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Chapter 25, Problem 2Q
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The bacteria, which are most appropriate to use in therapy for curing the tumor.
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Cancer is the condition of abnormal and uncontrollable growth of the cells. Treatment of cancer includes surgery and different kinds of therapy, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. All these methods have limitations and severe side effects. To overcome these limitations, medical field started using certain bacteria to treat solid tumors.
The table given below gives details of characteristics of four bacteria.
Name of Bacteria | Clostridium novyi | Thermus aquaticus | Paracoccus denitrificans | Trichodesmium thiebautii |
Characteristics | ||||
Obligate anaerobic | Obligate aerobic | Facultative anaerobic | Facultative anaerobic | |
Gram status | + | – | – | – |
Optimal temperature (°C) | 10–40 | 50–80 | 5–30 | 10–30 |
Typical habitat | Terrestrial | Aquatic | Aquatic | Aquatic |
Miscellaneous | Chemotroph | Denitrifier | Nitrogen fixer |
°C, Degree Celsius: (+), positive; (–), negative.
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