- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
... Escape from neutrophil extracellular traps It has recently been appreciated that, apart from their phagocytic function, neutrophils can efficiently capture and kill microbes in the extracellular space. This process involves neutrophil extrusion of a matrix of DNA and histones known as neutrophil ext ...
... Escape from neutrophil extracellular traps It has recently been appreciated that, apart from their phagocytic function, neutrophils can efficiently capture and kill microbes in the extracellular space. This process involves neutrophil extrusion of a matrix of DNA and histones known as neutrophil ext ...
Staphylococcus aureus
... enterococcal infections are urinary or intravascular catheterization in addition to long-term hospitalization with broad-spectrum antibiotics. This bacterium has developed multidrug antibiotic resistance and uses colonization and secreted factors in virulence (enzymes capable of breaking down fibrin ...
... enterococcal infections are urinary or intravascular catheterization in addition to long-term hospitalization with broad-spectrum antibiotics. This bacterium has developed multidrug antibiotic resistance and uses colonization and secreted factors in virulence (enzymes capable of breaking down fibrin ...
8C Microbes and Disease
... Microbes have many uses. This is mainly because we can ‘grow’ microbes if we wish to. Microbes (in this case bacteria) will grow in milk to make it ‘go off’. This is used in the yoghurt making process. Cheese is also another product made due to the use of microbes in industry. ...
... Microbes have many uses. This is mainly because we can ‘grow’ microbes if we wish to. Microbes (in this case bacteria) will grow in milk to make it ‘go off’. This is used in the yoghurt making process. Cheese is also another product made due to the use of microbes in industry. ...
Ch. 16 Presentation
... Prokaryotic cells have three common cell shapes. – Cocci are spherical prokaryotic cells. They sometimes occur in chains that are called streptococci. – Bacilli are rod-shaped prokaryotes. Bacilli may also be threadlike, or filamentous. – Spiral prokaryotes are like a corkscrew. – Short and rigid ...
... Prokaryotic cells have three common cell shapes. – Cocci are spherical prokaryotic cells. They sometimes occur in chains that are called streptococci. – Bacilli are rod-shaped prokaryotes. Bacilli may also be threadlike, or filamentous. – Spiral prokaryotes are like a corkscrew. – Short and rigid ...
The in vitro and in vivo effects of constitutive light - E
... Bioluminescence is the by-product of a chemical reaction which has evolved in a wide variety of creatures for different purposes. This ‘living light’ allows fireflies like Photinus pyralis to find a mate (Vencl, 2004), larvae like the New Zealand glow worm Arachnocampa luminosa to lure prey (Meyer-R ...
... Bioluminescence is the by-product of a chemical reaction which has evolved in a wide variety of creatures for different purposes. This ‘living light’ allows fireflies like Photinus pyralis to find a mate (Vencl, 2004), larvae like the New Zealand glow worm Arachnocampa luminosa to lure prey (Meyer-R ...
how bacteria are used to produce enzymes for biological washing
... powders come from bacteria adapted to live in hot springs . Washing powder enzymes must also be able to function at alkaline pH, due to the presence of phosphate ions in most detergents. ...
... powders come from bacteria adapted to live in hot springs . Washing powder enzymes must also be able to function at alkaline pH, due to the presence of phosphate ions in most detergents. ...
Antibiotic Resistance of Pathogens Causing Community-Acquired Pneumonia Charles Feldman and Ronald Anderson
... Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) continues to be associated with significant morbidity and mortality in all regions of the world, with a high clinical and economic burden.1-7 Short term mortality may be as high as 14% overall, while long term mortality reaches greater than 50% within 5 years.7 It ...
... Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) continues to be associated with significant morbidity and mortality in all regions of the world, with a high clinical and economic burden.1-7 Short term mortality may be as high as 14% overall, while long term mortality reaches greater than 50% within 5 years.7 It ...
