Q: Do common fungi such as bread mold produce antimicrobial compounds?
A: The fungi are cosmopolitan and are almost found everywhere. There are variety of fungi present…
Q: How is Saccharomyces cerevisiae used in industry?
A: Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a type of yeast species. It is round to ovoid in shape measuring 5-10 µm…
Q: How can type IV pili facilitate pathogenesis? What are hami?
A: Pathogenesis is characterized as the origin and development of a disease. In many cases, the tissue…
Q: List the four genera of bacteria that cause opportunistic infectionsand are physiologically similar…
A: Two genera in the group of proteobacteria are similar to Pseudoznonas in their physiology and…
Q: Considering that Staphylococcus epidermidis does not typically cause disease in a healthy person,…
A: Plasmids are small, self-replicating, extrachromosomal, circular double stranded DNA molecules…
Q: Your father, age 74, has been recovering in a rehabilitation center from a hip fracture. He has…
A: C. diff or Clostridioides difficile refers to the infection of the colon that leads to severe…
Q: Fungal meningoencephalitis is often the ultimate cause of death for AIDS patients. What factors make…
A: Fungal meningitis is uncommon in the United States. It can evolve after a fungal spreads from…
Q: Why is MRSA not confined to transmission only in hospitals?
A: MRSA is the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that is a resistant strain of S. aureus. It…
Q: Why do you think the slow growth rate of M. leprae makes leprosy treatment more difficult?
A: Leprosy (or Hansen’s disease) is caused by the infectious bacteria Mycobacterium leprae. The disease…
Q: Why is Saccharomyces cerevisiae important for research?
A: Saccharomyces cerevisiae is commonly known as Baker's yeast is a unicellular organism. It is a…
Q: Candida Albicans may cause minor infections in healthy people,but causes dangerous infections in…
A: A disease is a state of unhealthiness of the physical body, mind and social interaction. A disease…
Q: Why do pediatricians refrain from using tetracycline (antibiotic) to treat mycoplasmal infections in…
A: A mycoplasmal infection like pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an infection of the…
Q: What populations of people are most affected by Listeria Monocytogenes illness or Listeriosis
A: Listeriosis is an bacterial infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes.
Q: What property of Staphylococcus epidermidis helps it to colonize plastic materials used in medical…
A: Microbiology is the study of microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye. The microorganisms…
Q: What characteristics of Pseudomonas species allow them to spoil such a wide variety of foods?
A: Pseudomonas belongs to a group of gram-negative bacteria. They are a very common cause of infection…
Q: Why do botulism and tetanus show such opposing symptoms?
A: Botulism and tetanus are two neurological disorders in man and animals caused by the neurotoxins…
Q: How is Saccharomyces cerevisiae helpful to humans?
A: Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a type of yeast. Yeast is a eukaryotic unicellular organism that belongs…
Q: Why is handwashing an important means to control the spread of norovirus?
A: Introduction Viral infections are very harmful for mankind. In the post century where we faced the…
Q: What are the most likely type and mechanism of the urticarial hypersensitivity reaction? What are…
A: Immunologic contact urticaria occurs secondary to interaction with an allergen due to IgE antibody…
Q: A common characteristic of a site of infection, such as a pimple on the skin, is pus. What is…
A: The immune system plays an important role in the human body. It is involved in fighting the…
Q: Why would medication fail to cure HSV infections even though it prevents recurrent cold sores?
A: Herpes affected individuals are generally asymptomatic or show painful blisters and ulcers. HSV…
Q: A patient has an itchy groin rash after having sex with a new partner. Their mother then develops…
A: The small burrowing mite Sarcoptes scabiei is the source of the scratchy skin ailment known as…
Q: is chlamydia and chlamydiosis different? how do animals and humans get infected from it? and what…
A: Reproductive health means a total well being in all aspects of reproduction, physical, emotional and…
Q: What is the most common form of botulism in the United States?
A: Botulism is a rare disease caused by the toxins produced by the bacterial species Clostridium…
Q: Why is it not possible to use Koch’s postulates to show that Treponema pallidum causes syphilis?
A: Syphilis care categorized as a sexually transmitted disease, and causes infections that affect the…
Q: Why can Koch’s postulates not be used to identify the causes of diseases due to polymicrobial…
A: Koch's postulates are four criteria that denote the causative relationship between the microbe and…
Q: How are botulism and tetanus alike and different?
