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… acinetobacter baumannii or A.... aumannii in short, is an aerobic type of bacteria resistant to most antibiotics.... Someone who recently took antibiotics has a catheter or came into contact with another one harbouring the bacteria also has a high chance of getting infected.... Pneumonia is another disease caused by this particular bacteria strain.... It is thus a complex type of bacteria to deal with and its occurrence a most dreaded incidence....
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Case Study
The author of the essay "Do Silver Ions Kill bacteria" states that a number of researches have found the biochemical reaction of silver ions that lead to the inactivation of bacteria, protozoa, fungi, etc that are not protected with proteinaceous membranes.... he mechanism of inhibition performed by silver ions on bacteria was analyzed using gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus and gram-negative E.... The cell wall of the bacteria detached the cytoplasm membrane and a remarkable electron-light area surfaced in the middle of the cells that contained condensed DNA molecules....
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Essay
The aim of the paper “Containing acinetobacter baumannii” is to analyze acinetobacter baumannii or A.... aumannii, an aerobic type of bacteria resistant to most antibiotics.... Someone who recently took antibiotics has a catheter or came into contact with another one harboring the bacteria also has a high chance of getting infected.... Pneumonia is another disease caused by this particular bacteria strain (Bergogne-Bérézin and Fewson, 1991, p....
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Case Study
A new technique for the control of hospital cross infection.... The author examines the causes of the development of antimicrobial resistance which includes selective pressure-survival and proliferation of resistant strains when treatment with antibiotics kills susceptible micro-organisms in a microbial population… Today nosocomial infection is given an immense importance with National Guidelines for controlling MRSA published in 1998()....
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Essay
Certain bacteria have a natural affinity for persons of certain age groups.... Nevertheless, 95% of hand-touch surfaces in public buses tested positive for microbial contamination while 100% of 240 bank notes tested positive for bacteria contamination (Williams et al.... The most common bacteria species noticed during the test were Escherichia, Staphylococcus and Proteus.... Unlike the expected results, the surfaces that seem to be outwardly hygienic showed more bacteria prevalence than the others....
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Essay
hellip; The basis lies in the fact that not all characteristics will be present in all bacteria.... Different bacteria will have different physiology.... Physiological methods of speciation of bacteria include morphological and metabolic characteristics, the former is called primary tests and the latter is termed as secondary tests.... Also, several nutrients were checked to see if the bacteria could substitute the normally used glucose for nutrition with any other saccharide....
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Assignment
However, despite the upgrades in comfort and the significantly better ways to treat illness, medical professionals and academicians, researchers and biologists continue to work feverishly to combat the invisible yet potent threat posed by bacteria on the human race.... In fact, the US Food and Drug Authority (FDA) recognizes the anti-antibiotic mutation of bacteria as a global concern for public health.... Indeed, it is a very real threat as a person with an MDR bacteria can transfer to other persons which may eventually spread to an entire locale or community....
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Research Paper
This work called "Effects of Ampicillin on Transformation in bacteria" focuses on the process of transformation.... Conclusively, some bacteria were transformed because they were able to survive in ampicillin rich medium due to the plasmid having genes that are resistant to ampicillin and the plasmid being incorporated into the bacteria's DNA.... Ampicillin is very active against both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria....
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Lab Report