Efficacy of Some Antiseptics and Disinfectants: A Review
... means whereby these agents inactivate prions. Whatever the type of microbial cell (or entity), it is probable that there is a common sequence of events. This can be envisaged as interaction of the antiseptic or disinfectant with the cell surface followed by penetration into the cell and action at th ...
... means whereby these agents inactivate prions. Whatever the type of microbial cell (or entity), it is probable that there is a common sequence of events. This can be envisaged as interaction of the antiseptic or disinfectant with the cell surface followed by penetration into the cell and action at th ...
Commentary Wolbachia John H. Werren
... are common in laboratory cultures of D. melanogaster, and their potential effects on phenotypes under study cannot be ignored. The warning should be generalized to other organisms as well. Wolbachia are conservatively estimated to occur in one to five million species (9). Given this incredible abund ...
... are common in laboratory cultures of D. melanogaster, and their potential effects on phenotypes under study cannot be ignored. The warning should be generalized to other organisms as well. Wolbachia are conservatively estimated to occur in one to five million species (9). Given this incredible abund ...
Antibiotics Currently in Clinical Development
... A ‘yes’ in this column indicates that a drug has in-vitro data showing both activity against one or more Gram-negative species that are considered ESKAPE pathogens (Enterobacter species, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanii, or Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and the potential for clinically signif ...
... A ‘yes’ in this column indicates that a drug has in-vitro data showing both activity against one or more Gram-negative species that are considered ESKAPE pathogens (Enterobacter species, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanii, or Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and the potential for clinically signif ...
E. coli
... as loperamide and diphenoxylateatropine combinations, reduce intestinal luminal motility. • These drugs have significant side effects, including lethargy, paralytic ileus, toxic megacolon, central nervous system depression, coma, and even death . • In addition, because they delay transit time, they ...
... as loperamide and diphenoxylateatropine combinations, reduce intestinal luminal motility. • These drugs have significant side effects, including lethargy, paralytic ileus, toxic megacolon, central nervous system depression, coma, and even death . • In addition, because they delay transit time, they ...
General Microbiology
... All these four phases together constitute a growth curve. i. Lag phase Lag phase is the period during which no increase in the cell number or mass occurs. Though the cells do not divide, these are physiologically active, adapting themselves to the environmental conditions. The duration of the lag ph ...
... All these four phases together constitute a growth curve. i. Lag phase Lag phase is the period during which no increase in the cell number or mass occurs. Though the cells do not divide, these are physiologically active, adapting themselves to the environmental conditions. The duration of the lag ph ...
Immunology Innate Immune system: present at birth, non
... T-Cells: a. CD4: secrete cytokines (messengers/activators) b. CD8: killer cells for virus c. T suppressor: stops CD8 from killing + decreases function of all immunity cells Epitope- smallest identifiable portion of antigen 3 types of Antigens: 1. Immunogen- molecule (foreign, large, complex) that st ...
... T-Cells: a. CD4: secrete cytokines (messengers/activators) b. CD8: killer cells for virus c. T suppressor: stops CD8 from killing + decreases function of all immunity cells Epitope- smallest identifiable portion of antigen 3 types of Antigens: 1. Immunogen- molecule (foreign, large, complex) that st ...
Abstract This study was carried out for the isolation and identification
... antipseudomonal agents. Moreover,P.aeruginosa cells particularly in patients with chronic infections can develop a biofilm, in which bacterial cells are enmeshed into a mucoid exopolysaccharide becoming more resistant to beta-lactams as well as decreasing the outer membrane permeability that enables ...
... antipseudomonal agents. Moreover,P.aeruginosa cells particularly in patients with chronic infections can develop a biofilm, in which bacterial cells are enmeshed into a mucoid exopolysaccharide becoming more resistant to beta-lactams as well as decreasing the outer membrane permeability that enables ...