A: Tetanus and botulism are two deadly neurological diseases found in human and animals.
Q: How is the microbe that makes penicillin different from the one that makes streptomycin?
A: An antibiotic is a kind of antimicrobial substance dynamic against microbes. It is the main kind of…
Q: Why are polymyxins like Neosporin typically only used topically
A: Polymyxin is a group of antibiotics that are used to cure infections caused by gram-negative…
Q: Why are healthy individuals in hospitals not considered to be as much at risk for infections by…
A: Superbugs are the microorganisms which can be Bactria, viruses or fungi, which develop resistance…
Q: Two microbiologists are writing a textbook, but they cannot agree where to place the discussion of…
A: A neurotoxin isolated from the clostridium botulinum bacteria (can cause food poisoning) is Botox…
Q: What is the possible role of the axostyle in the pathogenesis of trich?
A: Ans: The Trichomonas vaginalis is the causative agent of one of the most common sexually transmitted…
Q: Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause disease in immunocompromised people. What are two characteristics -…
A: P.aeruginosa is a rod shaped,gramnegative mono flagellated bacterium.It is an opportunistic pathogen…
Q: What characteristic of Mycoplasma species separates them from other bacteria?
A: The small, microscopic, and unicellular organisms are called microorganisms. There are many…
Q: Do you think that all the residential flora of mouth cause dental caries? Explain.
A: The presence of nutrients, epithelial debris, and secretions makes the mouth a favorable habitat for…
Q: Can Saccharomyces cerevisiae cause yeast infections?
A: Fungi are a group of organisms such as yeast, molds and mushrooms. Although they share some common…
Q: How long does Saccharomyces boulardii stay in system?
A: Saccharomyces boulardii is a type of yeast. Yeast is a eukaryotic unicellular organism that belongs…
Q: How might climate change or increased global connectivity (such as international travel) affect the…
A: Shigella shigella bacteria causes shigellosis infection. It spread through contaminated food and…
Q: Which TWO of the following describe Candida albicans? Can cause MRSA in young children…
A: Candida albicans is one of the most common sources of fungal infections in human beings. The term…
Q: Write a paragraph describing the colonies of: A) Clostridium perfringes B) Clostridium tetani C)…
A: The bacteria belonging to the genus Clostridium are Gram-positive anaerobic rods. these need to be…
Q: How does Listeria monocytogenes avoid being killed by phagocytes?
A: Introduction Phagocytosis:- It is a cellular process for ingesting and eliminating particles larger…
Q: What body systems are affected by eubacterium?
A: The eubacteria are also known as true bacteria. They are unicellular prokaryotic organisms that have…
Q: Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax. true or false?
A: Anthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by a bacterium. It can affect both animals and…
Q: How are Chlamydia and Mycoplasma (Section 16.9) similar?How are they different?
A: Introduction: Chlamydia is an intracellular obligate parasite and is a pathogen. Their inner and…
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- Why is the fact that Pseudomonas species can grow in nutrient-poorenvironments medically important?Why are myxobacteria important in nature?A 9 year old boy with cystic fibrosis – a genetic disease that causes a number of problems, including the build-up of thick sticky mucus in the lungs- complained of increasing fatigue, shortness of breath and worsening cough. When his mother took him to the doctor, she mentioned that his cough was a blue green color. His doctor immediately suspected a lung infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa a common complication of cystic fibrosis. A sputum was collected and sent to the clinical laboratory. In the Clinical laboratory, the sample was plated onto Mac Conkey agar and blood gar and incubated. Mucoid colonies surrounded by bluish green color grew on both types of agar media. The colonies on Mac Conkey had no pink coloration, so the medical technologist concluded that the cells did not ferment lactose. She noted that the blue green color on the agar plates and in the sputum, knowing that P.aeruginosa makes several pigmented compounds that give rise to colors ranging from yellow to blue. One…
- What is unusual about the organism Pyrolobus fumarii?Propionibacterium acnes is a normal member of the skin microbiome that benefits the body by lowering the skin's pH- an antimicrobial effect. However, P. acnes is also the leading cause of acne. Explain mechanistically how can a bacterium be normal and beneficial but also be pathogenic?In what ways is rubella different from red measles?