Spore

Kenneley (2014) in the article "Clostridium difficile infection is on the rise", Clostridium difficile is a bacterial organism that can be found in a small percentage of individuals alongside the natural flora of the digestive system; it produces spores, which can live for long periods of time outside of the body and due to their nature are excreted within fecal matter (Kenneley, 2014, p. 63). C. difficile is increasing in frequency among individual populations which were…

PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES Written by Ebru Erdogan Alper Buberci Helin Alagoz Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain propionibacterium acne’s structural properties, to make its microbiological analysis, to mention where it can be found, especially on human body, its photosensitivity and to describe the diseases and some infections it can lead to under specific conditions. Introduction Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is a bacteria that grows deep inside of pores, which is…

1) Alcaligenes faecalis is a Gram-negative coccobacilli that is motile, oxidase positive, catalase positive, non-spore-forming, non-fermenting, slow growing, and citrate positive obligate aerobe (Mahon et al., 2014) (Sachdeva et al., 1963). Its colony morphology is flat, thin, and rough with irregular edging (Mahon et al., 2014) and the flagella varies between the usual shape versus the curly structure, however, both shapes do not exist on the same individual bacteria (Leifson, 1960). The…

Origin of LSD and Psilocybin: Home Sweet Home Both these psychological drugs do not come in handy packages, all gift-wrapped and perfectly ready for the user to high on. Whether it is psilocybin being nicknamed “magic mushroom” or LSD in its natural pure state, it is not the organism itself, but a component that is found inside it and constantly produced as a “weapon” to fend off any predators, mainly herbivores and omnivores (obviously), those that do try to eat it. For psilocybin, they can…

Wolves Clayton Hull-Crew wrote an editorial on the US-Represented website reflecting on the reintroduction of wolves into the Yellowstone National Park. Hull-Crew states that the wolves have been responsible for a major ecological shift beginning at the top of the food chain, slowly making its way to the bottom, effecting everything from beaver dams to river bed erosion. Hull-Crew claims that the wolves have created what is called a “Trophic Cascade” of events. A Trophic cascade is, “an…

Pencil Me In For The Zombie Apocalypse Legends of the risen dead have come from most of the world’s cultures in order to encourage fear or hope-based obedience. However, countries like England, Germany, and America have begun to use such concepts to entertain the masses through books and movies that depict the life one would experience during and after a zombie apocalypse. The zombies typically seen in movies come in three categories; zombies raised specifically to serve a master, zombies…

microscope 61 with a magnification of 400 times; larger magnifications were used for the identification of problematic palynomorphs. 62 63 Example pollen diagrams with selected depth intervals and pollen types are presented in Fig. 2. Pollenand spores were 64 identified with and named after various pollen morphological studies [21-25]. Additionally, a pollen reference collection 65 was used. Observed palynomorphological types are in the text of this paper…

Introduction Asthma is a serious respiratory disease that is affecting an increasing number of people across the world. The disease is associated to the inflammation of bronchia which restrict the patient’s berating. Asthma is not curable but can be managed by the patient to live an almost normal life. Tammy is currently 17 years of age and is on the school cheer leading team. She has also been experiencing an increasing number of attacks in recent years clearly demonstrating Tammy and her…

Are Poe’s Crime Scenes Realistic? Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories are grim and disturbing. In his short story “The Cask of Amontillado” the protagonist lures the antagonist into his catacomb. Then, locked away the antagonist down in the catacomb resulting in his death. This murder was accomplished when the antagonist became drunk and could not realize what was happening, but would that really be enough to just lure him into the catacomb? Even if that is possible would the antagonist be so…

A common characteristic of humanity is the desire to seek big truths, pursue enlightenment and perpetually strive to have all the answers, regardless of how futile the pursuit. Consequently, the human mind is uncomfortable with uncertainty, so we are programmed to find explanations or create them if we must. We desire confidence in our knowledge, which we typically associate with expanding our knowledge. Therefore, when one has a greater understanding of something they are more assured about the…