1. What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? The foodborne illness that I chose is Salmonella. Salmonella is one of the most common types of foodborne illnesses in America. It’s been around for 100 of years and was discovered by an American Scientist by the name of Dr. Daniel Salmon. These foodborne illnesses are also known simply as “food poisoning.” Salmonella is caused by the pathogen, bacteria. The Scientific name for this particular infectious agent is
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ISOLATION,IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS OF MICROBES ISOLATED FROM THAR DESERTSOIL,INDIA INTRODUCTION This study was done to identify the characterization, isolation and identification of microorganism from the desert soil. In the present study, thermal resistant and osmotolerant bacteria from the Thar soils were reported. Bacteria were isolated from 20 soil samples of 100gm each, collected from sand dunes. As Thar Desert were also evaluated for their plant growth promontory
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Method of detecting Anthrax Whether its natural or man made The key to meeting the challenge is to approach it in a systematic, comprehensive way. We must fully examine the biological threats we face, address the capabilities we must continue to build in order to mitigate them, and consider the complex legal and ethical issues that will arise during a biological calamity if ever we have one. They seek to cure, vaccinate, and alleviate suffering. Yet that is only one part of what must
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Typhoid Fever is a bacterial disease that you can get from overcooked or undercooked food, and contaminated water. The main disease in Typhoid Fever is salmonella. It’s not very common in the United States, there has only been less than 400 cases recorded in the United States this past year. About 3%-5% of people become carriers after the bacteria. Worldwide Typhoid affects more than 21 million people and the incubation period is from about 1 to 2 weeks long. Most recorded people have gotten Typhoid
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Toxoplasmosis is caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. This parasite is a cosmopolitan protozoan classified as a coccidian in the phylum Apicomplexa. As a zoonosis agent, T. gondii is an obligate intracellular pathogen in both humans and animals (Tenter et al. 2000) . T. gondii is the causative agent of both congenital infection and abortion in human and livestock (Dhama et al. 2013). T. gondii infects most genera of warm-blooded animals, including humans, but the primary host is the felid
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Bacteria are among the first life forms present on Earth, and they can be found in almost every environment. They can be in the shape of rods, spirals, and spheres. The genera Bacillus is a rod shaped bacterium that often form chains and can be found in a wide range of habitats. [Tortora, G.] Bacillus can be endospore-forming aerobic or facultatively anaerobic. Their thick peptidoglycan layer in the cell wall encases their cell membrane, making them a gram-positive bacteria. The fact that Bacillus
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You are given a sputum sample from a patient that may be infected with a bacterium from one of the following genera: Bacillus, Escherichia, or Mycoplasma. In a Microsoft Word document, describe the important anatomical differences among these three genera (i.e., those features that could be used to differentiate among them) and the staining protocols you would use to identify which genera is causing the patient’s infection. When discussing each staining protocol, it is important not only to mention
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What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. The foodborne illness I choose was Salmonella. Salmonella is a bacteria that causes an infection known as Salmonellosis. A person that is infected with Salmonella gets diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after being infected. Salmonella usually last four to seven days and most people recover without treatment. People with severe diarrhea must be
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Emerging and Remerging Infectious Disease: A Global Challenge Liberty University Emerging and Remerging Infectious Disease: A Global Challenge Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases is a danger to the stability of nations and the world. Governments, international organizations and individual health professions have renewed their focus on current health care policies in an effort to reduce the threat of emerging infectious diseases (Simmerman, 2012). The basic definition of an emerging or
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BACTERIA Morphology Unicellular Prokaryotic Extracellular Appendages flagella, fimbriae, pili Peptidoglycan alternating NAG and NAM protein reinforced by peptide crosslinks Plasmid extra circular DNA used for transferring resistance and toxicity Physiology Nutrition photoautotroph and chemoautotroph Metabolism- aerobic and anaerobic Reproduction - Binary Fission rapid transverse cell division resulting to two equally sized daughter cells Habitat Ubiquitous Soil Water Air
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