Spore

In this day in age, people induce a high dosage of toxins and environmental pollutants due to a rapid increase in industrialization, production of smoke, emission of automobile, man-made landfills and other man-made innovations. Fortunately, these toxins can be filtered out due to one of NASA’s spinoffs, Arocide. More than two decades ago, NASA-funded scientist were in the search of such technology that would help grow food for long term missions. The downside was that it was a sealed…

RCS Air Sampler: Start time 950am and Stop time 952am 1. Answer the questions below. 2. As this information will all have to be reviewed by your Supervisor, ensure to submit all documentation related to your sampling strategy and sampling records, along with the answers to the questions below. Questions: 1. List the real-time airborne concentration ranges of the items below that you gathered from your sampling, and describe how the measurements compare against the standards described in the…

Fire! Now you may be wondering, what do you mean “Fire!” Fire! As in the Triangle Factory Fire. All these dangers, all these unfortunate girls. Couldn’t they have survived? Welcome to my essay on The Triangle Factory Fire. First of all, what caused this terrible disaster? Many different factors played into this. Was it just a spontaneous fire? It is said in Flesh and Blood so Cheap that the fire was most likely caused by a still lit cigarette thrown into a waste basket. They also say “We…

Clostridium tetani is a rod shaped microorganism’s bacteria in charge of the frequently lethal infection tetanus he word tetanus originates from the Greek word tetanus, which anticipates the meaning to stretch. Tetanus is described by unbending nature and sudden contractions of skeletal muscle and infection within the integumentary system, skin (Tortora, et al., 2016). Bacterial cells, similar to plant cells, are surrounded by a cell wall. However, bacterial cell walls are comprised of…

Kwon-Chung in 1976 has mentioned that C. neoformans exists as two mating types, MATa and MATα which is determined by single locus with diomorphic alleles.(Halliday CL et al, 1999). The MAT locus of C. neoformans is larger and consists of 100 kb having more than 20 conserved genes. These mating types play an important role in sexual development changes. These also play a vital role in epidemiology by knowing the prevalence and virulence of the isolate (Lengeler KB et al, 2000). Based on the…

Stella Cottrell-Dormer Biology GMOEssay Ibu Alissa Gouw December 19 2015 BT Cotton Many of the foods we eat both at home and away from home, are made of ingredients that have been genetically modified, meaning that the genes in the ingredients are improved so that they can be better and more improved. Genetically modified foods can range from the rice we consume to the material used to make our clothes. GMO stands for genetically modified organisms. GMOs are organisms that are created through…

MYCORRHIZAE AND FORESTRY What is Mycorrhiza: Albert Bernard Frank (1885), in his study of relationships between soil microbes and plants, introduced the Greek term ‘mycorrhiza’, which means ‘fungus roots’. Mycorrhizas are highly evolved symbiotic association between roots of most higher/vascular plants and certain specialized soil fungi (Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Zygomyectes) that colonize the root cortex during periods of active plant growth both in the natural environment and in…

To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate? Every horse owner will struggle with vaccinations to some degree. There are so many vaccinations available to horse owners. Drug companies and some veterinarians may push these vaccinations for financial gain, personal belief, or some other reason. However, no matter the reason, it is the responsibility of the horse owner to decide which vaccinations their horse will be receiving; hopefully, with the advice of a trusted veterinarian. But where can a horse owner…

ELVIS (Extraterrestrial Landing Vehicle Integrated Sampler) was placed on Mars to collect soil samples from the surface of the planet. The scientist’s goal, when ELVIS was launched, was to obtain soil samples from the planet that contained microbes distinguishable from those on Earth. However, when ELVIS returned home it was terribly damaged. The suit material and skin of ELVIS had degraded during the mission. Our goal as microbiologists was to determine if the microbes present in the soil…

Defective can seam was the major reason to cause the canned food products being contaminated with microorganisms and the contaminants from the surrounding environment. Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum) was the spore forming bacterial which can be commonly found in those contaminated or leakage canned products. They can multiply rapidly within the canned food as those food serve as the nutrients for them to grow. Botulism was the most common food born disease in the canned food industries. The…