Fakhrul Rodhi's

Assalam people! This week we basically sat in our groups where we have to discuss for our assignment. For my group, we chose Archaea as our assignment topic. We discussed and we did flowcharts on how to inoculate archaea from the environment. We also discussed our project on Microbes on The News where we have to do an advertisement video on how microorganisms help human and environment. We also had our first test for this semester. Wish us luck!!! Thank you. 

Assalam and hi all, This week Dr Wan taught us of the topic of Aspects of Biotechnology in Microbial Ecology where we learned about the beneficial and harmful effects of microorganisms. Generally, microorganisms can be divided into four types which are: Microbes as Pollutants Microbes as Cause of Pollution Microbes as Indicator of Pollution Microbes may reduce Pollution Bioremediation  Process used to treat contaminated media, including water, soil and subsurface material, by altering environmental conditions to stimulate growth of microorganisms and degrade the target pollutants. In many cases, bioremediation is less expensive and more sustainable than other remediation alternatives. Biological treatment is a similar approach used to treat wastes including wastewater, industrial waste and solid waste.

Hello! This week we learned about Principles of Ecology. Basically, ecology is the study of organisms and their interactions with the environment and also the relationships between living and nonliving parts of the environment. It discuss more on how producers, consumers and decomposers are related to each other. Also, how energy flows work in the ecosystem. From this picture you can see the hierarchy of ecology that connects everything. 

Hello and assalamualaikum everybody! This would be my first entry for this semester for for subject BMY3102, Microbiology II. This semester we will have three lecturers who will be teaching us which are Dr Wan Zuhainis herself, Dr Suriana and Dr Asilah. We started this week with Dr Wan where we learned about Microbial Systematic of Fungi, Algae and Protozoa Basically, this topic is about the morphological structures, the nutrition, reproduction and the main classification of these microorganisms.  Fungi  The Kingdom Fungi includes some of the most important organisms, both in terms of their ecological and economic roles. By breaking down dead organic material, they continue the cycle of nutrients through ecosystems. In addition, most vascular plants could not grow without the symbiotic fungi, or mycorrhizae, that inhabit their roots and supply essential nutrients. Other fungi provide numerous drugs (such as penicillin and other antibiotics), foods...

Assalam and hi. So, this week is our last week for this semester. We learned about Microbial Growth, Microbial Metabolism and the Nutritional Requirement of the microbes. This week also, we had our 3 Minute Talk (3MT) session for our Adopt A Microbe programme. Basically, everyone need to talk about what they know or they learn or they understand on their chosen microorganisms, For me, I chose Paenibacillus vortex. P. vortex  is actually a very useful bacteria especially for plants. They are a part of rhizosphere community that live with the plant and help fighting the plant pathogens. They have wide range of antimicrobial properties that can use to make antibiotics in order to kill other species of bacteria. So, here is my poster/slide of the talk.   At the end of our class, we had a small feast as Dr Wan bought us cakes and beverages. The chocolate cake was so goooooood! We took pictures together with Dr Wan. It was a good ending for this semester. Thank you a...

Hello all! This week is such a hectic week to begin with. It was really tiring but it really worth and I'm so thankful to be a part of this week. For this week, we learned about Disinfectant and Sanitation, we also learn on Microbial Growth. But the highlight of this week is the Microbes Invention, Innovation and Ideation Challenge where the courses that took part in this program are Microbiology students, Biotechnology students and the Biocellular students. We teamed up to came up various products that use microorganisms for the production. For my team, we chose Chitosan Soluble Pills where we extract chitosan from chitin of the fungus, Rhizopus oryzae. This product is actually used to lengthen the shelf life of agricultural products especially fruits that undergoes ripening in short period of time. The chitosan form a coating for the fruits that lengthen their ripening period and actually consumable. It is also biodegradable and nature-friendly. Here is some photos from our MI...

Hi peeps! This week, Dr Wan taught us more about Viruses, Viriods and Prions. Basically, a virus is an infectious particle that reproduces by commandeering a host cell and using its machinery to make more viruses. A virus is made up of a DNA or RNA genome inside a protein shell called a capsid. Some viruses have an internal or external membrane envelope. Viroid is a piece of RNA without a protein coat responsible for several plant disease. Prions is consist of single type of protein with no nucleic acid component.  We also were given a group task to find information on a single virus of our choice. My group chose the Rabies virus.  Rabies virus is a rod- or bullet-shaped, single-stranded, negative-sense, unsegmented, enveloped RNA virus. The virus genome encodes five proteins.  Placement within the family is based on the distinctive morphology of the virus particle. Cross- reactive nucleoprotein antigens or comparative genomic sequences determine inclusion in the g...