family of bacteria in the division firmicutes (meaning strong skin and referring to the cell wall) and the class bacilli (which refers to its rod like shape). They look just like streptococcus bacteria from physical characteristics alone. In fact‚ members of the genus Enterococcus were classified as Group D Streptococcus until 1984 when genomic DNA analysis showed that a separate genus classification would be appropriate. Enterococci are part of the normal intestinal flora (good bacteria) of humans
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MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 190-50100 KAKAMEGA FACULTY OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES COURSE TILTE: INDUSTRIAL/FIELD ATTACHMENT COURSE CODE: SBL326 NAME: PAMELA K. MUKWEYI REG. No.: BTE/0517/08 DURATION: 9TH MAY – 20TH JULY 2012 SUBMISSION DATE: ATTACHMENT PLACE:CENTRE FOR MICROBIOLOGY RESEARCH- KEMRI Scope/purpose The Industrial Attachment program fulfils part of the requirement in pursuing the degree
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The total count varied from 1.2x102 to 6.3x103 cfu/ml. Different bacterial genera including Alcaligenes spp.‚ Bacillus spp.‚ Corynebacterium spp.‚ Escherichia spp.‚ Micrococcus spp.‚ Pseudomonas spp.‚ Shigella spp.‚ Staphylococcus spp. and Streptococcus spp. were isolated from the collected samples. The bacterial community was found to be diversified where the concentration of tannery waste was less; thereby it was assumed that the tannery waste might affect the aquatic bacterial community
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reports that she has tried to watch Ellie’s habits and hasn’t noticed anything super out of the ordinary. However‚ it is unknown as to her habits when she is out of the home. While watching Ellie’s habits the mother states that she has noticed that Ellie goes to bed at 9 pm every night‚ wakes up at 6 am every day and she wears the same clothes on the same day each week. Onset: Unknown but first
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Box hamburger in 1993 and the recent spinach outbreak in 2006‚ spread out abdominal pain and diarrhea on the civilization (American et al.‚ 2011). Streptococcus pyogenes is a spherical‚ gram-positive bacterium‚ which was discovered by Hippocrates‚ who was known as “Father of Medicine” in the fifth century B.C. (Leyro et al‚ 2008). Streptococcus pyogenes affects its hosts in many different ways and causes large ranges of diseases‚ which includes both mild and serve disease‚ such as such as fever
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(starter) cultures in yogurt are Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. The function of the starter cultures is to ferment lactose (milk sugar) to produce lactic acid. The increase in lactic acid decreases pH and causes the milk to clot‚ or form the soft gel that is characteristic of yogurt. The fermentation of lactose also produces the flavor compounds that are characteristic of yogurt. Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus are the only 2 cultures required by law (CFR)
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possibility of rupture of the cystic bleb. Topical antibiotics should be continued for a period of 2-3 months and then tapered. Early bleb related endophthalmitis is caused by Streptococcus epidermidis‚ Staphylococcus aureus‚ Propionibacterium acnes and other gram positive organisms. Late onset endophthalmitis is caused by Streptococcus‚ gram negative organisms such as Haemophilusinfluenzae‚ Moraxella‚ Pseudomonas and Serratia The treatment of bleb related endophthalmitis should be more aggressive than
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called RA is also classified as an "autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakes the bodies own substances and cells for foreign invaders and releases friendly fire on them" (Zelladt). "The initial trigger for this reaction is unknown‚ but the streptococcus bacterium and viruses have been suspect" (Marieb 239). One of the major distinctive features of rheumatoid arthritis is that it causes erosive
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Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a chronic heart condition that accounts for approximately 2% of all cardiovascular mortalities worldwide. It is most prevalent in developing countries where the actual disease burden is higher due to overcrowding‚ poverty and the lack of sufficient health care. The indigenous people of Australia and New Zealand‚ Africa and south-central Asia are at the greatest risk of suffering this disease. “The average annual incidence of acute rheumatic fever in children aged
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al.‚ 2009. Isothermal single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping and direct PCR from whole blood using a novel whole-blood lysis buffer. Mol. Diagn. Zhang‚ Y.‚ Isaacman‚ D.J.‚ WadowskyRM‚ White J.R.‚ Post‚ J.C.‚ Ehrlich‚ G.D.‚ 1995. Detection of streptococcus pneumonia in whole blood by PCR. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33‚ 596–601. Zhang‚ Z.‚ Kermekchiev‚ M.B.‚ Barnes‚ W.M.‚ 2010. Direct DNA amplification from crude clinical samples using a PCR enhancer cocktail and novel mutants of Taq
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