INTRODUCTION Agricultural land and water use is a very important topic in today’s world. In the western states‚ agriculture accounts for 90% of the water consumption (USDA “Irrigation and Land Use” 2015). 51% of the entire United States (including Alaska‚) is dedicated to agriculture(USDA “Irrigation and Land Use” 2015). The water that is used for irrigating crops is lost as runoff‚ or seeps into the ground‚ and cannot be recycled or used again. Vast expanses of land are used in the United States
Premium Basil Water
Plague Still a Pesky Disease Joe Schmuckadelli Barry University Melbourne Campus Author Note This paper was prepared for BIO_342‚ML Spring A‚ taught by Professor Stephen M. Garramone‚ M.D. Introduction Long considered the scourge of Western civilization this disease has cropped up numerous times in history. In its worst form it is a rapid‚deadly and almost complete infection taking out entire towns‚villages and even countries. Today‚ it still exists but fortunately much‚ much less severe
Premium Black Death Bubonic plague Yersinia pestis
Then we performed a KOH string test to see if our unknown bacterium is Gram-positive or Gram-negative. We added a drop of 3% KOH (potassium hydroxide) to the leftover of our colony that we chose earlier to see if the mixture becomes viscous and forms a string. We recorded our observation and moved on to incubating our live culture
Premium Bacteria Microbiology Microorganism
understand basic differences among differential and selective media‚ while recognizing how each media is used to isolate and identify microorganisms (Wistreich‚ 2003). The first microorganism analyzed was Staphylococcus epidermidis. This organism is gram-positive‚ single celled‚ arranged in grape-like clusters‚ and cocci in shape (Bukhari‚ 2004). S. epidermidis is approximately 0.5 to 1.5 micrometers in diameter‚ it is a facultative anaerobe but grows best in aerobic conditions (Bukhari‚ 2004). Typical
Premium Bacteria Growth medium Escherichia coli
FISH DISEASES AND THEIR CONTROL Lecture Prepared by: Prof. G.N.O. Ezeri Aquaculture and Fisheries Management University of Agriculture‚ Abeokuta‚ NIGERIA. ADVANCES IN FISH DISEASES FIS 710 (3 Units) Core Course Outline • Types of fish diseases‚ (parasitic‚ bacterial‚ fungal‚ nutritional etc.) • Laboratory methods for fish disease diagnosis‚ • Prevention‚ control and therapy of fish disease Introduction • Higher stocking densities call for the introduction of large quantities
Premium Bacteria Infection Infectious disease
definition of this group has been based on the method used for detection (lactose fermentation) rather than on the tenets of systematic bacteriology. Accordingly‚ when the fermentation technique is used‚ this group is defined as all facultative anaerobic‚ gram-negative‚ non-spore-forming‚ rod-shaped bacteria that ferment lactose with gas and acid formation within 48 h at 35°C. The standard test for the coliform group may be carried out either by the multiple-tube fermentation technique or presenceabsence
Premium Drinking water Escherichia coli Bacteria
Multiplication of contaminant bacteria in urine and interpretation of delayed culture. Abstract A prospective study of the bacterial populations of non-infected urine was mounted in an attempt to define the length of delay between voiding and analysis during which culture would not give false positive results due to the multiplication of contaminant bacteria present at the time of voiding. The findings suggest that culture of urine within four hours of voiding is likely to give a true indication
Premium Urinary tract infection Escherichia coli Kidney
months to 2 years‚ depending on the type of infection Tuberculosis was popularly known as consumption for a long time. Scientists know it as an infection caused by M. tuberculosis. In 1882‚ the microbiologist Robert Koch discovered the tubercle bacillus‚ at a time when one of every seven deaths in Europe was caused by TB. Because antibiotics were unknown‚ the only means of controlling the spread of infection was to isolate patients in private sanitoria or hospitals limited to patients with TB—a
Premium Tuberculosis
3. Result and discussion 2.1 Physicochemical properties The formations of BPM I-III were confirmed by FT-IR‚ powder XRD and SEM studies. 2.1.1 Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy FT-IR spectra of BPM I-BPM III (Fig. 1a-1c) exhibited characteristic absorption bands of CTS ranges from 1637-1639 cm−1 which are attributed to amide I bands (C=O stretching mode along with an N–H deformation mode). Broad bands from 1130-978 cm−1‚ 1131-975 cm−1 and 1131-971 cm−1 were observed for phosphate stretching
Premium Chemistry Spectroscopy Oxygen
BIOL 3350 Spring 2013 Unit 1 Review 1. Define Anatomy The science of the structure of the body and its relationships. 2. Define Physiology Study of the physical and chemical processes involved in the functioning of the human body. 3. Define Metabolism. Describe the two metabolic pathways? Set of chemical reactions that occurs in living cells to maintain life. Catabolism is cellular respiration and anabolism is the construction of proteins. Complete set of chemical
Premium Immune system