Viruses & Bacteria Title: Kirby-Bauer Method of Antibiotic Effectiveness Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to determine the effectiveness of certain antibiotics and determine their zone of inhibition Data: Name of Antibiotic Zone of inhibition (mm) Effectiveness Streptomycin 15mm Sensitive Chloramphenicol 29mm Sensitive Novobiocin 20mm Intermediate Neomycin 13.5mm Intermediate Tetracycline 22mm Sensitive Analysis: 1. Which antibiotic was the most effective? The most
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Unit 2 Assignment Critical Thinking 1. Explain why‚ even under ideal conditions‚ Streptococcus grows slowly. Cellular respiration is a process in which glucose is broken down to form an energy that can be used by the cell. There is aerobic respiration and there is anaerobic respiration. Aerobic respiration involves a series of chemical reactions in which oxygen is used to transform into carbon dioxide and H2O. This process generates energy carrying molecules called ATP. Anaerobic respiration
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understand what bacteria and viruses are and how they affect us. In your own words‚ describe what bacteria are: Bacteria are single celled organism that creates sickness in organisms Bacteria Basics: http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio106/bacteria.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial_cell_structure Bacteria have three possible shapes. Name each shape and draw a picture of each. How do bacteria get their energy? Bacteria get their energy by the http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacterialh
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Viruses can infect all types of cells including plant‚ animal‚ protozoa‚ fungi‚ and bacteria. Virus composition is unique and does not resemble a living cell because they only contain the necessary parts to enter and leave an infected cell. A virus is a minute parasite (10 to 100 times smaller than bacteria) that is unable to reproduce by itself; however‚ once it infects a vulnerable cell a virus can make the cell’s inner workings produce viruses on its behalf. Viruses typically have either RNA
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and proteins Viriods and prions Viriods: Single stranded circular Rna Prions: only protein Bacteria Living‚ prokaryotes 1 Seven characteristics common to life Cells and organization Energy use Respond to environmental change Regulation and homeostasis Growth and development Reproduction Change over the course of generations 2 Viruses Over 4‚000 different types of viruses Virus have their own genomes‚ but are considered nonliving Must be taken up by a living cell
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agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms. Viruses can infect all types of life forms‚ from animals and plants to bacteria and archaea. Characteristics: Like living organisms‚ viruses contain nucleic acids and proteins. Inside living cells‚ viruses can reproduce‚ but not by the process of mitosis like most living cells. Viruses lack some characteristics of living organisms. Outside of living cells‚ viruses are not alive. Structure/Shape: A virus structure can be one of the
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Protozoans (from Greek πρῶτον proton "first" and ζῷα zoa "animals"; singular protozoon) are microorganisms classified as unicellular eukaryotes.[1] While there is no exact definition of the term "protozoan"‚ most scientists use the word to refer to a unicellular heterotrophic protist‚ such as an amoeba or a cilipoopate. The term algae is used for microorganisms that photosynthesize. However‚ the distinction between protozoa and algae is often vague. For example‚ the alga Dinobryon has chloroplasts
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Bacteria and Viruses Breann Johnson COM/155 03/17/2013 University of Phoenix Bacteria and Viruses Almost 56‚000 people are hospitalized each year‚ and over 1‚300 die because of food borne bacteria and virus microbes. Bacteria and viruses are tiny microscopic pathogens that can cause infectious disease‚ or even result in death. “Infectious diseases remain a major cause of death‚ disability‚ social‚ and economic disorders for millions of people around the world. Poor health
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a living thing? Are viruses alive or not? To figure out this question we first have to know‚ what defines a living thing. According to the online Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ life is in particular “an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism‚ growth‚ reaction to stimuli‚ and reproduction.” For about 100 years‚ scientists have repeatedly changed their mind over what viruses are. First seen as poisons‚ then as life-forms‚ then biological chemicals‚ viruses today are thought of as
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NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF VIRUSES The Nature of Viruses Viruses are sub-cellular agents of infection that must utilize the cellular machinery of bacteria‚ plants or animals in order to reproduce. Composed of a single strand of genetic material (DNA or RNA) encased in a protein capsid‚ a virus is too small to be seen by standard light microscopy; indeed‚ most are less than one hundredth the size of a bacterium. Specific proteins on the viral capsid attach to receptors on the host cell; this
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