Coccus is a term used to describe a type of morphology that helps us distinguish different kinds of bacteria. The cell’s morphology is only one of the many ways we can differentiate the different species. Looking at these bacterium underneath the microscope is an important step to determine which kind of species it is. All cocci bacteria are not gram positive‚ but this lab will examine only this kind because of their influence in human health. Staphylococcus Aureus is a gram-positive coccus bacterium
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Viruses: Complex Molecules or Simple Life Forms? Viruses have been defined as "entities whose genomes are elements of nucleic acid that replicate inside living cells using the cellular synthetic machinery‚ and cause the synthesis of specialised elements that can transfer the genome to other cells." They are stationaryand are unable to grow. Because of all these factors‚ it is debatable whether viruses are the most complex of molecules or the simplest life forms. While the definition
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over 99% of bacteria or antibiotics aren’t discovered. However‚ recently a new antibiotic called teixobactin was discovered. This antibiotic prevents the synthesis of a cell wall by binding to a motif of lipid II and lipid III molecules. The goal of this experiment was to discover how teixobactin interact with bacteria and how it is able to effectively kill pathogens. A device called the iChip was used to discover teixobactin. The iChip helped to isolate and grow uncultured bacteria. Multiple iChips
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Unknown Bacterium #22 Purpose The purpose of this experiment was to find the identity two unknown bacteria in the given test tube. Materials •Bacterial Loop •Bunsen Burner • Petri Dish with agar •Crystal Violet •Gram’s Iodine •95% Ethanol •Safrin •Glass Slides •Microscope •Unknown bacteria in test tube Procedure On the first day‚ one plate was streaked qualitatively and left it in the
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“Should we manipulate the DNA of bacteria?” This is a question that has no definite answer‚ but a limitless amount of controversy. Since DNA is the code within each and every cell that instructs them on how to function and bacteria are rapidly reproducing microbes‚ genetic engineering is something to be considered. In fact‚ Bacteria were the first organisms to be genetically engineered. Modifying or manipulating the DNA of microbes and bacteria should continue to be allowed because it can be used
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Mystery bacterium I would not say science is storybook fun‚ but who knew it become a mystery. Trying to find out what was in our number seven vial would become a battle we were willing to take on. As I began the test of deciding if our little bacteria friend was gram positive or negative‚ Jordan my science teammate‚ was putting together a smear plate. In as little as ten minutes we had discovered by the pink oval shapes we were observing‚ our microbe friend was a gram negative rod. We had narrowed
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Introduction The purpose of this experiment is to see how much bacteria can and will grow in common places in a typical high school. Common places can mean many things‚ including anything from water fountain spouts to computer keyboards. Such objects can hold up to 2‚700‚000 colony forming units per square inch (or CFU/in sq)(NSF). A colony forming unit is the unit used to find an estimate of the number of cells of a bacteria. This unit of measurement is commonly utilized in the subject of microbiology
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Unknown Bacteria Staining Gram Acid Fast Spore The first practical for microbiology was staining of an unknown bacteria. Professor Goode provided an unlabeled bacteria in which each individual were to conduct gram‚ acid fast‚ and spore staining tests from memory. When the gram staining test was conducted a positive results was obtained. When views on oil bacteria appeared purple and rod-like. I noted this result and looked at the lab key to see what the results narrowed my bacteria choices
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| |Factors affecting the growth of bacteria | Introduction: Bacteria make up a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. And how can be bacteria destroyed? Antibiotics are widely used in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. Antibiotic is a substance‚ such as penicillin or streptomycin
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Exploring the diversity‚ abundance‚ and variability of diatom-associated bacteria in the oligotrophic ocean I. Abstract The ecology of diatoms may be better explained by conceptualizing them as composite organisms consisting of the host cell and its bacterial associates. Our previous investigated diatom-bacterial interactions at the single-cell level found that bacterial assemblages varied substantially even among closely related individual host cells. The bacterial assemblages associated with single
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