Trypanosoma Protozon-Trypanosoma is a genus of kinetoplastids (class Kinetoplastida)‚ a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa. E Coli-Escherichia coli is a Gram-negative gammaproteobacteria commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms Staphylococcus -Staphylococcus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria. Under the microscope‚ they appear round‚ and form in grape-like clusters. The Staphylococcus genus includes at least 40 species. Giardia Protozon-Giardia
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Tetanus is a neuromuscular disease caused by an anaerobic‚ Gram-positive‚ spore-forming bacillus called Clostridium tetani‚ a species of bacteria of the Clostridium genus‚ that produces a powerful neurotoxin called tetanospasmin The most common first symptom of tetanus is spasms or tightening of the jaw muscles referred to as "lockjaw". Other symptoms include headaches‚ sudden muscle spasms-often in the stomach‚ sweating and fever‚ painful muscle stiffness throughout the body‚ difficulty swallowing
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is binomial nomenclature? 4. Who is Carl Linnaeus? 5. What is a dichotomous key? 6. Draw and label the lifecycle of a DNA virus. 7. Distinguish between DNA and RNA viruses. 8. Compare eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells. 9. Define coccus‚ bacillus‚ streptococcus‚ and spirillum? 10. What are 3 examples of helpful bacteria? 11. What do bacteria need to grow and reproduce? 12. How do we inhibit growth of bacteria? 13. How do bacteria reproduce (sexual and asexual)? 14. Protists move in
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typically offers enough data. List at least three types of bacteria whose names reflect their shapes and arrangements‚ and state the meaning of each name. • Streptococcus is spherical in shape and commonly seen in strep throat • Lactobacillus is bacillus or rod shaped and found in probiotics • Spirillum Pulli is spirillum or spiral shaped‚ and evident in rat bite fever Exercise 3: Gram stain What is the function of the iodine solution in the Gram stain? If it were omitted‚ how would staining
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Microbiology Lecture Exam #1 Outline Chapter 1: Microbiology Introduction I. Microbiology Definition II. History of Microbiology (Christian Gram‚ Robert Koch‚ Antony van Leeuwenhoek‚ Robert Hook‚ Edward Jenner‚ Louis Pasteur‚ Elie Metchnikoff‚ Dmitri Iwanowski‚ Paul Ehrlich‚ Alexander Fleming) II. Scope of Microbiology A. Infectious Agents 1. Prions 2. Viroids 3. Viruses B. Prokaryotes
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Utilization of Camias in the production of “Bilimbi Juice” Camias Averrhoa bilimbi (commonly known as bilimbi‚ cucumber tree‚ or tree sorrel) is a fruit-bearing tree of the genus Averrhoa‚ family Oxalidaceae. It is a close relative of carambola tree. It is very common in Thailand‚ Malaya and Singapore. The bilimbi is closely allied to the carambola but quite different in appearance‚ manner of fruiting‚ flavor and uses. The only strictly English names are "cucumber
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Isolation Precautions Special precautionary measures‚ practices‚ and procedures used in the care of patients with contagious or communicable diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides explicit and comprehensive guidelines for control of the spread of infectious disease in the care of hospitalized patients. The type of infectious disease a patient has dictates the kind of isolation precautions necessary to prevent spread of the disease to others. Standard Precautions are
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Identification of Unknown # 15 Abstract. One of the most fundamental differential staining techniques used in the study of bacteriology is gram staining. There are two main types of bacteria‚ gram negative and gram-positive. The purpose of this experiment was to perform a variety of tests to identify the bacteria contained in the unknown sample labeled number 15. The following are the tests that were used to identify the two different bacteria. The
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Hepatitis C Cause The biggest cause of Hepatitis C contraction is when a person comes into contact with the blood of someone who already has Hepatitis C. The most common cause of Hepatitis C via blood is through the sharing of needles and other equipment such as cotton‚ spoons and water that are used to inject illicit drugs. Transmission The Hepatitis C virus is transmitted via blood. The blood containing Hepatitis C positive must get into a person’s bloodstream before transmission can
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Mar. Drugs 2010‚ 8‚ 1988-2012; doi:10.3390/md8071988 OPEN ACCESS Marine Drugs ISSN 1660-3397 www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs Review Chitin Research Revisited Feisal Khoushab and Montarop Yamabhai * School of Biotechnology‚ Suranaree University of Technology‚ Nakhon Ratchasima‚ 30000‚ Thailand; E-Mail: fl.khoushab@gmail.com * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: montarop@g.sut.ac.th; Tel.: +66-44-224152-4; Fax: +66-44-224150. Received: 2 May 2010; in revised
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