Bacterial vaginosis

Introduction Gardnerella Vaginalis also known as Bacterial Vaginosis is a bacterial infection normally found in the female’s genital tract [5]. This can cause a female to go through abnormal vaginal odor and discharge. Generally an unpleasant fishy smell with a yellow or white discharge [2]. Garnerella Vaginalis otherwise Bacterial Vaginosis can be contracted through vaginal douching, multiple or new sex partners and intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD). Bacterial Vaginosis is not only contracted during sexual intercourse but women who have never had vaginal intercourse can have it as well. Bacterial vaginalis is a simple infection of a women’s pH balance being off. This is due to a women having more harmful bacteria than good bacteria in her vagina [4]. A woman’s body is known to fight off certain bacteria especially in areas such as the vagina. With this, a woman’s normal balance is off due to the bacteria. Bacterial vaginosis is normally found in women around the ages of 15-44 [4]. Statistics shows that one of three women in the United States end up having bacterial vaginosis [7]. Bacterial vaginosis is where lactobacilli is absent from the vaginal area which have an overgrowth of gram negative bacteria and…

Signs You May Have Bacterial vaginosis and How to Treat it Naturally Bacterial vaginosis is a form of mild infection which occurs in the reproductive organs of a woman due to bacteria. Generally, there are “good” bacteria in the vagina and some that are considered to be “bad.” The “good” bacteria regulate the growth of the “bad” types. Vaginosis occurs when the balance is upset. Bacterial vaginosis usually lasts for a few days and can disappear on its own. Causes of Bacterial vaginosis Medical…

Recurring Yeast Infections A vaginal yeast infection is a fungal infection that causes irritation, increased discharge, strong odors, and an intense itchiness of the vulva, and vagina. It's a type of vaginitis, or inflammation of the vagina, and infections occur when there are too many of the bacteria and yeast that normally live in the vagina. If you have recurrent yeast infections, four or more within a year, you might need a maintenance plan and a longer treatment course. Why Do You Have…

stationary phase and even death phase. Looking at the second graph which compared the absorbance in the Spec 20 related to time, there was a linear increase at 37° but not as much of an increase in absorbance at 30°. At 37°, the absorbance went from .075 to .140 which shows a doubling of bacterium colonies that formed. At 30 degrees, there is less of steady increase of growth because at 30 minutes the absorbance value was .14 and at 60 minutes the absorbance value was .13 which was unusual…

within the genome. When the F plasmid is integrated into the genome, the host cell has a high frequency of recombination (Hfr). The donor (F+) transfers DNA to the recipient (F-) and is integrated by homologous recombination but remains F-. Cavalli-Sforza and Lederberg showed that the even though the F- and Hfr had a high recombination frequency, it remained F- (Jayaraman, 2011). Bernard Davis performed a U-tube experiment that determined that physical contact between two cells was needed to…

Collection and Identification of an Environmental Bacteria to the Genus level Introduction: Bacteria can be found virtually anywhere, and interaction with these organisms occurs daily (Fitzpatrick & Allison, 2014). However, though the interaction between human and bacterium is continual, it is not always known what type of bacteria a person is coming into contact with. Therefore it is important to understand, and to have knowledge about, the characteristics of bacteria in our environment. As…

In addition, procedure part H contains the viewing of cheek cells, cheek cells are a high-caliber option for identifying the membrane, and cytoplasm of a cell. To begin, place a drop of methylene blue on a slide, then smear a toothpick amongst the inside of the cheek, lastly smear the toothpick onto the stained slide. Cheek cells just like starch cells are hard to be viewed without the addition of a staining chemical, in this case, the methylene blue will make the cheek cells have a slight blue…

bacteria, and under what circumstance the bacteria could be resistant to that particular drug. (5 pts) As the name implies 50s subunit protein synthesis inhibitors such as erythromycin inhibit protein synthesis by binding to the 50S subunit of the 23S rRNA molecule of the bacterial ribosome. This ultimately acts to block the exit of the growing peptide chain. It should be noted that gram+ bacteria more effectively accumulate erythromycin than gram negative bacteria thereby making it more…

When trying to figure out the cellular morphology and arrangement the T-streak method is used to get isolated colonies from a sample of a bacteria. To begin the process a petri plate which has a layer of agar is divided into three sections in a T form. When preforming an experiment aseptic techniques are used between each step, therefore you flame the loop before and after every step. A sample is taken from a culture with an inoculated loop, then is spread in the top section of the plate in…

Within a medical setting, a biopsy can be performed and analyzed rapidly without relying on the growth of bacterial cultures. In part one of this experiment, our skills and reagents were tested by following our Gram stain procedure on known species of bacteria. The species tested were Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Moraxella catarrhalis. The second part of our experiment focused on identifying the Gram staining characteristics of an unknown species. Two…