viruses. 🔹Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) – discovered that the fungus Penicillium produces a substance, […]

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