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Bacterial flagella are entirely outside the cell membrane (plasma ... * Bacterial flagella are helical filaments that rotate like screws. ...

includes inflammations resulting from a bacterial infection, sometimes an ... In addition to viral causes, bacterial pathogens can result in inflammation ...

#039;s Moneres subcategory included known bacterial groups such as Vibrio. ... fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=2439888 Bacterial evolution]. Microbiological ...

function in nature, such as the bacterial proteins that cause tetanus ... For example, a toxin may be used in assisting bacterial invasion of ...

genus and used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually gram-positive organisms. The name “penicillin” can ...

The bacterial 16S, 23S, and 5S rRNA genes are typically organized ... to create antibiotics to destory a bacterial infection without damaging ...

(collagen) because of the chance of bacterial infection due to the time ... days. To prevent damage of the skin by bacterial growth during the soaking ...

neural tissue, are called meningitis, and can be bacterial, viral, and protozoan (Chamberlin and Narins 2005). Also life-threatening are bacterial infections ...

disease that may occur after a bacterial infection and that can ... is generally due to infection (viral or bacterial). It may cause chest pain ...

form about 25 percent of the total bacterial cell mass. A mammalian ... the two subunits dissociate. Actually, in bacterial cells, the two subunits ...

others. Mouth ulcers are often tied to bacterial or viral infections. ... * Bacterial infection * Viral infection * Fungal infection ...

causes and outcomes. Acute prostatitis (bacterial) and chronic bacterial ... of disease. In acute prostatitis (bacterial), men often experience ...

Penicillin should be avoided for treatment of a sore throat if bacterial ... spp.) is a popular herb for fighting bacterial (and viral) infections ...

There are two basic theories for how the bacterial infection can lead to rheumatic ... antigen, presenting cells against the bacterial antigen, activate helper ...

are toxic for insects and they inhibit bacterial and fungal growth. to personal care products to prevent bacterial growth, or to polymers ...

or one's beard. Itching can lead to bacterial infection and there can ... infestations are headache, fever, and bacterial infection, and body lice ...

Bacterial chromosomes are usually circular, but are sometimes linear ... When linear, bacterial chromosomes tend to be tethered to the plasma ...

Like other members of the bacterial family Enterobacteriaceae, species ... d: The Vi antigen is associated with the bacterial capsule, which acts as ...

human pathogen and one of three bacterial species placed in the genus ... irritating and have a watery discharge. Bacterial secondary infection may ...

bioremediation. Characterization of key bacterial habitats such as the rhizosphere ... of microbes. Includes the study of bacterial systematics and taxonomy. ...

of Biologically Functional Bacterial Plasmids in vitro," ... hundreds of thousands of organismal and bacterial cells that all contain ...

have distinct lifetimes (stabilities). In bacterial cells, individual mRNAs ... secondary structure in coding regions of bacterial genes. Genome Res. 13(9 ...

slide enables the biologist to see bacterial shapes and structures. ... and by tropical fish hobbyists as a bacterial and fungal infection preventative ...

as well as in some viruses, including bacterial viruses (Robinson 2003 ... and Sidney Altman, who was working on the bacterial RNase-P complex. These ...

by Fred Sanger in 1977. The first bacterial genome to be completed ... "The 160-kilobase genome of the bacterial endosymbiont Carsonella ...

constant rate. For example the population of a bacterial culture that doubles every 20 minutes can be expressed (approximatively, as this is not really ...

had their appendix removed because of bacterial infection (which can cause ... important because of a propensity for bacterial infection (Kent 2002; Winter ...

to barley mild mosaic bymovirus as well as Bacterial blight (Brunt et al. 1996). ==History of Production== Domesticated barley (H. vulgare) is ...

==Bacterial dormancy== Each bacterial group is ubiquitous, occurring nearly everywhere and ...

