Spore

Abstract: This experiment was meant to look and find gene linkages and determine the crosses of the tan x wild type (black), gray x wild type (black), and tan x gray spores of the Sordaria fimicola. To accomplish the crossing, the plates filled with auger had to be set up with each individual kind of spore. Three plates with two different spore colors of sordaria in each. One plate was black and tan, black and gray, and gray and tan. For gene to centromere distance the standard deviation was…

They investigated the synthesis of silver nanoparticles by the spore crystal mixture of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Bt had been used because of its ease of availability and lack of seasonal dependence. The Bt strain IS1 was isolated from the soils of Bikaner, Rajasthan and was added to a mixture of silver nitrate to…

increase quickly. The most effective way to create an outbreak of anthrax would be through direct acts of bioterrorism. As anthrax is not communicated person-to-person the spores would have to be continually introduced into the population. According to the Eastern Journal of Medicine, “anthrax is easy to obtain,” “forms spores which makes it an agent easy to store,” and is “resistant to sunlight and heat” (Dizer, Levent, Mesut). This means that if enough anthrax were produced there could be too…

Why did the mushroom get invited to every party? Because he was a fun-gi. Now, Mushrooms can come in many shapes and sizes, but they all belong to the same class FUNGI. What is a fungi? Is it a plant or animal? Actually, they’re neither. The mushroom are in their own kingdom, because how the gathering of food is unlike plants and animals. Plants use photosynthesis to produce food. Animals eat plants or other animals for food. But fungi draws their nutrition from decaying plants or organic…

atmosphere (Nevo, 2009). The fungus Sordaria fimicola can be easily obtained from both of these slopes and grown in a lab, making it an ideal organism for scientists to study. It produces fruiting bodies containing asci with eight spores. These asci arrangements in the spores can than be viewed under a microscope…

The mushroom is the most common type of fungi. Fungus is a fascinating organism because it is neither a plant nor animal. In some instances it appears that it has characteristics from both. Most people use to think that mushrooms were close relatives to plants, however they are not producers. This simply means that they do not make their own food. They receive their nutrients from their surroundings. They are labeled as decomposers because they break down their food and return the nutrients to…

Although 449 samples were taken from her home, and 33 samples elsewhere, no spores were ever found (Grady, 2012). The only possible way investigators made sense of it, was to think it was through the mail. "She'd complain about all the junk mail she used to get, and then she'd toss it into the trash can," Davis said which led Investigators…

Annotated Bibliography: Decreasing the risk of Clostridium Difficile (CDIFF) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2015) Clostridium difficile Infection http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/organisms/cdiff/Cdiff_infect.html This particular site by the CDC summarizes all the Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs), the organism that cause the disease and its data and statistics. Then it breaks down each infection one by one with an easy to read fact sheet. This is a great resource that merely…

The first step I took in researching my topic was going on to the Clark College Library Website to access the article databases that my English teacher, Ms. Steltz, recommended I use. There were many article databases to choose from, each with an abundant amount of information within them if you know how to use them correctly. I am not sure why but I had a hard time finding any directly related information to my project on ProQuest and CQ researcher. but when I checked Gale Virtual Reference…

by swallowing botulism spores and is potentially life-threatening. These spores are from a bacteria known as Clostridium botulinum, which is found in dirt and dust and can also contaminate honey, as Kid’s Health states. According to Dr. Greene, Botulinum toxin is the most poisonous natural substance known to man. The lethal dose is only 0.0000001 mg per kg of body weight. Kid’s Health also states that because young babies haven't developed the ability to handle the spores yet, if an infant…