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    Anthrax is a serious disease that is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Bacillus anthracis has a very detailed yet simple description. Its shape is given away in its name by bacillus‚ which means rod-shaped and is also arranged in chains. It is gram-positive‚ so it has a simple cell wall. Since B. anthracis is non-motile‚ it is best to use a semi-solid media rather than a wet mount (Bacillus anthracis… [date unkown]). Colonies will resemble the comma-shape because of the bacilli chains and

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    Luminol is a chemical that exhibits chemiluminescence‚ with a blue glow‚ when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent. Luminol is a white-to-pale-yellow crystalline solid that is soluble in most polar organic solvents‚ but insoluble in water (Bortoluzzi‚ Cadore‚ Gallon‚ & Imanishi‚ 2014). Method for the detection of traces of blood in the environment and‚ for this reason‚ can also be used to monitor cleaning and disinfection procedures in units at risk for contamination with blood. Microcrystalline

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    In this paper‚ I will be discussing about a zoonotic disease that caused the first of all infectious death of man and animals by a specific organism. This organism is capable of developing into very resistant spores‚ that soon develop to survive for many years and under any conditions. I will also be discussing the three forms of anthrax‚ the factors influencing the infection‚ common source of infection‚ how humans can contract it‚ where it grows‚ it’s incubation period‚ the signs after the incubation

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    In taxonomy‚ Legionella pneumophila belongs to the Legionellaceae family. In addition‚ Legionella pneumophila belongs to the Legionellales order‚ the Gammaproteobacteria class‚ the Proteobacteria phylum‚ and finally the bacteria domain.1 Legionella pneumophila is a Gram-negative‚ rod shaped‚ nonsporing‚ aerobic‚ facultative bacillus bacterium that is naturally found in fresh water sources that have high algal and iron contents. Legionella pneumophila is mainly aquatic however; it has an aerobic metabolism

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    Gold is widely used in modern day medicine to treat disorders. This is because gold is very resistant to bacteria. Bacteria are microscopic single-celled organisms. Bacteria are prokaryotes‚ meaning the entire organism consists of a single cell with a simple internal structure. The DNA of a prokaryote is neatly packed in the nucleus. The bacterial DNA floats freely in a twisted threadlike mass called the nucleoid. Gold is unaffected by almost everything. The only materials that can affect gold are

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    Arpan Biswa Professor Bahel English 1101 October 24‚ 2014 Ebola Outbreak 2014 In March 2014‚ West Africa suffered for a first time from the most deadly epidemic disease called Ebola since it was discovered in 1976. Ebola is a viral disease caused by virus called Ebola which is named after the Ebola River in Zaire. “Ebola virus‚ having five known subtypes‚ is part of the family of filoviruses and causes the infectious disease Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Tekman)”. According

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    America’s Greatest Fear The Ebola virus was discovered in the late 1970s by the international community as the causative agent of major outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in Africa’s Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan (Vasilyevich IV‚ et al. 2005). Immediately‚ the International scientific teams moved in to deal with these highly virulent epidemics where their findings revealed that the transmission had exponentially ceased; however‚ the team could not reconstruct a considerable

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    Staphylococcus SCI/163 January 6‚ 2014 Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteria This paper will explain how the infectious organism staphylococcus aureus is transmitted through food. Discuss a real life outbreak of staphylococcus aureus in the United States. Also describe the clinical symptoms‚ the duration of the symptoms‚ and any treatments for the disease. The author will discuss the steps to be taken to prevent further outbreaks‚ including personal as well as environmental precautions and

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    Alexander Fleming was a German botanist‚ biologist‚ and pharmacologist who discovered the first antibiotic. He did this through a rather extraordinary happenstance. While working with the properties of the bacterium staphylococcus he left on vacation. When he got back and was cleaning out his work area he noticed that a few of the slides he’d been working on had been contaminated by fungus. Upon noting that the staphylococcus colonize bordering the fungus had died he began asking more questions.

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    Ebola Research Paper

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    Cholera‚ aka Asiatic Cholera or epidemic cholera‚ is an infectious disease of the gastrointestinal tract caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. From the family Vibrionaceae‚ the bacterium is characterized as a gram-negative rod. As with other gram-negative rods‚ Vibrio cholerae produces an endotoxin‚ known as cholera toxin. This bacterium is mobile due to the presence of a single polar flagellum and is highly infectious. The Vibrio cholerae bacterium grows in both freshwater and marine habitats

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