
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
... unlikely to be an energetically efficient strategy for killing algal cells suspended in seawater, based on the calculated volume/ volume ratio of bacterial cells/seawater of 1027 (Azam, Smith, and Carlucci 1992). However, this approach may be efficient in low-diffusion microhabitats, such as marine ...
... unlikely to be an energetically efficient strategy for killing algal cells suspended in seawater, based on the calculated volume/ volume ratio of bacterial cells/seawater of 1027 (Azam, Smith, and Carlucci 1992). However, this approach may be efficient in low-diffusion microhabitats, such as marine ...
Vol. 14 No. 11 - Beneficial Bacteria
... Most of us associate bacteria with disease. We think of bacteria as something to be eliminated and destroyed. This has created an almost obsessive use of disinfectants in our culture. But not all bacteria are bad. It is the action of bacteria, for example, that allows milk to be fermented to create ...
... Most of us associate bacteria with disease. We think of bacteria as something to be eliminated and destroyed. This has created an almost obsessive use of disinfectants in our culture. But not all bacteria are bad. It is the action of bacteria, for example, that allows milk to be fermented to create ...
Trojan Horses of the microbial world
... production is a continuing problem, as Listeria are often isolated from moist surfaces in food-processing plants (Frank e t al., 1990; Nelson, 1990). The isolation of these organisms highlights problems in cleaning and disinfection, but a contributory factor to the survival of the organism's in such ...
... production is a continuing problem, as Listeria are often isolated from moist surfaces in food-processing plants (Frank e t al., 1990; Nelson, 1990). The isolation of these organisms highlights problems in cleaning and disinfection, but a contributory factor to the survival of the organism's in such ...
Dairy Microbiology Key Terms Mastitis Somatic Cells
... specific by-products of their metabolism. Currently, genetic profiling techniques have become standard tools in the identification/classification of bacteria, often beyond species level (e.g., sub-species, subtypes, allelic types). There are literally thousands of species of bacteria, but only selec ...
... specific by-products of their metabolism. Currently, genetic profiling techniques have become standard tools in the identification/classification of bacteria, often beyond species level (e.g., sub-species, subtypes, allelic types). There are literally thousands of species of bacteria, but only selec ...
T R S M
... bacteria, encode the butanediol pathway, which results in the production of the potent insect attractant acetoin, suggesting that these bacteria may attract insect vectors to infected plant material through this route (37, 100). Once associated with an insect, some isolates of Pectobacterium carotov ...
... bacteria, encode the butanediol pathway, which results in the production of the potent insect attractant acetoin, suggesting that these bacteria may attract insect vectors to infected plant material through this route (37, 100). Once associated with an insect, some isolates of Pectobacterium carotov ...
Quorum sensing in fungi – a review Review Article
... Brasília -DF Brazil 70910-900. E-mail: [email protected] ...
... Brasília -DF Brazil 70910-900. E-mail: [email protected] ...
Potent and wide range of activity vs Gram +ve and Gram
... Cloxacillin better absorbed than oxacillin Flucloxacillin less bound to plasma protein, leading to higher levels of free drug ...
... Cloxacillin better absorbed than oxacillin Flucloxacillin less bound to plasma protein, leading to higher levels of free drug ...
Gram-staining procedure
... forces were at work. “God is punishing us for our sins or the Devil is responsible.” The very thought that a delicate unarmed microorganism, so small as to be invisible, could kill a man was absurd. Yet Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister and Robert Koch, three giants who ushered in the “Golden Age” of mic ...
... forces were at work. “God is punishing us for our sins or the Devil is responsible.” The very thought that a delicate unarmed microorganism, so small as to be invisible, could kill a man was absurd. Yet Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister and Robert Koch, three giants who ushered in the “Golden Age” of mic ...
Antibiotic Discovery: Combatting Bacterial Resistance in Cells and
... lateral gene transfer of resistance determinants from other microorganisms. Recent advances in genomics and metagenomics have revealed that many natural ecosystems, including diverse environments such as the human gut and soil, contain large number of genes whose functions can be co-opted to confer ...
