Why Microbiology is the most interesting subject and Microbiologist cool people

I strongly believe that Microbiology is the most interesting subject i have ever read. It is blended with many interesting funny small creatures which you cant see via your naked eye.The world of these tiny organisms is very big, dynamic and most interesting.
The colony they formed in the culture media reminds you the beautiful scenery you have ever encountered.

If you start to know these organisms, you will just fall in love with these tiny creatures and will have enduring passion to know the world these organisms.

Microbiology is interesting subject because our founding father and Mother are the cool people ever born in earth.

What ever nasty the microbial specimen: they give it very cool term. When they saw the voluminous diarrheae produced during the Vibrio Cholerae infection first time, they termed it as "Rice water stool"

We Microbiologist are the lovers of foods since ancient time. Before the Microbiology term used, people used to enjoy sipping wines (som ras: the product of Microbial fermentation). As the time goes on, different branches of  Microbiology evolved. 

In this blog post I am writing some interesting food terminology which are used to describe microbial pathogens/ specimens.

     Drumstick shaped:  Certain species of Clostridium that bears terminal spore appears as drumstick shaped under microscope. Clostridium tetani, a gram positive obligate anaerobe which is the causative agent of tetanus, bears spores which are spherical, terminal and twice the diameter of vegetative cells. This gives drumstick appearance while viewing under microscope.

Coffee-bean-shaped cocci: Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitides looks like coffee bean shaped in Gram Stained smear

S. aureus appears as grape like cluster

2  Grape like clusters: S. aureus is a gram positive cocci which appears as grape like clusters

    Sphagetti and meat ball like appearance of Tinea versicolor

    Sphagetti and meat ball like appearance:  Tinea versicolor is a relatively common skin infection that causes your skin to have patches of light colored skin, due to damage of melanocytes in your skin.  Malassezia furfur, a funny-sounding fungus that can be diagnosed by its “spaghetti-and-meatball” appearance on a KOH preparation.

Tinea Versicolor on chest.
CDC/Dr. Gavin Hart

 
    Rice water stool: Voluminous diarrheae produced during Vibrio Cholerae  infection