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Mycobacterium

mycobacterium

(Science: microbiology) An organism of the genus Mycobacterium.


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Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

... citric acid is a subtype of E. coli bacterias (specie) E. coli which survives in citric acid is a mutant form of the same E. coli specie. because Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistent to antibiotics is also a mutant form of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis but didn't change of specie. and people ...

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by christianstrategies
Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:18 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
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Identifying Bacteria

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by sasha25
Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:01 am
 
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Topic: Identifying Bacteria
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Which stain is frequently used to identify Mycobacterium?

Mycobacterium is acid-fast because of the high concentration of mycolic acids (fatty acids) in the cell wall. They will appear to be red.

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by aptitude
Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:51 pm
 
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Topic: Which stain is frequently used to identify Mycobacterium?
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Which stain is frequently used to identify Mycobacterium?

Which stain is frequently used to identify Mycobacterium ? Why is that? Is it to do with the high amounts of lipids contained in the cell wall? Thanks.

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by SWEngineer
Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:27 am
 
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Topic: Which stain is frequently used to identify Mycobacterium?
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... HIV as a model organism since it is a virus (thus bordering the line of living vs. non-living), we can take some other similar example, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis , which is famous for developing multiple drug resistances in the course of time if it is under selective pressure of antimicrobial ...

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Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:55 am
 
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