... lateral gene transfer of resistance determinants from other microorganisms. Recent advances in genomics and metagenomics have revealed that many natural ecosystems, including diverse environments such as the human gut and soil, contain large number of genes whose functions can be co-opted to confer ...
bacteria: the good, the bad and the ugly
... packed tightly into a ball-like structure called a nucleoid. They have a single chromosome that contains about 3,000 genes, depending on the type of bacteria. Bac- ...
... packed tightly into a ball-like structure called a nucleoid. They have a single chromosome that contains about 3,000 genes, depending on the type of bacteria. Bac- ...
Rapid Chromatic Detection of Bacteria by Use of a New Biomimetic
... of reagents, initiation of chemical reactions, etc.), which overall do not lend their use in settings other than laboratory environments (3, 6). Furthermore, a prerequisite for many detection methods is the detailed understanding of the biochemical and structural properties of the bacterial species ...
... of reagents, initiation of chemical reactions, etc.), which overall do not lend their use in settings other than laboratory environments (3, 6). Furthermore, a prerequisite for many detection methods is the detailed understanding of the biochemical and structural properties of the bacterial species ...
Parasitic Pathogens
... Severity: from asymtomatic to bacteriuria, cystitis and pyelonephritis. Women more frequently affected than men. Same serotypes are found in feces and urine of patients, but, UPEC have virulence factors which enhance their ability to cause infection. • Only some O groups cause UTI: O1, O2, O4, O6, O ...
... Severity: from asymtomatic to bacteriuria, cystitis and pyelonephritis. Women more frequently affected than men. Same serotypes are found in feces and urine of patients, but, UPEC have virulence factors which enhance their ability to cause infection. • Only some O groups cause UTI: O1, O2, O4, O6, O ...
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... resulting in high mortality rate of 22–71%, which is 6–21 times higher in intubated patients (Chastre and Fagon, 2002). ...
... resulting in high mortality rate of 22–71%, which is 6–21 times higher in intubated patients (Chastre and Fagon, 2002). ...
Cultivation of purple phototrophic bacteria using
... processing waste water [2]. The sago effluent contains bark and pith residues. This waste is sometimes used as dietary fibre for animal food or it is burned. This waste was photometabolized by Rhodopseudomonas palustris which is a rich source of proteins. These bacteria also produce bioplastics [3,4 ...
... processing waste water [2]. The sago effluent contains bark and pith residues. This waste is sometimes used as dietary fibre for animal food or it is burned. This waste was photometabolized by Rhodopseudomonas palustris which is a rich source of proteins. These bacteria also produce bioplastics [3,4 ...
Indigenous Unknowns Lab Report Introduction
... is a facultative anaerobe or aerotolerant and can grow in both anaerobic and aerobic conditions. The carbohydrate broths that were inoculated with this bacteria all remained red and did not turn yellow, so skin bacteria #1 was negative for sucrose, maltose, and mannitol. After the bacteria colony w ...
... is a facultative anaerobe or aerotolerant and can grow in both anaerobic and aerobic conditions. The carbohydrate broths that were inoculated with this bacteria all remained red and did not turn yellow, so skin bacteria #1 was negative for sucrose, maltose, and mannitol. After the bacteria colony w ...
Food spoilage—interactions between food spoilage
... types of interactions have been studied in food ecosystems including both antagonistic and coordinated behaviour and interactions where growth or a particular metabolism of one organism is favoured by the growth of another organism. This section gives three examples of such behaviour: ...
... types of interactions have been studied in food ecosystems including both antagonistic and coordinated behaviour and interactions where growth or a particular metabolism of one organism is favoured by the growth of another organism. This section gives three examples of such behaviour: ...
Document
... Antibiotic resistance is a major problem in the medical industry due to the large increases in antibiotic resistant strains of pathogenic bacteria, over the past 20 years. Bacteria are constantly evolving into more efficient pathogens resulting in their ability to resist antibiotics. Many of the cur ...
