17-Hydroxyprogesterone At a Glance Why Get Tested? To screen for, detect, and monitor treatment for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH); sometimes to help rule out other…
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General and Laboratory Considerations: Rapid HIV Tests Currently Available in the United States Rapid HIV tests are simple to use and require little or no specialized equipment. They make it possible to provide test results at the time the …
Definitions of Taxonomy Taxonomy Taxonomy is the science of classification, identification, and nomenclature. For classification purposes…
Introduction about clasification of bacteria Bacteria are classified and identified to distinguish one organism from another and to group similar organisms by criteria of interes…
Classification of bacteria General Concepts Classification: Bacteria are classified and identified to distinguish among strains and to group them by criteri…
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Surface Layers The surface layers of the bacterial cell have been identified by various techniques: light microscopy and staining; electron microscopy of thin-sec…