Essays on Bacteria

Modern day medical practice encounters many challenges. Among them one of the most crucial one faced day to day is development of resistance in bacteria especially gram negative bacteria towards beta lactam antibiotics due to presence of beta lactamases enzyme, caused by extensive irrational usage...

The article discusses how bacteria are being utilized for the human microbiome in order to address the disease phenylketonuria. By consuming a concoction of synthetic bacteria, an individual with phenylketonuria can have the synthetic bacteria break down phenylalanine so that it does not damage their...

Bacterial transformation is a form of biotechnology. It involves manipulating organisms for products and other purposes such as medication. Over the years, biotechnology has undergone what can only be called, a scientific revolution. It has led to vaccines being made in large amounts, healthier foods,...

For many years, researchers have studied the effects and origins of Helicobacter pylori on peptic ulcers. In 1992 Graham et al. conducted a clinical study, “Effect of Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection on the Long-term Recurrence Gastric or Duodenal Ulcer”, where they tested treatments for...

Antibiotics are chemical compounds that are very toxic to microbes than they are to human cells. Each of them targets a specific part of the cell of the microbe such as cell structure or cell pathway; therefore, they are selective toxics. For example, some antibiotics...

Lactate dehydrogenase is a vital enzyme in the process of anaerobic cellular respiration. Anaerobic cellular respiration is an important function in plants, animals, and bacteria to produce ATP. Lactate dehydrogenase is found in almost all living cells to serve as a catalyst for anaerobic cellular...

The article discusses how microbes will evolve further in one path, rather than favoring multiple traits. Microbes in certain environments will develop a trait that favors thriving in that environment, while microbes in other environments will favor different traits that allow them to thrive in...