Research Paper on E.Coli Paper Summary: This article is written about the issues regarding E.coli being found in meat that is being sold to consumers in stores nation wide. Each section looks at a different department and what efforts they are making to try and prevent further cases of E.coli in meat products. Culprit in Article: the Company that is considered the culprit in this article and is the one who has been accused for the selling of the frozen hamburger that paralyzed Ms. Smith from
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across the earth for over 3.8 billion years. The name of the micro-organism that I am researching is E coli‚ which is short for Escherichia coli‚ E. coli diverged around 102 million years ago‚ E coli is a common type of bacteria that can get into food‚ like beef and vegetables. E coli is dangerous because it is damaging to the kidneys and other organs responsible for removing toxins from the body. E coli is an emerging cause of food borne illness. An estimated 73‚000 cases of infection and 61 deaths
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Escherichia coli was discovered by German Bacteriologist Theodore von Escherich in 1885(quote). It is commonly known as E. coli and 0157:H7; E. coli found in the human intestinal tract and is found in multiple forms. E. coli is rod shaped and the size of two microns to one micron. Widely known for the deadly stain found in feces and meat. The pathogen is still a major instrumental issue in human health and is easily infectious with contaminated sustenance. E. coli is gram-negative bacilli tested
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Yearin Kwon 2nd Period 12. 01.2012 Research Paper E Coli The Escherichia Coli 0157:H7 or also know as E Coli‚ is a food born pathogen that can cause serious illness to humans at any age. The E Coli can also lead to death if left untreated. There are many symptoms with the E Coli. And one of the most obvious symptoms is having a bloody diarrhea (Not all forms of E Coli have the same symptoms). The symptoms can be easily confused with other disease since it is such a common symptom. The
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sold. Recall products is a returned product after a discovery for a safety issue. It can endanger a customer that has bought the product and will affect them with a deadly bacterium‚ E. Coli O121. Escherichia Coli is a bacteria found in the environment‚ foods and intestines of people and animals. The bacterium E. Coli O121 can cause bloody diarrhea and dehydration. When symptoms are noticed‚ seek for emergency medical care right away. There are other food diseases that can cause a poor sickness. The
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Optimal Growth Conditions and Generation Time for E. coli Introduction The goals of these exercises were to determine the optimal growing condition and the generation time of E. coli. Materials and Methods Please refer to the lab manual for a complete list of materials. To determine the optimal growth condition for E. coli‚ we had to test the environmental factors that could affect the growth. We tested the relative growth of E. coli in the presence and in the absence of oxygen. The results
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Unit 7 Introduction In this piece of coursework‚ there are few amounts of ideas and experiments that I could achieved of which different products to test for my concluding idea. The type of bacteria that I am going to discuss and chosen is E-coli. I will also going to research the effectiveness of antibacterial cleaning products‚ for instance sanitizer. I will also‚ research which is the most effective product for the house hold and some other work places. Background Information What are
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The Effect of Acetyltransferases on 2 different strains of E. coli Introduction Scientists have recently discovered that resistance to antibiotics may not be such a new thing. Evidence of bacteria samples in Canadian permafrost proposes that these resistances have been around for at least 30‚000 years (Luiggi 2011). In our required pre-lab reading‚ we learned tuberculosis is becoming increasingly drug-resistant‚ giving proof that bacteria can adapt to necessary changes in order to survive (Barry
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MICROBIOLOGY COURSEWORK The effect of antibiotic concentration on bacterial growth Introduction Null Hypothesis- Increasing the antibiotic concentration has no effect on bacterial growth. Experimental Hypothesis- Increasing the antibiotic concentration decreases bacterial growth. Scientific Theory Bacteria are prokaryotes and can be identified by their shape. Spherical bacteria are called cocci‚ rod shaped bacteria are called bacilli‚ spiral shaped bacteria are called spirilla and
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The effect of nutrient concentration on duckweed growth Gina Neonakis Biology 203L:11 Biology 203:10 November 14‚ 2011 Abstract Lemna minor‚ or duckweed‚ is a small plant that floats on the surface of stagnant water that is usually rich in nutrients. Phosphorus is an important macronutrient in the growth of aquatic plants. We tested the effect of phosphorus on duckweed population growth using a control medium rich in nutrients and compared it to the population growth in a medium that lacked
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