Escherichia coli‚ Shigella spp.‚ Salmonella spp.‚ Neisseria meningitidis‚ Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It is active against Staphylococcus spp. (including strains producing and not producing penicillinase‚ methicillin-resistant strains)‚ some strains of Enterococcus spp.‚ Campylobacter spp.‚ Legionella spp.‚ Mycoplasma spp.‚ Chlamydia spp.‚ Mycobacterium spp. ciprofloxacin is active against bacteria producing beta-lactamases. Ureaplasma urealyticum‚ Clostridium difficile‚ Nocardia asteroides resistant to
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WATER 1. Nearly 80% of the surface of earth is water. 2. 97% of all water on earth is sea water. 3. Chemically‚ it us 2 atoms of Hydrogen and 1 atom of oxygen. We and Water : 1. The human body is made up of about 70% water. 2. Every system in our body needs water. 3. Water makes up 83% of our blood. 4. Water helps us digest food. 5. Water transports body wastes. 6. Water keeps our temperature correct. 7. Each day we must replace 2.4 ltrs
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Propose how would you minimise the occurrence of hospital acquired infection and monitor degree of success of these measures. INTRODUCTION The occurrence and undesirable complications from hospital acquired infections (HAIs) have been well recognized for the last several decades. The occurrence of HAIs continues to escalate at an alarming rate. HAIs originally referred to those infections associated with admission in an acute-care hospital (formerly called a nosocomial infection). These unanticipated
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Wastewater can come from a variety of sources like homes‚ businesses‚ industries‚ runoff from roads‚ lawns and fields and is treated by municipal wastewater treatment facilities (Product‚ cornell). The solid material that remains after the treatment of wastewater is known as sludge (charac‚ cornell). Sludge can be employed in many different ways‚ it can be used as a soil additive or growing medium‚ sent to a composting facility‚ incinerated or landfilled (Char‚ cornell). Biosolids are derived
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Evaluation of antidiabetic and antimicrobial activity of jasminum grandiflorum leaves INTRODUTION 1.1. The pancreas and insulin formation The pancreas is an elongated organ situated next to the first part of the small intestine. It is both an endocrine gland that produces hormones‚ such as insulin and glucagon‚ and an exocrine gland producing digestive enzymes‚ such as trypsin and chymotrypsin (Martini‚ 2004). It is located behind the stomach‚ between the spleen and the duodenum (see Figure
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Food is one of human sources of calorie‚ protein‚ fats‚ and nutrition. Yet‚ because of the highly nutritious content‚ food is susceptible to growth of microorganisms. By the presence of microorganisms in food‚ the food is more likely to have shorter shelf life. Thus‚ mostly it is resolved by the addition of antimicrobial substances to food‚ such as condiments and preservatives. Condiments and preservatives could inhibit the growth of microorganisms
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http://www.paper.edu.cn MINI-REVIEW Yin Li . Gongyuan Wei . Jian Chen Glutathione: a review on biotechnological production Received: 1 June 2004 / Revised: 16 August 2004 / Accepted: 31 August 2004 / Published online: 12 October 2004 # Springer-Verlag 2004 Abstract This Mini-Review summarizes the historic developments and technological achievements in the biotechnological production of glutathione in the past 30 years. Glutathione is the most abundant non-protein thiol compound
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microbial growth of opportunistic human pathogenic fungi‚ such as Aspergillus niger‚ Candida albicans and Rhizopus oligosporus‚ and various bacteria (Escherichia coli‚ Enterobacter cloacae‚ Micrococcus luteus‚ Staphylococcus aureus‚ Streptococcus faecalis‚ and others) (Khan and Abourashed‚ 2011). Several studies have also unraveled the hypoglycemic (insulin-like) and hypolipidemic properties of cinnamaldehyde since it can cause: elevated glucose oxidation and uptake‚ causing decrease in blood plasma
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1. A few examples of things that can affect our growth and change throughout our lifetime are: telomeres‚ mutations‚ DNA and epigenetics. DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid‚ the building block of life that provides the hereditary material that is a blueprint for living organisms. It determines our physical features which are passed on to us from our parents through 23 chromosomes. Genes determine height‚ hair color‚ eye color and many other traits. Genetic disorders occur because of
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THE IMPACT OF EXCRETA DISPOSAL INTO LAGOS LAGOON ON THE LAGOON ECOSYSTEM AT IDDO DISCHARGE POINT IN APAPA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE NIGERIA By Dr. Bolanle Wahab Mr. Ojolowo Saeed Kamaldeen 08079917354 and 08077470306 bolanle_wahab@yahoo.com ojolowosaeed@yahoo.com University of Ibadan
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