Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Jessica Heinen Autry Technology Center Introduction The full name of MRSA is meticillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus (also known as staph) is a common type of bacteria. It is often carried on the skin and inside the nostrils and throat‚ and can cause mild infections of the skin such as boils and impetigo. If staph bacteria get into a break in the skin‚ they can cause life-threatening infections‚ such as
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Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer present on Earth today. True False 2. All cellular organisms can be placed into one of three __________‚ which include the Bacteria‚ Archaea‚ and the Eukarya. ________________________________________ 3. Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane __________. ________________________________________ 4. Microbiologists study a variety of organisms‚ but all are considered either
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` Study Guide for Exam 1 Chapter 1: 1. What is a “microbe”? What groups of organisms are included in this category? Microbes (microorganisms) are minute living things that individually are too small to be seen with the unaided eye the group includes bacteria‚ fungi‚ protozoa‚ and microscopic algae‚ viruses Only minority of microorganisms are pathogenic(disease-producing) 2. What are some of the benefits provided by microbes? Decompose organic waste‚ producers in the ecosystem
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The Staphylococcus aureus‚ a bacteria that is found in the nose‚ has been a leading cause of infection in hospitals around the world. This is an antibiotic-resistant‚ nosocomial pathogen‚ meaning that it’s acquired at hospitals. To test the idea that these infections have increased‚ eight hospitals participated in a study within the New York Area. The following are hospitals participated in this study: VA hospital‚ Kings County Hospital‚ Columbia University Medical Center‚ New York-Presbyterian Queens
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A BACTERIAL CELL Illustration courtesy of Wikipedia. A Virus (from the Latin noun virus‚ meaning toxic or poison) is a sub-microscopic particle that infect the cells of a biological organism. Illustration courtesy of mc3cb.com. BACTERIA VIRUS STRUCTURE Bacteria are unicellular organisms which are prokaryotic in nature due to the absence of a nucleus. Bacterium do not have organelles within their structure like the Endoplasmic Reticulem‚ The Golgi Apparatus or Vacuoles. Bacteria
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Microbiology: ‘The Correct handling of Micro-organisms’ 1. Devise a title for each of the two experiments you did : (i)‚ Experiment 1 demonstrated the growth of bacteria when placed in liquid nutrient broth culture‚ the number of species present had increased in growth. .(1) (ii) Experiment 2 illustrated the growth of bacteria when placed on different surfaces of solid agar plates which included: nutrient agar‚ CLED agar and MacConkey agar; the number of species present also had increased in growth
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Discussion The possible identity of the unknown organisms in the mixed culture was limited to bacteria that we had worked with previously in lab. Initially a Gram stain was conducted in order to distinguish the unknown bacterium as a Gram-positive and/or a Gram-negative organism (Lancaster and Bennett‚ 2012; Kellenberger‚ 2001). Based upon the results‚ both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria were observed in the unknown mixed culture (Table 1 and Table 2; Kellenberger‚ 2001). In order
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MICR 300A GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY 1 (4)‚ Fall 2014 Lecture (01) M/W 9:50 am – 11:05 pm‚ SH C244 Lab (02) M 11:15 am – 1:45 pm; Lab (03) W 11:15 am – 1:45 pm; ASCL 226 Instructor (Lecture): Dr. Moon H. Lee Office Hours: Mon/Wed 8:45 am-9:45 am; 11:15 am – 12:15 pm Office: BIOS 262‚ Tel: (323) 343-2064‚ Email: mlee@LABioMed.org Instructor (Lab): Dr. Hao Howard Xu Office Hours: Mon‚ 2:40 pm – 4 pm Office: Tel: (323) 343-2188‚ Email: hxu3@calstatela.edu
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you in trouble. This is especially true in Microbiology. The techniques you will be learning tonight‚ if mastered correctly‚ will make your life and learning experience in Microbiology much easier‚ if you don’t pay attention and practice these techniques incorrectly‚ well then……? Today you will be learning the following techniques: 1. Streak plate method for colony isolation 2. Aseptic transfer techniques First the streak plate methods. In Microbiology it is often necessary to isolate pure colonies
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microscopic‚ unicellular organisms‚ lack nuclei and membrane-bound organelles Pathogen - Microorganisms that do harm Eukaryote - unicellular (microscopic) and multicellular‚ nucleus and membrane-bound organelles alcohol - archaeobacteria - Prokaryotic single-celled organisms of primitive origin that have unusual anatomy‚ physiology‚ and genetics‚ and live in harsh habitats; when capitalized (Archaea)‚ the term refers to one of the three domains of living organisms as proposed by Woese
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