What Fruits Make Other Fruits Ripen Faster?
Apples are known to produce ethylene in high quantities, and hence make other fruits ripen faster when placed near them.... View Article
Apples are known to produce ethylene in high quantities, and hence make other fruits ripen faster when placed near them.... View Article
Placing other ripe fruits such as a tomato or an apple can help bananas to ripen faster. Also Read: Formation,... View Article
Certain fruits such as strawberries, grapes and even watermelons can be grown hydroponically. Also Read: Definition of Fruits | FAQS... View Article
Simple carbohydrates are called so because they are quickly broken down and used as energy by the body. Usually, fruit... View Article
Life can either be single celled or multicellular. Hence, a cell can constitute a single organism, such as an amoeba... View Article
Bacteriophages are effective against antibiotic resistant bacteria as well as treatable bacteria. They can be used alongside antibiotics or independently.... View Article
A bacteriophage has three basic forms: A 20-sided head with a tail (icosahedral) A 20-sided head without a tail Filamentous... View Article
The T7 bacteriophage have been observed by researchers at the University of Texas to “walk” on the surface of E.coli... View Article
The most recent estimates suggest 380 trillion viruses live on and inside the body. Also Read: Bacteriophage: Definition, Structure, Examples... View Article
Phages exist wherever there is bacteria, and bacteria are extremely abundant. One such estimate places their numbers at 1031, which... View Article
The lytic cycle is also known as the reproductive cycle of the bacteriophage. Also Read: Bacteriophage: Definition, Structure, Examples and... View Article
Once a bacterial cell becomes infected and filled with newly assembled bacteriophages, they burst out of the bacterium. This process... View Article
Bacteriophages are just like other viruses, where they need hosts to multiply. However, as the name suggests, bacteriophages specialize in... View Article
Researchers suggest that the earliest genetic material was RNA as it was capable of storing genetic information as well as... View Article
In biology, the prefix “pino” means “to drink.” Also Read: Bacteriophage: Definition, Structure, Examples and Life Cycle MCQs on Bacteriophage... View Article
The “phago” from bacteriophage translates to “consume”, “destroy” or “eat”. Also Read: Bacteriophage: Definition, Structure, Examples and Life Cycle MCQs... View Article
The “phago” from bacteriophage means to “consume” or “eat”. Also Read: Bacteriophage: Definition, Structure, Examples and Life Cycle MCQs on... View Article
The human microbiome consists of bacteriophages, which play crucial roles in driving bacterial diversity as well as facilitating horizontal gene... View Article
Felix d’Herelle proposed phage therapy as a treatment for human infections. Also Read: Bacteriophage: Definition, Structure, Examples and Life Cycle... View Article
One of the most effective ways to “kill” a phage is to autoclave the culture or the sample. Surfaces that... View Article