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    Develop a truth table for the following statements: a) Bacteria A and Bacteria B leads to a disease, b) Bacteria A and no Bacteria B leads to no disease, c) Bacteria B and no Bacteria A leads to a disease, d) no Bacteria A and no Bacteria B leads to no disease. A) Bacteria A and Bacteria B leads to a disease. This will be written as A ^ B = C, the truth table is given below. A B A^B T T T T F F F T T F F F B) Bacteria A and no Bacteria B leads to no disease. A ^ ~B truth table is shown as below

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    here are the bacteria and archaea. During early stages they were considered to be the same however in the 1970’s scientists discovered that major differences do set them apart. Essentially the prokaryotes include bacteria while the eukaryotes had already included the archaea. The archaea is seen as a survivor as it is thought to have been around since the beginning of our time. So what are we then exactly? We are nothing else than a biological form that is also a habitat for Bacteria and archaea.

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    species of a bacterium as Enteric. Enteric bacteria is a microorganism known to colonize in the GI tract of animals and humans. Enteric bacteria, if pathogenic, can have negative side effects such as diarrhea, dysentery, and other lower intestinal issues. Series of tests were conducted on isolates to determine if the sample met the metabolic, physiological and antimicrobial characteristics of Enteric bacteria. We discovered that the isolate presented enteric bacteria and was identified to be Escherichia

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    thousands upon thousands of bacteria that we interact with on a daily basis some are good and help us live healthy and productive lives, like the bacteria that is used to make and keep yogurt from spoiling (Wassenaar, 2002) . Now granted, not all bacteria are beneficial to us and can cause us a lot of harm. If bacteria are harming us, either by causing disease, contaminating our food, or harming the environment that we live in, one needs to identify the unknown bacteria so that the proper treatment

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    Pavan Vedula General Microbiology 24 July 2015 Flavobacterium Capsulatum There are three main domains of life, which consist of Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryote. These complex cells have various characteristics that are all unique to each domain, thus causing a separation. However, as biologists such as Carl Woese and Lynn Margulis have theorized and explained, Bacteria and Eukaryotes have all branched from a common ancestor millions of years ago; and a few decades back, Archaea were added creating

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    Aim To compare the growth of bacteria obtained from school desks that have been cleaned with both antibacterial and nonantibacterial cleaning methods. Theory Bacteria are typically prokaryotic microorganisms that come in shapes alike spheres, spirals and rods and are usually a few micrometres in size. There is an estimated amount of one nonillion (〖10〗^30) bacterial species found on Earth. They are found in most of the earths habitats including soil, water, acidic and radioactive environments. They

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    experimenting how well different products, natural and chemical kill off bacteria. I’ll be testing different products such as Vinegar, Manuka honey, Ajax, tea tree oil and Dettol Hand Sanitizer. By testing the rate at which these products kill off bacteria I will be able to determine the most effective products and compare the differences between each products efficiency. Vinegar: Vinegar has been efficiently tested in killing bacteria. An experiment done in February 201 found that Vinegar has a large

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    Microbiomes are made up of bacteria and refer to their collective genes while microbiota is microbes in a community. Rob Knight, one of the pioneers in doing research on microbiomes and how it affects health and disease, found that there are 100 trillion microbes that live within the human body. Scientist had to invent something they could see microbes with, that invention was the microscope. The microscope is more than three hundred years old. With the microscope they can use the scientific method

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    microorganisms and can be classified as either a bacteria or virus. Despite their miniscule size, these microorganisms can be a powerful influence being beneficial to its host, destructive in nature, and have useful medical applications. When the words bacteria or virus are used, typically thoughts of bad memories of being sick come to mind. Yet, there is another side to them. These tiny organisms can be beneficial in

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    and modes of transmission 4.1 Name one endogenous source of contamination and discuss the modes of transmission from the source to the new host. Endogenous source of infection are already present inside the body in dominant form. It occurs from the bacteria that are already present inside the body. It only invades or attacks the body tissue if circumstances permit. Like if there is any breach in the body tissues. Many bacterial floras are already present inside the body, like those in the gut flora

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