Methyl Red and Voges-Proskauer Test The Methyl Red test shows which bacteria are creating stable acids through mixed acid fermentation of glucose. This helps to identify enteric bacteria by examining how they metabolise glucose. Every enteric bacteria first produces pyruvic acid from metabolism of glucose. A methyl red positive enteric bacteria‚ uses the mixed acid pathway when breaking down pyruvic acid to different acids‚ like lactic‚ acetic‚ and formic acids. The Voges-Proskauer test determines
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“A Little Girl Died Because Canada Chose Cultural Sensitivity Over Western Medicine” by Jerry A. Coyne‚ 1/21/2015‚ this article explains how a 11-year old girl named Makayla Sault died from acute lymphoblastic leukemia after suffering from a stroke the previous day. Makayla could no longer deal with the pain and suffering of the side effects of chemotherapy treatment so her parents decided to no longer proceed with the chemotherapy treatment. The decision was based on her family cultural and religious
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metabolite producers and hence of high pharmacological and commercial interest. Isolation of Actinomycetes from SedimentMethicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) frequently causes nosocomial infections‚ is often resistant to most of the antibiotics and is one of the greatest challenges for modern antimicrobial therapy‚ particularly since the emergence of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) with intermediate susceptibility to glycopeptides. (Blanc et al.) In the Philippines‚ it has reported on
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References: 1. Madigon‚ Michael T. and Martinko‚ John M.‚ 2006.Biology of Microorganisms.11th Edition. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. 2. Black‚ Jacquelyn G.‚ 2002.Microbiology Principles and Explorations.5th Edition. New York‚ Chichester: John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. 3. Machin‚ Bryn D.‚ 1999.Serial Dilution [online]. University of Manchester‚ School of Biological Sciences. Available from http://cal.man.ac.uk/student_projects/1999/machin/BRYNserl
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A Sensitivity Analysis of Retailer Shelf Management Models NORM BORIN California Polytechnic State University PAUL FARRIS University of Virginia A shelf management model was developed to assist retailers with the decision of which products to stock and how much space to allocate to those products. Due to the non-linearities in the formulation a closedfotm solution is not possible. Borin‚ et al. develop a search heuristic based on simulated annealing and compare the solution against
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What care services are available to people with long-term health conditions and why is it important that these services should take into account individuals sensitivities and circumstances? “According to Talcott Parsons being sick is a role (a deviant one) which is a temporary role that all people (regardless of their status or position) enter at some stage of their life. Its main function is to control illness‚ and to reduce its disruptive effects on the social system by ensuring that sick
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Sensitivity analysis‚ what-if analysis‚ and goal seeking analysis are used for same purpose to analyze complex relationships among millions of data items to discover business patterns‚ trends. All of them are part of Decision support systems (DSS) analysis techniques. It helps managers to explore possible alternatives. What-If Analysis: In what-if analysis‚ an end user makes changes to variables‚ or relationships among variables‚ and observes the resulting changes in the values of
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Microbiology Abstract: The purpose of this lab was to use the Kirby-Bauer method to test the sensitivity of Staphylococcus epidermis of specific areas on a petri dish. The antibiotics were gentamicin‚ novobiacin‚ and penicillin. This resembled a culture and sensitivity test that is preformed at the hospital’s laboratory to find out the resistance of a microorganism. This experiment was meant to use the naked eye and a magnifying glass when necessary. Procedures: This experiment called for prepared
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and urinary tracts and in the brain. These infections will often be noticed through pain in these areas. The main purpose of this laboratory experiment was to utilize microscopic and macroscopic observation‚ biochemical tests‚ and antibiotic and disinfectant sensitivity tests to identify an unknown bacterium. Materials and Methods Microscopic and Macroscopic Observations All samples and observations of the unknown bacterium were taken after 48 hours of incubation at 35° Celsius. Microscopic observations
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(Strand & Shulman 1988) As shown in Table 1.‚ many organisms have developed resistances to commonly used antibiotics. The difference between the standard strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae and the extended spectrum betalactemase (ESBL) strain‚ for example‚ is striking. 12 antibiotics had greater than or equal to 95 percent effectiveness against the common K. pneumoniae strain‚ while only 2 antibiotics were as effective against the ESLB strain. P. aeruginosa and K. pneumoniae are only two of the many clinically
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