Antimicrobial

Abstract: Serratia marcescens, which two decades ago was considered a harmless bacterium, is causing infections that are becoming progressively difficult to treat with antibiotics. These bacteria have grown resistant to certain antibiotics and in this experiment, we tested how S. marcescens reacted to 6 different antibiotics. My colleagues and I swabbed a mixture of nutrient broth and Serratia marcescens onto an agar plate containing 6 antibiotic tablets and let the plate sit for a week. We then…

First identified in the 1960’s, MRSA cases have continued to be on the rise.1 The problem with MRSA did not occur overnight and will not be solved overnight.2 Media attention and patient safety measures have led to great attempts at eliminating the presence of MRSA. 1(p77) MRSA is a worldwide issue and many different approaches have been tested to control its spread in the last several years.3 Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is a common bacteria.4 Staphylococcus is responsible for one-third of all…

The first Ebola epidemic was in West Africa in 2014. The countries hit hardest by the virus as well as the rest of the world was at a loss as to how to control the disease and minimize the number of people infected. Since the epidemic, scientists have been able to create a number of treatment drugs to help minimize the morbidity rate and help control the next outbreak. There currently is not an established treatment drug or vaccine for Ebola, but there are a number of different options in the…

fruits. However, pure Lauric acid can not be ingested since it could cause irritation, but there are no gastrointestinal problems when is glycerol is chemically bonded. (Davidson, 2003) According to research, it has many health benefits due to its antimicrobial properties, but it 's not yet confirmed. The chemical formula for Lauric acid is C12H24O2 and has a molar mass of 200.32. Its melting point is about 3.8°C while the boiling point is BOUT91.4°C (lauric acid,…

Fortification is one way in which food processing can alter the bioactive profile of a food. Significant health crises have been resolved via the implementation in 1924 of the addition of iodine to salt to prevent goiter and the 1940s implementation of the additions of vitamin D to milk to prevent rickets and niacin to flour to prevent pellagra. A more recent example is the establishment of the addition of folate to bread and breakfast cereals to prevent neural tube defects in the offspring of…

impacts. Melanoidins additionally show desmutagenic action against cancer-causing mixes. Protein-polysaccharide conjugates, arranged via Maillard response at mild conditions, increase the emulsifying property, and in addition antioxidative and antimicrobial impacts of the original…

Medical coverage is an entangled subject and few individuals can concede to a solitary kind of framework. The United States, for instance, has a blend of a privatized framework and an open framework. Different nations like Canada, Japan, and most European nations have widespread medicinal services, which implies that every one of its nationals get an essential level of scope, however the legislatures of the nations can run the program in an assortment of ways. Every one of these frameworks has…

Bleach was found to be a successful disinfectant against the bacterium S.epidermidis and E.coli, at all concentrations. Bleach is a household chemical substance that acts as a halogen-releasing agent specifically releasing chlorine. As bleach is an oxidizing agent, it facilitates the surge of cellular activity of Hsp33, which are redox-regulated chaperone proteins of the bacterial cell. This chaperone protein prevents the bleach from oxidizing the bacteria, which protects the cell against…

In everyday life, people use disinfectants, substances used to destroy viruses and microbes such as bacteria and fungi1, to clean their bathrooms. If not properly sterilized and cleaned, the bathroom can be a domain for numerous bacteria including ubiquitous Serratia Marcescens, a short, rod shaped, facultative anaerobic, opportunistic pathogen that can cause nosocomial infections such as urinary tract infections, bacteraemia, meningitis, sepsis and cerebral abscesses2. Facultative anaerobic…

“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year more than 2 million Americans become sick because of drug-resistant bacteria, and more than 23,000 of them die” (Could Antibiotics in Meat). These drug resistant bacteria all spur from an overuse in antibiotics that are administered to the animals through the caretaker, and with no publicizing of the amount of antibiotics administered by the meat industry, accurate information is difficult to locate. Evidence shows the use…