SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION OF YOGURT Yogurt is a sour milk product. Its sour taste is attributed to the presence of lactic acid yielded by bacteria through fermentation. Bacteria that are commonly used in yoghurt production are Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus. These bacteria have the ability to break down sugars in the milk producing lactate or lactic acid as by-product. Below is a step-by-step procedure in the production of yogurt. Find out from the procedure why
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Dental caries is an irreversible microbial disease of the calcified tissue characterised by demineralization of the inorganic portion and destruction of the organic substance of the tooth which often leads to cavitations. Smoking and its relation to dental caries is a subject of controversy. Early reports in literature indicated that smoking actually helped reducing dental caries (9‚10‚11). Schmidt‚ in 1951‚ supported this belief when he reported that increase in tobacco smoking was followed by
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Introduction Identification and classification of bacteria is important to make easier manipulation on the bacteria for various purposes such as for medical‚ research‚ developmental‚ and biotechnicalfieldsThe cell wall is the basis for classification of bacteria according to the Gram stain. Accordingto the chemical make up of bacterial cell wall‚ a staining procedure‚ Gram stain‚ helps usclassify bacteria into two subgroups‚ The cell wall can stain either positive or negative‚depending on its chemistry
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(streptococcal infection) | |Causative factors: |Causative factors: | |Yellow fever virus (flavivirus group) |Streptococcus bacteria | | |The bacteria make a toxin (poison) that can cause the | |
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Labset One Worksheet 1. Label and describe the function of each of the following parts of the microscope (7) A. The ocular lens/eyepiece transmits and magnifies the image from the objective lens to the eye. B. The body tube transmits the image from the objective lens to the ocular lens. C. The nosepiece is a rotating mount holding many objective lenses. D. The objective lens is the primary lens that gathers as much light as possible from the specimen and brings it to a bright focus
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Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib)‚ polio‚ influenza (flu)‚ and pneumococcal disease. 16. Find one type of cancer caused by a virus. HPV 17. What is the cause of rheumatic fever? Can occur after an infection of the throat with a bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes. 18. List 1 disease caused by a fungus. Ringworm 19. What is a telltale symptom of whooping cough? After long spells of coughing a loud whoop is heard then the heaves start.
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Bacterial meningitis and Viral meningitis are the two most common and serious types of meningitis. Bacteria meningitis is caused by bacteria. There are several types of pathogens that can cause bacterial meningitis: Haemophilus influenzae‚ Streptococcus pneumoniae‚ and Listeria monocytogenes. Some of the symptoms of Bacteria meningitis are nausea‚ vomiting‚ increased sensitivity to light‚ and confusion. Bacteria meningitis can be life threatening and result in the need of medical attention. It
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Where does it come from? (source? Natural or chemical) Streptokinase is extracellular bacterial protein and it comes from purified strains of group C beta-hemolytic streptococcus. It hydrolyzes peptide bonds and has a non-protease plasminogen activator which activates plasminogen to plasmin. This enzyme is used through its lysine binding site which is used as a medical drug for patients with blood clots. It was originally discovered from a precipitate of salt‚ that was then purified so the active
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A Throat Infections Egg Harbor Township NJ is a virus or bacteria that infects the back of your throat. Once an infection has been established‚ the throat can swell‚ become red and have pain. There are several viruses and bacteria that can cause a throat infection. It is very important that when you have an infection in your throat to get it treated. There are several Throat Infections Egg Harbor Township NJ that are caused by viruses. The common cold‚ type A flu‚ type B flu‚ laryngitis and the
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awareness due to the fact that it is a very serious infection. Haemophilus influenza type b is the very common cause of bacterial meningitis. Some general and familiar examples of bacterial meningitis are pneumococcal meningitis‚ which is caused by Streptococcus pneumonia‚ meningococcal meningitis is caused by Neisseria meningitides‚ and Haemophilus meningitis is caused by Haemophilus influenza type b. There are two ways that bacteria pass to meninges through
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