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    Antibiotics have become such a commonly used medicine; some may consider it as regularly used as Tylenol. This thought does not seem that outrageous, but the overuse of antibiotics is quite an epidemic. Antibiotic use is even more of a worry because of the fact that people ignore the need to act on the problem of over-prescribing antibiotics to patients. Some people believe the over-prescription of antibiotics by doctors is not a detriment to society and their immune systems, but rather a…

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    Microorganism Lab Report

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    Purpose To identify an unknown microorganism by performing a series of biochemical tests on a pure bacterial culture. Materials and Methods 1. One test that was used to discover the identity of the given bacterial culture was the carbohydrate utilization tests. This specific set of tests involved two broths, namely phenol red lactose and phenol red sucrose, and a Durham tube placed upside down in the broth tubes. These broths can be broken down by fermentation processes,…

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    with keeping alive yet that you have never seen," (however I would contend that I've seen a greater amount of this "organ" in the toilet than I've seen any of my different organs). He additionally specifies the thought that our human-particular microorganisms may characterize us as an animal group to some degree. There's a whole other world to it than just hereditary qualities that isolates us from other animal species. They additionally offer us some assistance with communicating in specific…

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    Application of Biofloc technology in aquaculture systems; a viewpoint Anjali P. Thilakan1*,Manju Lekshmi. N2.,Sreekanth.G.B2, N. P. Singh2 1Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Andheri (W), Mumbai 2ICAR Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Ela, Old Goa . Abstract Bioflocs are aggregates (flocs) of algae, bacteria, proto¬zoans, and other kinds of particulate organic matter such as feces and uneaten feed and it normally contains 35-40% of protein. Biofloc technology ensures…

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    Arabidopsis Thaliana Root

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    Sulfamethazine remediation potential of Arabidopsis thaliana root ABSTRACT The use of antibiotics in animals either as a growth promoting or as a disease treating agent has become a worldwide trend. Antibiotics being stable bioactive compounds are not fully absorbed into the animal system and are released into the environment through animal manure. This study aims to discern the effect of one such veterinary antibiotic, sulfamethazine, on Arabidopsis thaliana root and also the possible…

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    From day one, January 1st 1928 when the first fully automatic photographic film developing machine was patented, it was clear this year would be significant to history. Day by day, events were occurring that would improve the overall lives of the average American. RCA and GE installed test television sets in homes, NBC set up a permanent coast-to-coast radio network, and what no America realized would forever impact human and animal health, Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic.…

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    Bacillus Subtilis

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    Biology assignment Introduction ? There are many bacteria present in the world that affect people on a daily basis. There are any antiseptics available on the market to help combat the war against pathogenic bacterium. A common type of bacteria includes bacillus subtillis. ?B. subtillis is a bacterium found on the skin, in the digestive tract, in epithelial wounds, on extremities of the human body, in livestock and soil. Because B.subtiliis is ubquituous, it has developed adaptive strategies…

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    How Does Bacteria Gain Antibiotic Resistance? Antibiotic resistance can only occur when the bacteria changes in some way that reduces the effectiveness of drugs or chemicals designed to cure or prevent infections from further expanding in the body. With resistance, that’s exactly what these forms of bacteria are doing, multiplying and spreading or infecting others. The bacteria’s main goal is to survive and multiply in the environment they were introduced to so introducing an antibiotic will…

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    Wound Site: A Case Study

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    Introduction The infection at the wound site is a severe kind of problem and it delays regeneration of epidermis and dermis in the wound and slows wound closure. Due to the secretion of microbial enzymes by wound pathogens, a variety of extracellular matrix proteins were degraded. Synthetic antimicrobial therapy used in the wound management and eradication of pathogens. However, it has many shortcomings such as anti-microbial resistance, cyto-toxicity against host tissue and absence of…

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    The human gut contains numerous organisms including bacteria, viruses and fungi. These gut microbes have co-evolved with host through for a very long time and at baseline, provide a beneficial relationship with the host. This paper will focus on bacteria, which are multiple factors more than human cells in number. These bacteria have a significant effect on humans and play a significant role in maintaining one’s health. Despite the countless research projects that target these bacteria, their…

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