1) TITLE (2pt): Testing antimicrobial props in soaps 2) INTRODUCTION (6 pts): In this experiment we wanted to test how effective different types of soaps against E. Coli. For this experiment we were interested in looking at antimicrobial soaps vs. non-antibiotics soaps in their effectiveness to kill E. Coli. The protocol that we used was the Kirby Bauer technique. This technique was used to test the antimicrobial properties of each soaps. (“Kirby-Bauer” 2015). 3) METHODS (6 pts): We first started
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General information: What is E.coli? Escherichia coli‚ or commonly referred to as E.coli is a foodborne pathogen that normally inhabits in the intestinal track of humans and animals. It is the most common and wide spread infecting organism and is in the family‚ Enterobacteriaceae. Enterobacteriaceae is a large family of Gram-negative bacteria‚ meaning the bacteria appear pinkish or red. How fast and how does it spread? The main way that E.coli can spread is through food and water supply. Common
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This article is about public and private swimming pools being contaminated with E. coli. Chlorine is not doing its job in sanitizing the human waste in the swimming pool. Human waste seems to refuse being sanitized. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) concluded that the E. coli came from one major primary source; swimmers pooping in the swimming pool. Researchers say such contamination is due to swimmers not rinsing themselves off before going in the pool. Scientists say a person carries about
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Objective: To successfully separate and identify all three unknown cations‚ found in a mixture and belonging to one of two specific groups (2 from one and 1 from the other). In order to do this we will be using various tests and reactions and observing the effect they had on our solution. Materials: Pasteur pipets Bunsen Burners Stirring rods Excess reagents Hot plates Sample QA unknown 101-5.7 Table of steps and observations: Step/Test |Observation |Inference | |2-1
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Techniques by observing E. Coli and S. Pyogenes under the Compound Light Microscope INTRODUCTION: A German bacteriologist‚ Dr. Theodore von Escherich‚ was the first man in 1885 who discovered the bacterium named Escherichia coli‚ which are gram negative and appears in rod shaped. Most kind of bacteria E. Coli does not cause diseases and some strains indeed are beneficial in helping the process of food breaking down in the intestines. However‚ “the most infamous strain E. Coli O157:H7”‚ which caused
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An Ode to E. Coli There is a natural human tendency to dismiss what we cannot see. This idea is based in evolutionary biology. Throughout most of human history‚ threats to our survival have been deadly predators . It is only natural then‚ that we should focus our concern on objects whose importance we can see. For this reason bacteria seem insignificant on the surface‚ its invisibility marking its lack of precedence as a threat. This is a misconception‚ because bacteria hold enormous power. It can
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MICROBIOLOGY 3444-007 Gram Negative Unknown Unknown Bacteria #14 LeNaiya Kydd 4/2/2014 Abstract In order to be able to identify the unknown organism that was given to us‚ we had to conduct a number of different tests. These biological tests are used because they help us be able to identify the properties of the unknown we have and be able to compare our observed results with actual results of all the potential organisms. When all of the data of the test are put together it is easy to
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these medical advancements would be a mutated E. coli. So how exactly can a mutated E. coli be an advancement? Well what scientist recently discovered is that this certain mutated bacteria actually will color urine to help diagnose medical diseases. So perhaps this mutated E. coli can make diagnosing certain issues a quicker process than before. One disease this E. coli mutant helps diagnose is diabetes. To elaborate on how this altered bacteria works to find diabetes comes down to the ability
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Use a sterile micropipette to add 5 µL of control plasmid into both the “C” and “lux” tubes. Going back to the tube with competent cells‚ add 70 µL of the cells into each of the two test tubes. Mix these solutions and store both tubes in an ice bath for 15 minutes. During this time obtain an additional tube and add 35 µL of competent cells into this tube. This will become the “NP” tube or no plasmid. Take all the test tubes and
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transform Escherichia coli. Materials For this lab you will need the following: LB Agar Petri dishes Beakers Test tubes CaCl2 solution Sensitive E. coli (-ampR) amp plasmids ampicillin -amp cells Water bath to heat shock cells A freezer to incubate cells Process Step 1: Wash hands and sanitize lab setting. This will prevent anything reacting with a substance that could have been present when it shouldn’t have been. Step 2: Ampicillin sensitive E. coli cells in log phase of
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