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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)