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Chemotherapeutic Agents: Definition and History | Microbiology

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Chemotherapeutic Agents 2. Definition of Chemotherapeutic Agents 3. Short History 4. Groups. Introduction to Chemotherapeutic Agents: For centuries, physicians believed that heroic measures were necessary to save patients from the ravages of infectious diseases. They prescribed frightening courses of purges and bloodlettings, enormous doses of strange chemical concoctions, ice water [...]

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Centrifugation and Subcellular Fractionation of Microscopic Components

Centrifugation is a useful means of isolating and purifying cellular components because most organelles and macromolecules differ from one another significantly in size and density (and sometimes also in shape, especially in the case of macromolecules). These properties, as well as the density and viscosity of the surrounding medium, determine the rate at which a specific particle will move when [...]

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List of Bacteria Causing Diseases in Humans (With Control) | Microbiology

Here is a list of some bacteria and its etiological agents which causes diseases in humans. Also learn about its prevention and control. Shigella: The shigellae are rods, non-motile and Gram-negative. Possess distinctive antigenic structures. Pathogenic, causing dysenteries, or non-pathogenic species, all living in bodies of warm-blooded animals. Found in polluted water supplies and flies. Shigella Dysenteriae: Rods, 0.4 to [...]

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