Bacteriology

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Discussion Collectively, the results for the biochemical tests and 16S rRNA gene sequencing suggest that the environmental isolate is of the Bacillus species and more specifically, is the bacteria Bacillus cereus. B. cereus are Gram-positive bacillus bacteria that are typically motile species, although some strains are not (BAM 2012, Bergey 1957). This organism is commonly found in soil and food; certain strains can cause foodborne illness while other strains are used as probiotics and are found

NILSSON, LENA, James D Oliver, and STAFFAN KJELLEBERG. "Resuscitation of Vibrio Vulnificus from the Viable but Nonculturable State." JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 173.16 (1991): 5054-059. American Society for Microbiology. Web. 1 Dec. 2015. According to this article, Vibrio vulnificus is a gamma-negative bacteria occurring all over the world in coastal areas. Continuities consistently affect the adaptation of this pathogen. These constant changes are mostly deemed on temperature and control the ability

products". (Carroll par. 1) The users of antibacterial products do not realize the harms of such, harms which overpower the benefits. When the first antibacterial product, Penicillin, was invented in 1928 it was called a miracle. (Online Textbook of Bacteriology pgs. 1-4) Deaths and illness were exponentially reduced, and penicillin saved countless lives during World War 2. By the 70s there were many types of antibiotics, thus we thought we had “won the war against bacteria”. We had cured major bacteria

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The Identification of Bacillus Badius [pic] Hannah Melanchuk Dr. Robert Suran May 1 2013 Microbiology Abstract Over a three week time span I was able to successfully identify an unknown microorganism by combining the results of several tests. The first test was the Gram stain test which showed the microorganism was Gram positive and rod shaped. Using an Unknown Identification Flowchart, I proceeded to inoculate a Starch plate. In week 2, I

in solving health problems. In the late 1800’s germ theories became the new focus for scientists. Louis Pasteur created systems for inoculation and the pasteurization method that kills germs in food products. In 1876, Robert Koch, the founder of bacteriology, discovered that deadly diseases could be caused by bacterium (Senior 2014). Scientists today, still use Koch’s germ theory to prove causes of contagions. By the early 20th century the world was weary from two world wars and had endured countless

Ashley Calhoun October 6, 2014 Streptococcus pneumonia Streptococcus pneumonia is a pathogen with a niche in the upper respiratory tract of the human that has a two component signaling system. The two component signaling system has CPS accumulate extracellular to the cell, CPS eventually binding to the comD receptor, which stimulates auto-phosphorylation of comE, the response regulator(1). This is a strictly fermenting microbe that tolerates oxygen’s presence, also known as an aerotolerant pathogen

processes in which a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells each with identical DNA to the parent cell. Gram staining, also known as Gram's method, is the most important and universally used staining technique in the microbiology and bacteriology laboratory. It is almost always the first test performed in the identification of bacteria (Xu, George).The

The second part of the study was trying to determine the effects of UV rays in regards to prodigiosin production. When defined, evolution is a change over time with respect to S. marcescens and the change in its genetic components over time [Reviewed by Kelly]. Stemming from evolution, natural selection is often fostered by the addition of a selective pressure, and in this case it is the UV light. Selective pressures are created to put stress on the organism which in the end will determine which