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• Countermeasures of Bacillus anthracis use as a Biological Weapon
  ...es senators in 2001, where 17 people were infected and five were killed as a result of exposure to anthrax spores(Image 1). [http://www.fbi.gov/anthrax/ ...etuating the spread of the virus. In conjunction, these pathogens require a certain incubation period that varies from one pathogenetic species to anot
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• Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: A Potential Treatment for Crohn’s Disease
  ...has been proposed that changes in the composition of microbial population, a term called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysbiosis dysbiosis] [http://www. ...m CD treatment has been exhausted, fecal microbiota transplantation may be a promising rescue therapy.
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• Helicobacter pylori as a causative agent of Gastric Cancer
  ...enesis is the second most prevalent cause of deaths caused by cancer, with a death count of approximately 738,000 people in 2008 <sup>[[#References|[1]] ...is an agent for gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT), a type of blood campus ^{[[#References|[1]]]}.
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• Transmission of T. Forsythia to humans from a dog bite
  ...iseases due to the fact that canines cannot brush their teeth. This poses a problem to humans that are bitten by canines with plaque buildup. If this ...a human's. Dogs tend to use their mouths more than humans due to it being a much stronger and more useful sense than in humans. Canines are constantly
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• Acinetobacter baumannii: The Emergence of a Dangerous Multidrug-Resistant Pathogen
  ...//www.sciencephoto.com/images/download_lo_res.html?id=662201513 Figure 1.] A colored SEM depiction of Acinetobacter baumannii, an emerging multidrug-res ...o.com/images/download_lo_res.html?id=670015113 Figure 2.] SEM depiction of a cluster of gram-negative, non-motile, rod bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii.
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• A Beautiful Colonizer: Vibrio fischeri and its Host Euprymna scolopes
  ...light reflects downward onto its body. <i>V. fischeri</i> is housed within a specialized light organ within the squid's mantle cavity. The light organ c ...onts]. Establishing symbiotic relationships in aquatic environments can be a challenge because there are low to undetectable concentrations of the speci
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• Talimogene Laherparepvec: A groundbreaking viral therapy for late stage melanoma
  ...le also increasing the bodies immune response to the melanoma. This one of a kind treatment is the first ever virus used to combat cancer in the United ...minate them and inhibit tumor growth [[#References|[3]]]. Immunotherapy is a more precise way to treat cancer than other common therapies such as chemo
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• Telaprevir (VX-950) a novel antiviral treatment for Hepatitis C virus patients
  [[Image:Healthy-liver.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Figure 2. a) healthy liver. [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.liver-dise ...patocytes, liver cells (Horscroft <i>et al.</i> 2005). The HCV epidemic is a serious health threat, infecting over 170 million people worldwide (Lin <i>
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• The role of Bifidobacterium longum in a healthy human gut community
  ...d particles into the bloodstream, activating the immune system. If this is a continuous problem, the immune system can become overactive causing various ...linked to the microorganisms inhabiting the human gut. Bifidobacterium is a genera of bacterium that has been linked to improving digestive health.
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• Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): Pathogenesis and History of a Silent Killer
  [[File:CWD Buck.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A White-Tailed Deer displaying signs of <i>Chronic Wasting Disease</i>. Pictu ...ing one of the most deadly and mysterious diseases known to man that isn’t a household name.
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• Brevibacillus laterosporus, a bacterial biological control agent of Western Corn Rootworm
  [[Image:Rootworm_1.jpeg|thumb|550 px|right| A) An adult Western Corn Rootworm Beetle, <i>Diabrotica virgifera virgifera</ ...Damage incurred from CRW infestation of corn crops costs the United States a total of $2 billion annually <ref name= S9>[https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aa
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• Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin: The Duality of a Microbe with Fatal and Therapeutic Applications
  ...credit: [https://fineartamerica.com/featured/tem-of-clostridium-botulinum-a-dowsett-national-infection-servicescience-photo-library.html]]] ...> Botulinum toxin has seven serotypes (A-G), most of which cause botulism, a neuroparalytic disease that can be fatal. There are several types of botuli
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• A probiotic in Kombucha products (Bacillus coagulans) and its effects on the gut microbiome.
