Sagar Aryal, PhD

Sagar Aryal is a microbiologist and a scientific blogger. He completed his Ph.D. degree in Microbiology from the Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal in 2025. He was awarded the DAAD Research Grant to conduct part of his Ph.D. research work for two years (2019-2021) at Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarbrucken, Germany. Sagar is interested in research on actinobacteria, myxobacteria, and natural products. He is the Research Head of the Department of Natural Products, Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences (KRIBS), Lalitpur, Nepal. Sagar has more than 15 years of experience in blogging, content writing, and SEO. Sagar was awarded the SfAM Communications Award 2015: Professional Communicator Category from the Society for Applied Microbiology (Now: Applied Microbiology International), Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK). Sagar is also the ASM Young Ambassador to Nepal for the American Society for Microbiology since 2023 onwards.

Human Astrovirus- An Overview

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Human Astrovirus

Structure of Human Astrovirus Human astrovirus falls under Astroviridae and genus Mamastrovirus. The particles are round in shape, 28 nm in diameter with a smooth margin and display a five or … Read more

Gram-positive cell wall

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Gram-positive cell wall

Prokaryotic cells almost always are bounded by a fairly rigid and chemically complex structure present between the cell membrane and capsule/slime layer called the cell wall. Peptidoglycan is the main … Read more

Biochemical Test of Bacillus cereus

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Biochemical Test of Bacillus cereus

­Basic Characteristics Properties (Bacillus cereus) Catalase Positive (+ve) Citrate Positive (+ve) Gelatin Hydrolysis Negative (-ve) Gram Staining Positive (+ve) Growth in KCN Positive (+ve) Hemolysis Positive (+ve) Indole Negative (-ve) … Read more

Coronavirus Overview: Structure, Genome & Pathogenesis

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Coronavirus

Structure of Coronavirus Figure: Structure of Coronavirus, created with biorender.com Genome of Coronavirus Epidemiology of Coronavirus Replication of Coronavirus Figure: Replication of Coronavirus, created with biorender.com Pathogenesis of Coronavirus Clinical manifestations of Coronavirus Lab Diagnosis of Coronavirus Specimen: respiratory secretions, stool (HKU1) Treatment of Coronavirus … Read more

Biochemical Test of Citrobacter freundii

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Biochemical test of Citrobacter freundii

Biochemical test of Citrobacter freundii ­Basic Characteristics Properties (Citrobacter freundii) Capsule Negative (-ve) Catalase Positive (+ve) Citrate Positive (+ve) Flagella Positive (+ve) Gas from glucose Positive (+ve) Gelatin Hydrolysis Negative (-ve) … Read more