Microbiology

for taking the time to read about my interests in your 10-week Microbiology Summer Undergraduate Research Internship found on the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine webpage. I am currently in my second year at North Iowa Area Community College where I will graduate with my Associate’s Degree in Science this May. I take great interest in your superior program because I would love to familiarize myself with U of I’s microbiology program, gain more knowledge in the field of biological…

My interests has changed and a need to study Environmental Science emerged in light of a society so engulfed in the problem of climate change. I plan to still purse my interest in Microbiology by pursuing a minor in this field. All of this will climate into one career once I enter the military to serve both my country and my environment as a military Environmental Engineer. To continue these goals I have been applying to as many scholarships…

 Micro- The patient’s microbiology test result shows that the blood culture has no growth. Whereas, the respiratory culture was obtained from tracheal aspiration and has positive test results with many WBC’s less than 25 squamous epithelial cells, moderate Gram-negative Rods, many Pseudomonas aeruginosa and moderate Klebsiella pneumonia which was resistant to Ampicillin.  CBG- Capillary blood gas results conclude that the patient has moderate hypoxemia and the acid-base status of this blood…

Sara Parks Unknown Report Introduction One of the many reasons to study microbiology is to gain a better understanding of microorganisms and the huge part they play in the world. It is imperative to know the differences between microorganisms. This knowledge is useful in many cases; for instance, a patient with an unidentified infection could be administered effective treatment if one possessed the knowledge to correctly define the microorganism. Furthermore, the purpose of this unknown…

Purpose Statement: The purpose of this experiment was to determine the Gram stain of the certain slant cultures we used in class, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, under a microscope. Since it is the most important staining procedure in microbiology, it is used to distinguish between gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. The gram-positive cells stain purple, and the gram-negative stain a pinkish color. This staining is a differential stain that allows is used to identify the…

There were three significant events that happen at the beginning of microbiology period. The first event was the discovery of cells. A scientist name Robert Hooke was the first one to watch cells when he looked into a thin slice of cork, which we now use for closing wine, through a microscope that wasn’t as powerful but allowed him to see cells. Hooke then made a better microscope that had two sets of lenses which allowed him to see individual cells. His discovery started the beginning of the…

INTRODUCTION This paper looks at the difference between gram negative and gram positive bacterium. This is important when doing gram staining experiments. It also looks at the importance of microbiology. DIFFERENCES OF GRAM NEGATIVE AND GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM There are notable differences between the gram negative and gram positive bacterium. Gram negative bacterium is surrounded by a thin peptidoglycan cell wall while Gram positive has a thick layer of peptidoglycan. The peptidoglycan around…

There was a chapter of 50 pages on Louis Pasteur and his discoveries as a scientist. The beginning of the chapter covered briefly what Pasteur's life had been like prior to his milestone on the discovery of microbiology. The rest of the chapter covered the timeline of Pasteurs accomplishments and family life. I used part of this chapter in writing up what Pasteur's past beliefs had been and I took a couple of quotes from the chapter and placed them throughout…

understand, and to have knowledge about, the characteristics of bacteria in our environment. As part of a microbiology lab course, students were assigned to collect and identify an environmental sample down to the genus level. For this particular experiment a skin bacterial sample, taken from the arm, was selected and put through different differential…

microorgansims being responsible for contamination became more prevalent, some doctors and scientists made changes in their practice that reflected in their acceptance from the idea made by Joseph Lister in the introduction of aseptic techniques (microbiology, pg. 16). The epidemiology of nosocomial infections is not as difficult to understand as to trying to define epidemiology. Hospitals around the country see hundreds of patients daily, and many of whom do not suspect of getting an…