Clostridium Tetani Research Paper

Clostridium tetani is a bacteria which can be found in soil and faeces, and causes the disease Tetanus. [Human Illnesses]. Clostridium tetani bacteria reproduce by binary fission because they are a bacteria. [St Margaret’s College]. In binary fission, bacteria reproduce by splitting themselves in half on a regular basis. [St Margaret’s College]. In ideal conditions, the Clostridium tetani bacteria may reproduce by binary fission every 20 minutes. [St Margaret’s College]. To live and reproduce by binary fission, Clostridium tetani require water, food, moderate temperatures between 30 degrees celsius and 40 degrees celsius as well as neutral conditions, which are not too acidic or alkaline as “Most bacteria are killed by even weak acids”. [St Margaret’s College]. Some bacteria require oxygen to respire, and are Aerobic
[St Margaret’s College]. As Varicella zoster is a virus, it reproduces by hijacking a host cell in the body of an infected person and uses it’s tail to inject genetic material into that cell. [St Margaret’s College]. Although the term reproduce is used, Viruses do not, in the general sense, reproduce. [MHEOnline]. Instead, they use the genetic material, or nucleic acid they injected into a cell to take over the normal functions of the cell and uses it to produce more of the virus, in this case, Varicella zoster. [MHEOnline]. Once a large number of new viruses have been produced, the host cell ruptures and bursts open, releasing the viruses, who will hunt for a new host cell to infect, so that the process may be repeated. [MHEOnline]. The host cell that the viruses had previously grown in is destroyed, and dies. [St Margaret’s College]. Currently, there are not any medicines that can cure a viral infection as viruses take over cells and to be cured means they must be destroyed. [St Margaret’s College] However, they can be slowed. [St Margaret’s