Meningitis which can be either viral or bacterial. Both cause inflammation ... to be operated on, or perhaps he had a bacterial/viral infection (encephalitic ...

protozoan parasites, and fungal, bacterial, as well as viral pathogens ... Various bacterial species are widely used in controlling the pests ...

of the human genome are apparently either bacterial or viral in origin—with ... Mitochondrial ribosomes are the 70S (bacterial) type, in contrast to the ...

pulmonary hypertension, and secondary bacterial superinfection (Matoo and ... vaccine. While DTP is composed of dead bacterial cells, the newer acellular ...

and several insect species containing bacterial endosymbionts. ... and chloroplasts, originated as bacterial endosymbionts. This theory ...

since it is viral in nature, rather than bacterial. There is no evidence to ... skin with warm water to avoid secondary bacterial infection. Scratching the ...

she contracted the eye disease trachoma, a bacterial disease that affects the eye and can often lead to blindness because of the scar tissue it creates ...

foreign body. LAL is used in medicine to test for bacterial endotoxins in pharmaceuticals and for several bacterial diseases (Heard 2001). If the bacterium ...

this previous statement is the fact that bacterial species such as Rickettsia ... * Viral plaque assays involve growing a thin layer of bacterial cells ...

as well as the insect vector and bacterial species (Longe 2006). Other ... antibodies to the presence of certain bacterial and viral markers. The ...

of the meninges, usually from fungal, bacterial, or viral infection) and meningiomas arising from the meninges or from tumors formed elsewhere ...

EMS) was traced to one source of L-tryptophan. The bacterial culture used to synthesize tryptophan by a major Japanese manufacturer, Showa Denko KK, had ...

white tea had significant anti-viral and anti-bacterial qualities.American Society For Microbiology, [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/05/040526070934 ...

pyogenes can be associated with the release of bacterial toxins. The strain of S. pyrogens that causes scarlet fever produces an erythrogenic toxin, which ...

famous because he discovered how to use bacterial fermentation to produce ... became famous for discovering how to use bacterial fermentation to produce ...

silver-coated to provide anti-bacterial properties, or aluminum-coated to provide radar chaff. Radar chaff is a spool of continuous glass tow ...

cholestasis can be due to general and bacterial infections, tuberculosis, drugs, and lymphoma, among other causes. Extraheptic cholestasis can ...

pathway of IPP is known in some bacterial groups and the plastids of plants, the so-called MEP(2-Methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate)-pathway, which ...

symptoms of the muscle paralysis caused by the bacterial toxin. ... from gas production (perhaps during bacterial growth) causing increased ...

During World War I, a method of producing acetone through bacterial fermentation was developed by Chaim Weizmann, (who later became the first ...

initial transamination with α-ketoglutarate. The bacterial degradation of lysine yields cadaverine by decarboxylation. ==Function== ...

surface waters will have a significant bacterial load and may also contain ... ammonia is used a nitrogen source for bacterial growth, with nitrates being ...

tomato products. It also provides a place for bacterial growth and food spoilage if it is not properly processed. One way of measuring this in food ...

project is working on systems to help detect bacterial and fungal growths in spacecraft used for long-duration spaceflight. NASA, [http://science ...

South Africa preserved non-colonial unicellular bacterial-like fossils. [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/marsmet98/pdf/7033.pdf Fig Tree Formation ...

underway in its colonization of the land. The bacterial and algal mats were joined early in the period by primitive plants that created the first recognizable ...

from predators and in prevention of bacterial and fungal growth on their ... now is used to treat heart aliments, bacterial infections, skin and colon ...

contend that this puts humans at risk as bacterial strains develop stronger ... and/or campylobacter, the leading bacterial causes of foodborne disease ...

toxic to bacteria and other human pathogens. Many bacterial pathogens have evolved mechanisms for nitric oxide resistance. Janeway. C. A., et ...

Soybean plants are vulnerable to a wide range of bacterial diseases ... The primary bacterial diseases that affect the soybean plant include ...

Anaerobic digestion is a bacterial process that is carried out in ... Aerobic digestion is a bacterial process occurring in the presence ...

of the urinary and genital tracts, with the bacterial growing and multiplying in such areas as the urethra of men and women and the cervix, uterus ...

Sequence variability in bacterial cytochromes c] Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058(1): 42-47. Retrieved May 16, 2008. * Bushnell, G. W., G. V. Louie ...

=====Bacterial residue===== smoke particles from the fire of 1532 and bacterial residue that would not ...

in bacteria (Alberts et al. 1989). Both bacterial and eukaryotic RNA polymerases are large, complicated molecules with a total mass of over 500 ...

and infections; many essential oils have anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-parasitic properties (Dupler and Odle 2005). For people, essential ...

* Paerl, H. W. 1974. Bacterial uptake of dissolved organic matter in relation to detrital aggregation in marine and freshwater systems. Limnology ...