Molecular mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents
... anti-bacterial drugs are often indicated for chemotherapy of bacterial infections in clinical medicine. Thus, it is important to study the biological mechanisms that confer bacterial pathogenesis and virulence. Under selective evolutionary pressure when in the presence of antimicrobial agents, bacte ...
... anti-bacterial drugs are often indicated for chemotherapy of bacterial infections in clinical medicine. Thus, it is important to study the biological mechanisms that confer bacterial pathogenesis and virulence. Under selective evolutionary pressure when in the presence of antimicrobial agents, bacte ...
Polymyxin B Solution - HiMedia Laboratories
... the growth of Bacillus polymyxa. They are basic polypeptides of about eight amino acids and have cationic detergent action on the cell membrane. Polymyxin B sulfate has bactericidal action against Gram- negative bacteria. It alters the cytoplasmic permeability by binding to negatively charged site i ...
... the growth of Bacillus polymyxa. They are basic polypeptides of about eight amino acids and have cationic detergent action on the cell membrane. Polymyxin B sulfate has bactericidal action against Gram- negative bacteria. It alters the cytoplasmic permeability by binding to negatively charged site i ...
the gram positive cocci
... • The plates are incubated at 37 oC for 24 hours. • Positive identification: Formation of plaques • Negative results: S. aureus grow over the whole area. ...
... • The plates are incubated at 37 oC for 24 hours. • Positive identification: Formation of plaques • Negative results: S. aureus grow over the whole area. ...
Alexander Fleming and the Importance of Penicillin Mark Erichsen
... London. After finishing his schooling in 1906, he began his research in bacteria and its natural effects on the human body under Sir Almroth Wright. Around the year 1914, he served as a Captain of the Medical Corps in the army during World War I. He returned to Saint Mary’s Medical School in 1918 to ...
... London. After finishing his schooling in 1906, he began his research in bacteria and its natural effects on the human body under Sir Almroth Wright. Around the year 1914, he served as a Captain of the Medical Corps in the army during World War I. He returned to Saint Mary’s Medical School in 1918 to ...
Richardson CCHS Effects of Acne Medications on E. coli
... Null: The variables will not alter the growth or survivorship of E. coli. ...
... Null: The variables will not alter the growth or survivorship of E. coli. ...
Bacterial interactions within the digestive tract
... brings about changes in the populations of the other strains. The observer witnesses only the consequence of these many interactions, which we call an "integrated mechanism". Such integrated mechanisms attain their greatest degree of complexity in a holoxenic host, that is, a host reared from birth ...
... brings about changes in the populations of the other strains. The observer witnesses only the consequence of these many interactions, which we call an "integrated mechanism". Such integrated mechanisms attain their greatest degree of complexity in a holoxenic host, that is, a host reared from birth ...
Phage–bacteria infection networks
... majority of ecological studies assembled in this re-analysis included phages and hosts collected at different sites from within similar environments. Hence, PBINs measured in this way provide information on interactions within ‘metacommunities’ [25], that is, a set of communities potentially linked ...
... majority of ecological studies assembled in this re-analysis included phages and hosts collected at different sites from within similar environments. Hence, PBINs measured in this way provide information on interactions within ‘metacommunities’ [25], that is, a set of communities potentially linked ...
The Title of Presentation
... and qualitative (sProteomics) measurements of final gene products (proteins) as biomarkers of metabolic activity ...
... and qualitative (sProteomics) measurements of final gene products (proteins) as biomarkers of metabolic activity ...
Abstracts - School of Life Sciences
... environmentally safe pest control agents. The Gram positive bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis, has been used as a biological insecticide for several decades. Its insecticidal activity is mainly attributed to parasporal crystal inclusions (known as Cry proteins or δ-endotoxins), which are active on l ...
... environmentally safe pest control agents. The Gram positive bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis, has been used as a biological insecticide for several decades. Its insecticidal activity is mainly attributed to parasporal crystal inclusions (known as Cry proteins or δ-endotoxins), which are active on l ...