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BIO 504
Assignment
Name:
BACTERIA WANTED!
Unit question: Is what we can’t see worth seeing?
Guiding question: How can I inform others of bacterial pathogens?
Areas of Interaction used: Human Ingenuity, Community and Service
Aim: You are to chose one bacterial pathogen from the list provided and
produce a “Bacteria Wanted” poster (you know, like the ones in the wild west!)
Requirements:
1. Make your poster on an 8.5” x 11” paper. Your poster must be eye-catching and
well organised.
2. Include a minimum of 3 references you used to create your poster.
3. Include the following pieces of information on your poster:
1. Name and disease related to pathogen
2. Colour “photo” (electron micrograph or detailed diagram)
3. Description (at least 2 characteristics and gram stain)
4. Organism’s modus operandi (how it attacks and spreads)
5. Most common victims (2 examples)
6. Hide out (where is it most likely to be found?)(2 examples)
7. Most common injury to victim
8. Is it armed and dangerous (rate degree of danger)
9. Number of victims
10. Most effective weapons against the germ (2 examples)
11. Two other facts about this pathogen
Deadlines:
Assigned: ___________
Due: ________________
Est. time: 4 hours
MONERAN DISEASES
Pathogen
Disease
Bacillus anthracis
anthrax
Bordetella pertussis
whooping cough
Clostridium botulinum
botulism
Clostridium perfringens
gas gangrene
Clostridium tetani
tetanus
Corynebacterium diphtheria
diphtheria
Escherichia coli
acute pyelonephritis
Francisella tularensis
tularemia or rabbit fever
Hemophilus influenzae
meningitis
Lactobacillus acidophilus
cavities
Mycobacterium leprae
leprosy (Hansen's disease)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
tuberculosis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
gonorrhoea
Neisseria meningitidis
spinal menigitis
Rickettsia richettsii
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rickettsia prowazekii
typhus
Salmonella typhi
typhoid fever
Salmonella typhimurium
food poisoning
Shigella dysenteriae
dysentery
Streptococcus mutans
cavities
Streptococcus pneumoniae
pneumonia
Streptococcus (group A)
scarlet fever
Streptococcus (group A)
rheumatic fever
Treponema pallidum
syphilis
Treponema pertenue
yaws
Vibrio cholerae
cholera
Yersinia pestis
plague
BIO504
Assignment
Name:
BACTERIA WANTED!
EVALUATION
A) Eye-catching and well-organised
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B) References (min. 3)
/5
C) Scientific Information
1. Name and disease related to pathogen
/2
2. Colour “photo” (electron micrograph or detailed diagram)
/2
3. Description (at least 2 characteristics and gram stain)
/3
4. Organism’s modus operandi (how it attacks and spreads)
/2
5. Most common victims (2 examples)
/2
6. Hide out (where is it most likely to be found?)( 2 examples)
/2
7. Most common injury to victim
/1
8. Is it armed and dangerous (rate degree of danger)
/1
9. Number of victims
/1
10. Most effective weapons against the germ (2 examples)
/2
11. Two other facts about this pathogen
/2
Total mark
Comments:
/30