===Intestinal bacterial flora=== It is now known that the human digestion ... common foods, preventing epidemics of bacterial infection. But some of ...

syphilis, a serious, sexually transmitted bacterial disease, while foregoing ... three are serious, sexually transmitted, bacterial infections). From a total ...

has been used in producing sprays of bacterial spores, toxin extracts, and also by incorporating genes to produce them within the host plants ...

and experiments have shown that fungal and bacterial breakdown products were less toxic than DEET itself (NPIC 2008). Likewise, as a mist or vapor ...

of serum cholesterol levels, and anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties (Schonbeck and Frey 2005). In Ayurvedic medicine, turmeric is thought ...

members. This could apply to the bacterial members of a stromatolite, which, because of genetic sharing, in some way comprise a single gene pool ...

found in horseradish have been found to kill some bacterial strains. ===Research applications=== The enzyme horseradish peroxidase, found in the ...

common gene pools (Rivera and Lake 2004, Bacterial/Prokaryotic Phylogeny). ... with greater resistance to disease), bacterial strains (development of ...

Bacterial species similar to H. pylori can be identified by the same test in various animals, such as apes, dogs, and cats (including big cats). ...

and also has active and beneficial bacterial cultures of Lactobacilli, Lisbeth Meunier Goddik, et al. Handbook of Food and Beverage Fermentation ...

Acetic acid is produced both synthetically and by bacterial fermentation ... for livestock silage, to discourage bacterial and fungal growth. ...

mixed with dirt and dead skin is decomposed by bacterial flora, producing a foul smell. Functions of the skin are disturbed when it is excessively ...

include poisons (snake and spider venom, certain bacterial toxins, and so on), artificial heart values, diseases of the small blood vessels, immune reactions ...

however, is cold enough year-round to inhibit bacterial growth, meaning bodies tend to sink and never surface. This is poetically referenced in Gordon ...

tree oil are sold as remedies which claim to treat bacterial and fungal infection in pet fish. Bettafix is a lighter dilution of tea tree oil, while Melafix ...

and inflammation caused by persistent bacterial infections. Inflammation ... In addition to typical bacterial infections, people with CF more commonly ...

buried in accumulating sediment, bacterial decomposition of these corpses often tipped the delicate balance of local redox conditions sufficiently ...

pneumonia, which is caused by a bacterial infection or direct chemical ... cells of the immune system that deal with bacterial infection. If this stimulus ...

and either the enzymes of rennet or bacterial enzymes with similar activity ... the finished cheese, affecting both the bacterial culture and the milk chemistry ...

Microbial (or bacterial) corrosion is that caused or promoted by microorganisms, usually chemoautotrophs. It can apply to both metals and nonmetals ...

a very rare exception to this rule is a bacterial virus called PBS1 that ... easily, such as the TATAAT Pribnow box in bacterial promoters, tend to have ...

serum is a potent antidote for animal, plant, and bacterial toxins]. Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins 5(1). Retrieved October 2, 2007. ...

quality diet. Much of this is done through bacterial fermentation: when young are being weaned, the mother passes unusually soft feces, called pap, which ...

leeches such as E. punctata are host to three bacterial symbionts, Pseudomonas sp., Aeromonas sp., and Klebsiella sp. (a slime producer). The bacteria ...

in order to react with and subsequently inhibit bacterial transpeptidase enzyme. * Only L-propranolol is a powerful adrenoceptor antagonist, whereas ...

were among the earliest types of bacterial life, existing approximately 3.3 billion years ago. They were the first organisms to carry out the ...

the human blood-clotting system, and the bacterial flagellum. ... A third example of irreducible complexity is the motor of the bacterial ...

Acetic acid is produced both synthetically and by bacterial fermentation. Today, the biological route accounts for only about ten percent of ...

Wallace died of septic shock from a bacterial infection in Jackson Hospital in Montgomery on September 13, 1998. He had suffered from Parkinson ...

N. Jones, [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1647 Bacterial explanation for Europa's rosy glow,] NewScientist.com. Retrieved January ...

with raw fish is believed to help prevent bacterial food poisoning. * Gari (ginger): Sweet, pickled ginger. Gari is eaten both to cleanse the ...