... Antibiotic resistance is a major problem in the medical industry due to the large increases in antibiotic resistant strains of pathogenic bacteria, over the past 20 years. Bacteria are constantly evolving into more efficient pathogens resulting in their ability to resist antibiotics. Many of the cur ...
IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH
... identity and spatial localization of bacteria physically associated with phytoplankton. Both types of information could be obtained by in situ hybridization using oligonucleotide probes targeting 16S rRNA, associated with a precise method of detection such as confocal microscopy (Doucette et al. 199 ...
... identity and spatial localization of bacteria physically associated with phytoplankton. Both types of information could be obtained by in situ hybridization using oligonucleotide probes targeting 16S rRNA, associated with a precise method of detection such as confocal microscopy (Doucette et al. 199 ...
Guidance Document on the Use of Information on
... intended for commercial environmental applications. It explores the factors that are important in bacteria for causing adverse human health effects and assesses how this knowledge can be used in risk/safety assessment of environmental applications of bacteria. It is primarily intended for use by ris ...
... intended for commercial environmental applications. It explores the factors that are important in bacteria for causing adverse human health effects and assesses how this knowledge can be used in risk/safety assessment of environmental applications of bacteria. It is primarily intended for use by ris ...
Reverse evolution: driving forces behind
... mixotrophs to a complete loss of chloroplasts in environments with no light limitation. Whereas the advantage of specialised heterotrophy in ligh t-limited environments, such as soils and deep or turbid water, is intuitively clear, given the costs of mixotrophy, the potential advantages of losing ph ...
... mixotrophs to a complete loss of chloroplasts in environments with no light limitation. Whereas the advantage of specialised heterotrophy in ligh t-limited environments, such as soils and deep or turbid water, is intuitively clear, given the costs of mixotrophy, the potential advantages of losing ph ...
Rumen Microbiology - Iowa State University: Animal Science
... Inability to count viable, but non-dividing cells Colonies may be formed by clumps of cells Inability to grow some species on lab media ...
... Inability to count viable, but non-dividing cells Colonies may be formed by clumps of cells Inability to grow some species on lab media ...
File - SCIENTIST CINDY
... breaking down complex organic compounds that they must take in from the environment -- this includes saprobic bacteria found in decaying material, as well as those that rely on fermentation or respiration. The other group, the autotrophs, fix carbon dioxide to make their own food source; this may be ...
... breaking down complex organic compounds that they must take in from the environment -- this includes saprobic bacteria found in decaying material, as well as those that rely on fermentation or respiration. The other group, the autotrophs, fix carbon dioxide to make their own food source; this may be ...
The Transformation and Conjugation of Ampicillin
... recombinant DNA in the host cell, and the entering of DNA into the cell, which begins expressing the recombinant gene. In conjugation, the donor colony typically uses a plasmid known as an ‘R-factor’ to transfer the genetic material directly to the target bacterium. Strains with R-factors have been ...
... recombinant DNA in the host cell, and the entering of DNA into the cell, which begins expressing the recombinant gene. In conjugation, the donor colony typically uses a plasmid known as an ‘R-factor’ to transfer the genetic material directly to the target bacterium. Strains with R-factors have been ...
Dynamics of intracellular bacterial replication at the single cell level
... assessed by determination of net load, after plating cell or tissue lysates to laboratory medium and counting of colony-forming units (cfu). These are a product of both replication and killing sustained by the bacteria and the relative contributions of these processes are difficult to distinguish. Fu ...
... assessed by determination of net load, after plating cell or tissue lysates to laboratory medium and counting of colony-forming units (cfu). These are a product of both replication and killing sustained by the bacteria and the relative contributions of these processes are difficult to distinguish. Fu ...
Quorum sensing

Quorum sensing is a system of stimulae and response correlated to population density. Many species of bacteria use quorum sensing to coordinate gene expression according to the density of their local population. In similar fashion, some social insects use quorum sensing to determine where to nest. In addition to its function in biological systems, quorum sensing has several useful applications for computing and robotics.Quorum sensing can function as a decision-making process in any decentralized system, as long as individual components have: (a) a means of assessing the number of other components they interact with and (b) a standard response once a threshold number of components is detected.