Bacteria

Orthoantivirus is a genus of single-stranded, hated, negative-sense RNA viruses in the Hantaviridae family of Bunyavirials. Members of this genus may be called orthoantiviruses or…

Enantiomers: The Enantiomers are defined as the compounds that are minor images but non-super impossible upon each other and have identical physical and chemical properties,…

Racemic mixture: Equi-molecular (50:50) mixture of two optical isomers will not rotate the plane of the polarized light, as their rotatory power is equal in…

Restriction enzyme: The enzyme which is used to dissect the particular part of a DNA is said to be Restriction Enzyme. They are used to…

Heterotrophic bacteria are the most abundant in nature. The majority are important decomposers. Many of them have a significant impact on human affairs. They are…

There are thousands of different eubacteria or ‘true bacteria‘. They are characterized by the presence of a rigid cell wall and if motile, a flagellum.…

Archaebacteria Sub-kingdom of the kingdom Prokaryote.  These bacteria are special since they live in some of the most harsh habitats such as extreme salty areas (halophiles), hot…

Bacteria are the sole members of the Kingdom Monera. They are the most abundant micro-organisms. Bacteria occur almost everywhere. Hundreds of bacteria are present in…

Fungi (Sing: Fungus) are non-green; there are no photosynthetic pigments in their body. They depend on dead organic substances or other living bodies for their…

Spirogyra is any of a genus of freshwater green algae with spiral chloroplasts. It measures around 10 to 100μm in size and might stretch centimeters…