Hickey E, Gwinn M, White O, Fraser CM. A bacterial genome in flux: the twelve ... time of 12-24 hours (in contrast to bacterial pathogens such as Streptococcus ...

is found in avocado and has been tested for anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. These properties are likely related with the curative effects ...

secretes gastric acid that helps to prevent bacterial colonization, while an adaptive immune system response helps to develop immunity against being infected ...

Cavalli-Sforza, who established a one-man unit of bacterial genetics. Fisher continued his work on mouse chromosome mapping and other projects. They ...

and eukaryotes have ribosomes, bacterial ribosomes are not generally susceptible to ricin; plant ribosomes also are less susceptible than animal ...

soluble oil white oil. Sometimes bacterial preparations may be used to control insect infestation on cycads. While weevils are viewed as pests ...

shown to act synergistically with antibiotics in bacterial cell killing. *Ultrasound has been postulated to allow thicker eukaryotic cell tissue ...

shifts from oxygenated to anoxic, as bacterial decomposition of sunken biomass utilizes all of the free oxygen. Certain species of extremophile ...

in some species to avoid cannibalism. Viral or bacterial causes have been substantiated in multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Lyme disease ...

* Choo, J. H., Y. Rukayadi, and J. K. Hwang. 2006. Inhibition of bacterial quorum sensing by vanilla extract. Lett Appl Microbiol. 42(6): 637-641. ...

the worm emerges could develop a secondary bacterial infection such as tetanus, which may be life-threatening—a concern in endemic areas where ...

eyes, which contains substances that help fight bacterial infection as part of the immune system. Some aquatic animals have a second eyelid in ...

Haystacks produce internal heat due to bacterial fermentation. If the hay was baled from moist grass, the heat produced can be enough to set ...

49 years. Major infectious diseases include bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever, and malaria. Though a large proportion of the population ...

a small amount of chlorine to prevent bacterial growth in the pipes, or may use chlorine intermittently, based on the results of periodic testing ...

corn with greater resistance to disease), bacterial strains (development of ... the leaves of these plants integrated a bacterial genome. ...

term "plague" is currently applied to bacterial infections that cause buboes, although historically the medical use of the term plague has ...

oil have been found to be very powerful anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal agents. Some people believe that coconut milk can be used as ...

Hydrogen peroxide has been used as an antiseptic and anti-bacterial agent for many years. While its use has decreased in recent years with the ...

cleaning of the lenses, tear film instability, and bacterial stagnation. Corneal neovascularization has historically also been a common complication of ...

#039;s bison have been exposed to brucellosis, a bacterial disease that came to North America with European cattle and may cause cattle to miscarry. ...

similar to the catalytic iron-sulfur core of bacterial hydrogenase to step in. Stu Borman, [http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/83/i07/8307notw8.html ...

of syphilis, a serious, sexually transmitted bacterial disease, while foregoing treatment, with the endpoint (after modification of the original ...

though it is one of the least contagious of all bacterial diseases, the fear of physical disfigurement and the loss of social status that it brings ...

in the liquid around are an indication of bacterial growth and spoilage. ==Varieties== Many varieties of tofu are available in both Western and ...

food or waterborne diseases such as bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever; vectorborne diseases such as dengue fever ...

*Some illnesses, such as bacterial diseases (such as encephalitis) Studies have shown a relationship between media use and ADHD-related behaviors. ...

The CDC writes that chemical, bacterial, and viral compounds from animal waste may travel in the soil and water. Residents near such farms report ...

and many viruses, but is ineffective against bacterial spores. Alcohol does not act like an antibiotic and is not effective against infections by ...

Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or ...

One such disease is tuberculosis, a bacterial disease which killed 1.5 million people in 2018.[https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tu ...

of people who at that time had no concept of bacterial transmission. Jews were sometimes believed to have invoked the anger of God and it was believed ...

activity. This is important to know because most bacterial growth ceases at low levels of water activity. Not only does microbial growth affect the safety ...

Great Famine of 1315-1317. The Black Death, a bacterial disease introduced from Southeast Asia by travelers arriving in Europe via the Silk Road, that ...

and a mildly elevated protein level and no bacterial infection. Detection of virus in the CSF is diagnostic of paralytic polio, but rarely occurs ...

Some of the most important bacterial diseases that affect raccoons are leptospirosis, listeriosis, tetanus, and tularemia. Although internal ...

manager Huggins died at 51 of erysipelas, a bacterial skin infection, on September 25, only ten days after he had last directed the team. Despite their ...