Microbiology Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (54) essays
Microbiology essays:
Experimental design testing antibacterial soap.
... trillion cells there are 700 trillion bacteria. Most are not harmful, but others can be parasitic. Bacteria were not discovered before the time of microscopes. There was no link between washing hands and infectious diseases. Doctors would go from patient to patient spreading bacteria ...
Bacterial Pathogens in FoodWaterborne Disease The Pediatric Bulletin Myrna R. Nieves, MD FAAP
... Waterborne Disease The Pediatric Bulletin Myrna R. Nieves, MD FAAP http://home.coqui.net/myrna/food.htm (10/03/04) SHIGELLA Shigella spp. were the second most common cause of bacterial foodborne illnesses reported by the CDC from 1983 to 1987 and the leading cause in bacterial waterborne outbreaks ...
What would DNA samples be able to do for such things as for solving crime? Include actual cases like O.J Simpson and how DNA was used in the courtcase.
... Forensics DNA Everyone's DNA should be profiled (and available for certain purposes e.g. Crime) By "everyone" meaning the whole world including the Prime minister and other high profile people would have to give a sample and that would be a major security breach. Profiled ...
The Ebola Virus. In depth research paper about the Ebola Virus. Disscusses infection, spread, mortality rates, different strains and outbreaks.
... contact of infected bodily fluids. Although, the virus is transmitted through only bodily fluids, the virus was believed to originate in monkeys. For monkeys have been the culprits in the two outbreaks ...
Treatment of Acute and Chronical Bacterial Prostatitis Caused by Staphylococcus Epidermidis.
... and Staphylococcus epidermidis , J. Med. Microbiol. , 2002 , 51: 344-9; 5. Mary Ann Jabra-Rizk , Fungal Biofilms and Drug Resistance, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol.10,No. 1, January 2004 ; 6. Suzuki K, Horiba M., Laboratory and clinical study of sulbactam/cefoperazone (SBT/CPZ) on bacterial ...
Insulin
... and now it comes from pigs and oxen. Many people are allergic to those animals so now scientists are working on artificial insulin that is being isolated from special kinds of bacteria. All and ...
Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomycosis
... Disease, is caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis . This fungus is thermally dimorphic and a probable saprobe of the soil. It specifically inhabits decaying wood material, animal feces, plant fragments, and insect remains. Soil with an acidic pH and a high organic ...
Death in Early America.
... minister, had 14 children. Seven died in infancy and just one lived to the age of thirty. Bacterial stomach infections, intestinal worms, epidemic diseases, contaminated food and water, and neglect and ... , pneumonia, scarlet fever, and smallpox ravaged the population, producing death rates as high as ...
Microbiological testing for unknown (salmonella sp.)
... performed the cultural study with nutrient gel slant. The slant was observed for two weeks. Growth was seen along the stab line and on top of the medium, but the organism did not liquefy the gel. Furthermore, the following tests were performed: · PR ...
Malaria
... Disease Control estimates that there are 300 to 500 million cases of malaria each year, and more than one million people die. Many African countries are highly contaminated with malaria. Malaria is the number two killer disease in Africa ...