MCB 2610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Black Fly, Eukaryote, Opportunistic Infection
8 Dec 2017
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Scanning electron micrograph: short single rods, most common inhabitant of the human intestinal tract, makes up approximately 0. 1% of the total bacteria in the adult intestinal tract. Important in food digestion: principle source of vitamin k and b complex, peritrichous flagella, one type, k-12, is the most widely studied organism, usually not pathogenic (disease-causing), but is the primary cause of urinary. Its presence in food or water indicated fecal contamination. Isolated in 1885 by theodor escherich tract infections. Agar streak plate- toxin 0157:h7- most harmful: found in apple juice, caused a death of a child apples grown near a cow farm. Chapter 1: scenario: person comes in saying they have the flu. -> first thing you think it antibiotics: because of the misuse of antibiotics, they have become ineffective now. Humans now have started to build up antibiotic resistance bacteria. Eukaryotic cells have a membrane-enclosed nucleus, are more complex and larger than prokaryotic cells.
