Sourav Pan
Feeder pathway is the metabolic process in which different non-glucose carbohydrates are changed into intermediates that can enter glycolysis. It is the process that allows fructose, galactose, mannose and stored polysaccharides like glycogen to be converted into common glycolytic compounds. These intermediates then move into the normal glycolytic steps for further breakdown. In this pathway … Read more
Energy flow in an ecosystem is the process by which energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next, and it is always unidirectional. It is the sun that acts as the major source of energy for most ecosystems and this solar energy is captured by the producers through photosynthesis. It is converted into … Read more
Transposable elements can be described as mobile genetic segments that is able to move from one position of the genome to another without the need of any homology. It is the process where small DNA sequences is shifted or sometimes replicated inside the chromosomes, and this movement is referred to as transposition. It is seen … Read more
What is Transposition? Transposition is the process in which a particular DNA sequence is shifted from one position of the genome to another position. It is the movement of a transposable element or jumping gene, and it is not dependent on any homologous sequence at the target site. It is the process that may occur … Read more
Simmons Citrate Agar is a chemically defined medium in which sodium citrate act as the only carbon source and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate act as the only nitrogen source. It is the medium developed as a modification of Koser’s citrate medium and it is used mainly to differentiate members of Enterobacteriaceae. It is the process in … Read more
The gelatin proteins derived from the animal connective tissue, collagen. Gelatin is produced when collagen is boiled in water. A gelatin hydrolysis test is used to detects the presence of gelatinases. Gelatinases are extracellularly secreted by some bacteria which hydrolyze or digest gelatin.
CAMP Test was first discovered by four researchers Christie, Atkins, Munch, and Peterson in 1944, that’s why this test is also known as Christie–Atkins–Munch-Peterson test.
In this method, the Group B Streptococcus (CAMP test positive) is streaked in the center of sheep blood agar, and Clostridium perfringens is streaked perpendicular to it.
Proteins are polymers of amino acids. They are complex organic compounds containing nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen. Proteins are abundant in our everyday food e.g. egg, soya bean, pulses, fish, milk etc.
It is a type of biochemical test which is used to distinguish reducing sugars from non-reducing sugars. This biochemical test is also known as the silver mirror test based on the end product of this test. This test was also used to differentiate between aldehydes and ketones through routine qualitative organic analysis.
