An amoeba is a single celled protist that is found in almost everywhere and primarily in fresh water Most of amoebas found in fresh water sources are benevolent and do not cause disease.They can cause some forms of dysentery in…
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Over the years, microbiologists have discovered several mechanisms by which bacteria release toxins and other products into their environment. Gram positive bacteria like Staph and Strep seem to employ one major secretory apparatus whereas gram negative bacteria appear to have evolved six…
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Many people are surprised to learn that the European honey bees introduced into North America after the year 1600 were not the first domesticated bees in the New World. It turns out the Maya of Central America domesticated a species of stingless…
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The death of three people in the Southern parts of America in the summer of 2011, caused the spotlight to be fixed on Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba, which was the cause of these tragic deaths. N. fowleri is a…
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Bacteria, known as prokaryotes, are microscopic single-celled organisms. They are found in abundance in every type of climate and environment on Earth as well as the intestines, mouths, skin, feathers, fur, or scales of other living organisms. Some are pathogenic…
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A World in Chaos The signs are all over… I have to say that I am very concerned about the world. I don’t think humans have a chance. In fact, I believe that “Humans are a doomed…
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In the not-very politically correct Middle Ages, dysentery was known as ‘the bloody flux’. Both dysentery and flux are general terms that describe severe diarrhea, often with blood present in the stool. The condition has various causative agents; Shigella is…
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Microbes, otherwise known as microorganisms, are a broad grouping of single or multi-celled organisms which are too small to see with the naked eye. There are approximately 1.7 million known microorganisms and it is estimated that there are millions more…
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Bioluminescent fungi also named “foxfire” fungi due to the glowing qualities that occur in the dark or from certain light sources due to the chemical reaction occurring within the fungus. This fungus has a long history in the United states…
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Bacteria are one of the very essential things that make life possible on earth. They live mostly on temperate areas, on skin, in the body, but also outside the human body. Some can survive close to the boiling point; some…
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