Anthrax toxin

used materials of the cowpox to create immunity from the smallpox (The College of Physicians of Philadelphia 2015). This continued with Louis Pasteur’s rabies vaccine in 1885, and continued with more vaccines to immunize against diphtheria, tetanus, anthrax, cholera, plague, typhoid, tuberculosis, and more in the 1930’s (The College of Physicians of Philadelphia 2015). Vaccines develop immunity by imitating and infection; it does not cause illness, but symptoms can occur due to the immune system…

composition of their cell walls. These differences often have a direct influence on what the bacteria does, with some Gram-negative bacteria being pathogenic in nature. Gram positive bacilli Sopre foming bacillus cereus- food poisoning, bacillus anthracis, anthrax, clostridium tetani-tetanus; clostridium botulinum- botulism; Clostridium perfringens- gangrene; Clostridium difficile- colonitis Non sporing: listeria monocytogenes- food poisoning; corynebecterium diphtheria diplohteria;…

excessive reaction to adsorbed tetanus toxoid may be given the simple vaccine when time for a booster occurs. In the preparation for the 1990 Persian Gulf campaign, pertussis vaccine was used as an adjuvant for anthrax vaccine. This produces a more rapid immune response than giving only the anthrax, which is of some benefit if exposure might be imminent. Vaccines may also contain preservatives to prevent contamination with bacteria or fungi. Until recent years, the preservative thimerosal was…

Biological and Chemical weapons if in the wrong hands can be just as destructive as nuclear weapons. Biological warfare is the use of any organism to harm or kill any population or area. Chemical warfare is the use of any chemical produced by organism to harm people. These weapon could be explained as high risk, no reward. The creation and use of chemical and biological weapons should be banned due to the fact that they are hard to trace and are uncontrollable.With the advances of science these…

logical-thinking person could approve of performing such a devious deed. Nor can I understand how one could despise terrorists such as Saddam Hussein, but be comfortable with biological warfare. According to the SIU School of Medicine, a kilogram of Anthrax, a common name among biological agents used, is described as being strong enough to eliminate up to one-hundred-thousand humans off of the face of the earth (Overview). If that’s not terrorism, I don’t know what is. In fact, another commonly…

Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the release of toxic biological agents. Common biological weapons are anthrax, botulism, plague, and smallpox. The plague has been one of the most devastating epidemics to mankind, second only to smallpox. Humans can become infected after being bitten by fleas that have fed on infected rodents. The plague develops rapidly and carries a high fatality rate despite immediate treatment and antibiotics. It has been used on various occasions because it’s difficult…

Alexander Fleming “discovered the existence penicillin through a combination of perceptiveness and luck” (Krogh, 2011, p. 398). While he was growing bacteria in a petri dish, he notices the appearance of a type of fungus. The contamination caught the attention of Fleming. He realizes that he had found a substance that had the power to kill bacteria. Fleming continued to grow more fungal mold and tested it on different kind of bacteria. Additionally, he tested it on healthy mice in which he…

in digestion and taking up space to prevent disease causing pathogen from taking over. Transient bacterias just pass through, they donot take over an area for too long in the body. Virulent is the ability for a disease causing pathogen to produce toxins. Symbiosis on the other hand is a sharing relation=ship between organisms are different from each other. There are two other terms that come to paly when the word symbiosis is define. Commensalism is when two unlike organism have a relationship…

Pasteur’s discovered the rabies vaccine in 1885. The discovery had a significant impact on diseases that helps in society today with preventing ongoing diseases in children. The rapid growth of vaccines helps prevents against diphtheria, tetanus, anthrax, tuberculosis the list can go on too many…

Infectious bacteria cause disease by releasing toxins. These toxins are either released during the cell’s lifetime or when the cell dies. Use the diagram given to describe antibiotic resistance. The red cells represent bacteria resistant to antibiotics, and the green cells represent bacteria who cannot survive…