  ...t: [https://www.sanzymebiologics.com/food-supplement/bacillus-coagulans-as-a-probiotic/Sanzyme Biologics.]]] ...rd, J., & Taillandier, P. (2018). Understanding kombucha tea fermentation: A Review. Journal of Food Science, 83(3), 580–588.]</ref>
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• Use of Conifer Resin to Create a Hostile Environment for Pathogens in Wood Ant Colonies
  ...rütsch T, Jaffuel G, Vallat A, Turlings TC, Chapuisat M. Wood ants produce a potent antimicrobial agent by applying formic acid on tree‐collected resi ...to a variety of wood ant pathogens, and this behavior does appear to have a positive effect on the fitness of wood ants in contact with pathogens <ref
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• The Threat of Airborne Transmission of Influenza A: H5N1
  ...into account with degree of severity, as the right combination can produce a severe problem for our society today: an easily transmittable (airborne) fa ...amily Orthomyxoviridae [3]. The three genera include influenza A, B and C. A distant relative of the parainfluenza viruses belonging to the Paramyxoviru
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• Adenovirus-based Gene Therapy: a Promising Novel Cancer Therapy
  ...h serves itself as a drug[1]. Adenovirus (Ad) based cancer gene therapy is a common form of the treatment, as the Ad vector is second to lentivirus vect ...leocapsid[2]. It is the largest of the non-enveloped viruses, and contains a single double stranded (ds) DNA genome ~36 to 38 kilobases in size[3]. Abou
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• Pseudomonas aeurignosa
  ...n resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) bacteria. See PHIL 617 for a black and white view of this image. Phoro credit: [http://www.cdc.gov/ CDC. <br><i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> is a powerful pathogen responsible for a multitude of different infections including respiratory and blood infection
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• Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Project in Progress)
  ...n resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) bacteria. See PHIL 617 for a black and white view of this image. Phoro credit: [http://www.cdc.gov/ CDC. <br>At right is a sample image insertion. It works for any image uploaded anywhere to Microb
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• Marixanthomonas ophiurae
  ...fers to a unicellular organism, a monad. Therefore: ''Marixanthomonas'' is a marine yellow monad. ''Marixanthomonas ophiurae'': Ophiura, a class of invertebrates belonging to the Ophiuroidea (brittle star), which i
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• Aerococcus urinae
  ...endocarditis, blood stream, and spinal disc infections. ''A. urinae'' is a gram-positive coccus occurring in tetrads or pairs, similar to the α-hemol ...), speticaemia ( pertains to blood poisoning), and cellulitus (pertains to a bacterial skin infection). ''Aerococcus urinae'' naturally occurs in dust,
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• Birnaviridae
  ...nome guanine+cytosine content is 45.5-54.5 %. The 5'-end of the genome has a cap on both segments genome-linked protein (VPg). The multipartite genome i ==Virion Structure of a Birnaviridae==
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• Gut-Brain Axis: the relationship between the gut microbiota and anxiety and depression
  [[Image:Gut Microbiome Human.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The human microbiome is a promising area of research for combating antibiotic resistant microorganism ...ly been studied more in depth as researchers discovered that microbes have a larger impact on human health than once understood. Antibiotics and diet ha
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• Phycodnaviridae
  ...lated and characterized. The reason for the complexity can be explained by a recent provocative paper that expanded the phylogenetic analysis and placed So far, the genomes of two phycodnaviruses have been completely sequenced, a Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus (PCBV-1) and an Ectocarpus siliculosus
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• The Gut Microbiome and How It Affects Our Ability to Learn
  ...n resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) bacteria. See PHIL 617 for a black and white view of this image. Phoro credit: [http://www.cdc.gov/ CDC. <br>At right is a sample image insertion. It works for any image uploaded anywhere to Microb
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• BIOL 238 Template 2024
  ...n resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) bacteria. See PHIL 617 for a black and white view of this image. Phoro credit: [http://www.cdc.gov/ CDC. <br>At right is a sample image insertion. It works for any image uploaded anywhere to Microb
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• BIOL 238 Paper 2023
  ...bacteria. The photo credit for this image belongs to Alissa Eckert, who is a medical illustrator at the [http://www.cdc.gov/ CDC].]] <br>At right is a sample image insertion. It works for any image uploaded anywhere to Microb
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• Legionella bononiensis
  ...s in regulated man-made water systems or is found naturally in places with a more tropical climate. ...ircular chromosome with roughly 3000 protein-coding genes which represents a coding capacity of 88%.
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• Hepatovirus
  [[Image:Uchr_07_img0767.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Hepatitis A virus (x225,000). From [http://www.faqs.org/health/Sick-V2/Hepatitis.html I ''Hepatitis A virus'', [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree
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• Hepadnaviridae
  The Hepadnaviridae genome is non-segmented and consists of a single molecule of open circular, partially double-stranded DNA containing ==Virion Structure of a Hepadnavirus==
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• Clostridium botulinum: The Duality of a Microbe
  ...depicts a grouping of Clostridium botulinum</i> bacteria. See PHIL 617 for a black and white view of this image. Photo credit: [https://pixels.com/featu <br>At right is a sample image insertion. It works for any image uploaded anywhere to Microb
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• Ruegeria pomeroyi
  ...ems because of its ability to breakdown dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), a sulfur based osmolyte closely associated with algae and seaweed. When break ...romosome, as well as a 491,611 bp circular megaplasmid. The sequence gives a good insight into how R. pomeroyi's role in the carbon cycle in the ocean.
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• Bacteroides xylanisolvens
  ...conditions for ''Bacteroides xylanivsolvens'' are a temperature of 38C and a pH of 6.8. They are also strictly obligately anaerobic and don’t use cyto ...along with Bacteroides ovatus and [[''Bacteroides fragilis'']] subspecies A. However, ''Bacteroides xylanivsolvens '' do not show the ability to degrad
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• Kribbella catacumbae
  ...n resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) bacteria. See PHIL 617 for a black and white view of this image. Phoro credit: [http://www.cdc.gov/ CDC. ...A) bacteria. Photo credit: [http://www.cdc.gov/ CDC.] Every image requires a link to the source.
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• A. tumefaciens
  ...he three opine classes octopine, nopaline, and agropine. The host range of A. tumefaciens range from 331 genera and 643 species. The genome structure of Agrobacterium tumefaciens has a very unique genome in which it contains both linear and circular chromosom
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• BI246 General Microbiology Skidmore College Fall 2011
  Describe the disease caused by this organism if it is a pathogen, or the natural macroscopic "field guide" appearance and habitat o Provide a physical and biochemical description of the organism. What kind of organis
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• Actinobacillus delphinicola
  <br>This is a species of bacteria from the family <i>Pasteurellaceae</i>. ...ium. It was reported for the first time in 1993 isolated from the lungs of a harbour porpoise in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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