Spore

Clostridium botulinum are anaerobic microbes that are rod-shaped. These microbes are anaerobic because they live and grow in low oxygen conditions. When the bacteria has poor survival conditions it forms protective spores. The spores have a protective coat that covers the bacterium and also has protective membranes layers. Therefore, the protective membrane and the hard coating help protect the dormant of the bacterium for years. C. botulinum is responsible for a disease called botulism.…

Natalie Pleasant Mrs. Powell ENG 1020 31 Oct. 2016 Cannibalism What goes through your mind when you hear cannibalism? Cannibalism is defined as the consumption of flesh of the same species. It does not typically have to do with humans. It is depicted that way because of how the media and other sources portray it. In reality, cannibalism is a natural part of life. For decades, even centuries, humans have went through animal-like periods of time. Explorers and missionaries have encountered many…

essential because it separates the bacteria in two groups of gram positive and negatives bacteria’s .in addition, the gram stain shows the color, shape, size, and morphology of the bacteria. In order to narrow our search for unknown microbe, acid fast, spore and capsule stain were…

All bacteria are lacking of a membrane-bound nucleus and other membrane bound organelles, classifying them as prokaryotes. In the six-kingdom system used by the United States, all bacteria fall into the taxonomic kingdom of either archaebacteria or eubacteria. Bacteria are all unicellular and microscopic regardless of which kingdom they are grouped in. In general, archaebacteria are thought to resemble the first living bacteria on earth and are normally grouped by the climate in which they…

throat, lungs. This is vasomotor rhinitis. It is similar to allergic rhinitis. Best way to treat the issue is to avoid the irritant. There are some people have a greater sensitivity to mold than others. The spores of mold spread through the air, and some have reactions as they breathe in the spores. Mold allergies happen most often in summer and fall, but, because mold grows indoors, symptoms can be experienced year-round. An allergy to mold creates the same symptom Exposure to mold can cause…

Dimorphic fungi can switch between yeast and mold forms to suit pathogen colonization. The mold form is nonpathogenic and found in the environment so transmission by spores is possible. Once inhaled, the spores convert into the yeast form and become pathogenic within the host. Common dimorphic fungi include Blastomyces, Coccidioides, and Histoplasma (31). This patient has a disseminated form of Histoplasma capsulatum var capsulatum. Histoplasma is the most common dimorphic mycoses that can cause…

Anthrax is thought to be an ancient illness. While there is no way to be completely sure, as it was not referred to as anthrax at the time, many scholars date anthrax all the way back to 700 BC during the periods of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (CDC, 2016). According to the CDC, “Many scholars think that in Moses’ time, during the 10 plagues of Egypt, anthrax may have caused what was known as the fifth plague, described as a sickness affecting horses, cattle, sheep, camels and oxen” (CDC, 2016)…

specifically anthrax.[1] Very few people are actually vaccinated for anthrax, which makes anybody an easy target to be infected. Unless immediately treated, inhaling the anthrax spores causes the symptoms to become fatal leading to death.[1] However obtaining large amounts of anthrax is hard to achieve. Anthrax spores are most commonly found in soil or in agricultural areas such…

Varroa destructor (Anderson and Trueman, 2000) is an obligatory ectoparasite of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L). It caused severe damage to populations of this species world-wide in recent years (Le Conte et al., 2010). The direct negative effect of the Varroa on honeybee has well documented (Weinberg and Madel, 1985; Daly et al., 1988, Wienands and Madel, 1988; Marcangeli et al., 1992; Bowen-Walker and Gunn, 2001; Contzen et al., 2004; Yang and Cox-Foster, 2005; Belaïd and Doumandji, 2010;…

interesting experiment results. First is going through the morphology of my unknown bacterium; will be talking about the shape, cell wall structure, and other characteristic using the results from tests such as gram staining, simple staining, and spore staining. According to my lab notebook, the result from gram staining of my known is seen to be a rounded shape, cocci shape all bunched and clustered together like a bunch of grapes at 100x using the microscope (Kaddo, 2017, pg. 22). The color…