MY 3 FAVOURITE BACTERIA !

1) Do you know where did the Anthrax disease comes from?2)Anthrax is an acute disease in animals and humans which caused by the dangerous bacterium, Bacillus anthracis.Want more about B. anthracis??

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-infect humans expecially when they :

* exposed to a blood and other tissues of infected

* Eat tissues from infected animals * Exposed to high density of anthrax

spores from animal’s fur, hide or wool.

doesn’t spread from one infected animal or person to another directly, but the spores can transport by:

1) Clothing

2) Shoes etc

Wash down with anti-microbe effective soap and water.

Waste water should treated with bleach or anti-microbial agent.

Chlorine= ineffective in destroying spores n vegetative cells on surface

Burning clothing = very effective Includes larges doses of intravenous and

oral antibiotics. Also strict precaution on person which

suspected having die from anthrax

Guess what’s bacteria X ?It actually refers to Clostridium

botulinum . Gram-positive, rod shaped microorganism Obligate anaerobe , spore-former Produce oval, subterminal endospores Commonly found in soil but its endospores

may contaminate raw foods before harvest or slaughter.

Produces neurotoxin botulin, caused flaccid muscular paralysis in botulism.then….death.

Main paralytic agent in BOTOX..

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C.botulinum

Problems speaking, slurred speech Vision difficulties/ double vision Difficulty swallowing Upset stomach / abdominal cramps Difficulty breathing/ temporarily

suspended breathing

If you’re suspected to have these symptoms, see a doctor immediately!

Inspired by Clostridium botulinum Botox- shortname of Botulinum Toxin 1 mg of BT is enough to kill more than

1 million guinea pigs! Believed on treat health problems such

as; squint eye, uncontrol blinking of eye

and the others. Also could decrease activity in sweat

gland Treat headache / migrain

produce nice pattern but… bacteria of the spirochete type. predominant in North America, but also exists in

Europe. Main agent of Lyme disease. Have zoonotic characteristic vector-borne disease transmitted by ticks such deer

tick ( Ixodes scapularis ) Among the few pathogenic bacteria that can survive

without iron and that replacing all of its iron-sulfur cluster enzymes with enzymes that use manganese.

Its diameter of a single cell is approximately 0.4 μm.

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Mode of transmission: bite of infective Ixodes tick

The cause of emergence is increase in deer and populations in wooded areas.

Untreated Lyme lead to; arthritis, neurological involvement such as palsy, weekness in limbs, visual disturbance, facial paralysis, seizures etc