Bacteria in Sanskrit
Bacteria in Sanskrit In this blog, I will name some of the famous bacteria in Sanskrit as well as even go over the parts of a plasmid. I am a biological engineering major, so this blog post was exciting for me to write. Microbiology is a vast field, meaning there is only so much I can cover in a single blog post Bacteria There already exists a neologism for "bacterium" in modern Indian languages, which is जीवाणु, which means "smallest life form", a very fitting name. There are three main forms of Bacteria that we shall explore. The first is spherical ( coccus ), thus गोलक . The second is the stereotypical rod shapped bacteria ( baccilus ), thus वेत्रक . The third is spiral shaped , thus आवर्तक . Bacteria can also be divided into two main groups, Gram Negative and Gram Positive. The former have thin Peptidoglycan in their cell wall so when stained with Crystal Violet, they don't show up purple. The latter have thick Peptidoglycan in their cell wall, so t...