Bacteria Essay

With studies showing that by replacing the gut bacteria of anxious mice with the bacteria from more fearless mice an increase in their sociability and decrease in their anxious behavior was observed (this also worked in reverse). Also through changing the diet of the anxious or aggressive mice and introducing a probiotic…

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron It is a common belief that all bacteria is harmful and bad for humans. This thought could not be further from the truth. Without many different types of bacteria, humans would not be able to live. There are millions of different types of bacteria found in and on the human body that are imperative to life. One of such organisms is Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (B. thetaiotaomicron) is a gram-negative obligate anaerobe that is found in…

person to another and that's what makes them infectious. Most infections are spread through direct or indirect contact with a contaminated person who is a host of the disease or infection. The most common type of transmission is through airborne bacteria and viruses being passed…

Clostridium perfringens is typically found in soil and if this is eaten or coming in contact with the animal it can cause variety of diseases, especially in domestic animals. These diseases include different enteric syndromes such as bovine and ovine enterotoxemia, fowl necrotic enteritis, and lamb dysentery. Strains of most toxin types like alpha and beta toxin have been involved in necrotic enteritis beta toxin is caused by type-C strains. The pulpy kidney disease is caused by type-D strains…

amount of antibiotics given to animals because of the after effect of consuming meat by humans. The after effect can be food poisoning and antibiotic resistant. A bacteria having antibiotic resistance means that the antibiotic no longer harms the bacteria or no longer reduce the bacteria load in the body. Antibiotic Resistance bacteria is a…

Antibiotics are a type of medicine that helps stop infections caused by bacteria. The first Antibiotic (Penicillin) was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. Since the discovery of Penicillin many other antibiotics have been discovered. The development of antibiotics was an important innovation because it cured infections, treated patients during World War I with infections and burns that led to the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria. A main cause of death that couldn't have been…

resistance at an shocking rate (Mezger et al.2014). The main aims of Antibiotic sensitivity testing is detecting possible drug resistance in common pathogens by in-vitro testing of bacterial cultures with antibiotics to determine susceptibility of bacteria to antibiotic therapy. The tests are frequently used when the etiologic agents are members of species capable of resistance to commonly prescribed drugs (Jenkins and Schuetz,2012). The most-widely used tests in clinical laboratories include…

treatment guidelines have been established by the governing bodies involved in newborn health. “Group B Streptococcus (GBS) emerged as a major perinatal pathogen in the 1970s.” (Sudqi Hamada at all, 2008, p.53) “Group B Streptococcus (GBS) are common bacteria which are often found…

Coli’s competence for transformation. Plasmids such as lux and control pUC18 allow the cell to transform in order to grow and survive, while both contain ampicillin-resistant genes. Both the lux and control pUC18 plasmid were added to the competent bacteria in the cold ice bath. After the ice bath, the cells were immediately transferred into a heat shock. Heat shock expands the cell allowing the plasmids to enter the host cell. The solutions were later poured into six different agar plates.…

Control (CDC) estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases,” states CDC. “The 2011 estimates provide the most accurate picture yet of which foodborne bacteria, viruses, microbes ("pathogens") are causing the most illnesses in the United States, as well as estimating the number of foodborne illnesses without a known cause,” (“CDC Estimates of Foodborne Illness in the United States”). People are…