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Bacteria Wanted Poster Research Project
Background Information:
Students will research one bacterial pathogen and produce a "Wanted Poster."
Student Requirements:
Students select a pathogen from the list below or select one off the list. They will then
produce a wanted poster with the given parameters.
MONERAN DISEASES
pathogen
Bacillus anthracis
Bordetella pertussis
Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium tetani
Corynebacterium diphtheria
Escherichia coli
Francisella tularensis
Hemophilus influenzae
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Mycobacterium leprae
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria meningitidis
Rickettsia richettsii
Rickettsia prowazekii
Salmonella typhi
Salmonella typhimurium
Shigella dysenteriae
Streptococcus mutans
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus (group A)
Streptococcus (group A)
Treponema pallidum
Treponema pertenue
Vibrio cholerae
Yersinia pestis
disease
anthrax
whooping cough
botulism
gas gangrene
tetanus
diphtheria
acute pyelonephritis
tularemia or rabbit fever
meningitis
cavities
leprosy (Hansen's disease)
tuberculosis
gonorrhoea
spinal menigitis
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
typhus
typhoid fever
food poisoning
dysentery
cavities
pneumonia
scarlet fever
rheumatic fever
syphilis
yaws
cholera
plague
Project Description/Abstract:
Make a wanted poster for one of the Monerans listed above. Poster is to be on 8.5" x 11"
paper. Include:
1. "photo" (electron micrograph or microscopic picture/diagram)
2. description - include Gram stain
3. organism's m.o. (police jargon) (How the organism attacks and spreads)
4. most common victims to prey upon
5. hide out of the culprit (where it is most likely to be found)
6. most common injury done to victim
7. Is it considered armed and dangerous? rate the degree of damage caused
8. number of victims
9. most effective weapons against the germ
10. any other identifying characteristics (such as tattoos)