1.0Introduction 1.1Background to the Problem Streptococcus Pneumoniae is the causative agent of lung disease Pneumonia. Pneumonia was described as early as two thousand five hundred years ago by the Hippocrates. DR. Williams Osler, whom has studied pneumonia throughout his career, described pneumonia as the “captain of the men of death” owing to its great effect on humanity (Pneumonia,2006).The term pneumonia refers to any infection of the lung. Pneumococcal pneumonia is the term that is used
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2014 Dr. Brenda Deming Microbiology 2420 Fall 2014 Section 01 Introduction Microorganisms, which play an important role in the ecology of life, can be both beneficial as in the decomposition of waste products and harmful in the way that they can cause illness, diseases and even death in animals and humans. The purpose of this study was to identify two unknown organisms from a single mixed culture broth by using biochemical tests and procedures learned in the microbiology laboratory and the Biology
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from 15 minutes to 4 hours. The ultimate goal would be to produce a vaccine so we can stop the Zika-caused birth defects. Reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_CANARY Willey, J., Sherwood, L., & Woolverton, C. (2014). Prescott’s Microbiology. New York, NY:
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Bacillus Anthracis Jaylene Faulkner Microbiology Barbara Hayes November 6, 2015 Imagine being in the woods hunting a buck that’s grazing in the field. You pick your gun up and shoot the deer. You are ecstatic about your kill, your first plan for the meat is to make Venice stew. What you did not know was the buck had ingested a Bacillus Anthracis spore at some point in that week. Once you eat the deer meat, you will also ingest the Bacillus Anthracis and soon you will become infected with
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An obligate aerobe is an organism that needs oxygen to develop or mature. The organism can be a plant, a virus or a bacterium. It can only live in the presence of oxygen. Contrary to a facultative aerobe, which can live with or without the presence of oxygen. If oxygen is available in the environment, it will use it to grow, if not it will still grow, but the development will not be as fast as if oxygen is present. Since a human skin was swabbed for S. Epidermis, a temperature of 37 degree
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Weekly iLab iLab: Exploring the Microbiology Lab FirstName Tiffani_LastName: Whitehead Section 1 Lab Safety 1. There are four safety equipment items that a lab should have. Identify two of these four items. (2 pts) Biological Safety Cabinet, Eyewash and shower 2. Identify one of the three ways to keep your work area safe. (1 pt) Keep your workspace free of all unnecessary materials 3. There are five recommendations for dressing properly in a lab environment. Name two of
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agent of a disease in a patient, so as to know how it can be treated, to knowing the correct microorganism to be used for making certain foods or antibiotics. This study was done by applying all the methods that have been learned so far in the microbiology laboratory class for the identification of an unknown bacterium. MEDIA LIST Unknown Bacterium #5 Mannitol Salt Agar Plate DNA Agar Plate Blood Agar Plate RESULTS/ DATA The Unknown #5 had the following morphology after Gram staining
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Bio 15 – Microbiology Final Unknown Report Sheet Unknown # ___90___ Genus and species of unknown _______Escherichia coli_________ Gram reaction and morphology ____Gram Negative reaction/Translucent and Shiny___ Other stains performed and results: Results: Please list the test results for all tests that were performed on the unknown. For tests not performed, write ND. |Carbohydrates: |IMViC Tests:
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Objective The purpose of this lab was to demonstrate the effectiveness of infection control barriers in a lab setting and to review the fundamental skills from the Introductory Microbiology lab such as aseptic technique, streak for isolation, and microscopy. The materials used in this lab were: gloves, Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) plates, a sterile loop, microscope slides, and Gram staining reagents (Crystal violet, Iodine, 95% Ethanol, and Safranin).The bacteria that was used was a culture of Serratia
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What is the mechanism that Bordetella pertussis uses to invade epithelial cells in the lungs? The bacteria, Bordetella pertussis causes cough which becomes serious cough as the bacteria stays in the upper respiratory track and releases toxins which lead to the inflammation. The lungs consist of the Epithelial cell lining which is invaded by this bacteria. There are two stages for this disease the first stage is the colonization of the bacteria in the upper respiratory track. And the second stage
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