MCB 3020C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Petri Dish, Cloning, Cyanobacteria
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10^-6 meters=1 micrometer (cannot see with naked eye) * e. coli: coli can reproduce every 20 minutes (super fast!) How the pathogen causes damage to the host- pathogenic microbio. Virulence factors- what makes it capable of causing disease. Microbial resistance/antibiotic resistance is becoming a huge concern. Black plaque: designed putting plates through the lines of ropes on the ship to stop rats from getting in because they would crawl in by climbing on the ropes of the ship. Sweating disease, fever in the morning, by night they were dead hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Influenza viruses have a high mutation rate, have to constantly worry about new strains. It may be so different can"t create a vaccine. Need new vaccines because each year the strand changes. Year two partial protection, year three no protection. Fermentation process- converted ethanol to acetic acid baking/brewing/fermentation. Get the gene for a particular protein and clone it- human insulin.
