Microbial ecologist -- studies bacteria that degrade oil d) Microbial physiologist – studies fermentation of sourdough bread e) Molecular biologist – studies recombinant DNA 2) You are observing a cell through a microscope and note that it has not apparent nucleus. You conclude that it most likely a) has a peptidoglycan cell wall b) has a cellulose cell wall c) moves by pseudopods d) is part of a
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strain of bacteria and to observe its characteristics. This same approach can be used when testing for resistance evolution within bacterial strains. Our hypothesis states that bacteriophage will not be present within our sample from East Lake. With the use of a phage buffer and soft agar‚ it provides an even suspension and growth of cells. This is essential for seeing lysis caused by bacteriophage. After 24 hours‚ our data seemed significant as signs of successful infection within the bacteria was not
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between Viruses‚ Bacteria‚ Cyanobacteria‚ Achaea and Fungi. Bacteria or bacterium are unicellular microorganisms. They are essentially only a few micrometres long and form of various shapes including the spheres‚ rods and spirals. A BACTERIAL CELL Illustration courtesy of Wikipedia. A Virus (from the Latin noun virus‚ meaning toxic or poison) is a sub-microscopic particle that infect the cells of a biological organism. Illustration courtesy of mc3cb.com. BACTERIA VIRUS STRUCTURE
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and its relatives ..Sulfa drugs ..Trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole ..Other bacteria killers..Nitrofurantoin ..Aminoglycosides ..Polymyxin B..Antivirals..What can we do about viruses -- if anything? ..Acyclovir ..AZT and Other Reverse-Transcriptase Inhibitors ..Protease Inhibitors ..Why you shouldn’t use antibiotics for a cold What are antibiotics?Antibiotics are medicines that help your body fight bacteria and viruses‚ either by directly killing the offending bugs or by weakening them
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components of a single organism. Gram’s Stain is a widely used method of staining bacteria as an aid to their identification. It was originally devised by Hans Christian Joachim Gram‚ a Danish physician. Gram’s Stain differentiates between two major cell wall types. Bacterial species with walls containing small amounts of peptidoglycan‚ and‚ characteristically‚ lipopolysaccharide‚ are gram negative whereas bacteria with cell wall containing relatively large amounts of peptidoglycan and no lipopolysaccharide
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AND SPREAD OF INFECTION 1.1 Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites What is a Bacteria? A bacteria is a living things that are neither plants nor animals‚ but belong to a group all by themselves. They are very small--individually not more than one single cell--however there are normally millions of them together‚ for they can multiply really fast. Bacteria are prokaryotes (single cells that do not contain a nucleus). Every species has a great
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Title: E. Coli Transformation with a Plasmid DNA Containing the GFP Gene Introduction: Bacterial transformation is the process of bacteria taking in and expressing exogenous DNA. This has led to many other discoveries. In order for bacterial transformation to occur the bacteria must be in a certain physical state to be able to take in DNA. This is called competency and it allows the cell membrane to be permeable so DNA can pass through. Currently researchers are studying the transformation
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resistance can be genetically transformed into plants. In bioremediation‚ bacteria can be genetically transformed with genes enabling them to digest oil spills. In medicine‚ diseases caused by defective genes are beginning to be treated by gene therapy; that is‚ by genetically transforming a sick person’s cells with healthy copies of the defective gene that causes the disease. You will use a procedure to transform bacteria with a gene that codes for Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP). The real-life
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The Endosymbiont Hypothesis and the evolution of the Chloroplast and Mitochondria Dr Lynn Margulis is seen as the first person to have put forward the Endosymbiont Hypothesis which is based on a theory which explains the likely origin of the mitochondria and chloroplast (plants) in eukaryote organisms which we observe today. Dr Margulis received evidence from all over the world and from many scientific researchers and experiments‚ Margulis simply had to put all the evidence together to form her
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microscopically. Results were recorded in Table 1. Gram Reactions Cell shapes Cell Ends and Arrangement Size Distinctive Characters Predicted Bacteria Bacteria 1 Gram positive (purple) Cocci Rounded‚ clusters‚ singly Small - Staphylococcus aureus Bacteria 2 Gram negative (pink) Rods (shorter than B. cereus) Rounded‚ regular‚ pair‚ clusters Medium - Escherichia coli Bacteria 3 Gram positive (purple) Long rods Rounded‚ irregular‚ groups‚ chains Large Endospores present; spherical‚ central‚ not distending the
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