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Quinine is also the bitter flavor found in tonic water. The British used quinine as a medicine to prevent malaria while posted in India. According to tradition, the ever-resourceful British added gin to their daily medication to kill the taste of the quinine, and thus invented the cocktail: gin and tonic.
The above image is a coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria during cytokinesis (cell division/cleavage).
Strains of MRSA are resistant to most antibiotic drug agents. This strain of MRSA can cause boils, abscesses and wound infections.
MRSA is known as a ‘super bug’ within hospitals, where outbreaks may be hard to control amongst immunocompromised patients. The problem is made worse because the bacteria reproduce rapidly by mitosis (cell division).
MRSA most commonly colonises in the nostrils so at many hospitals nasal swabs are taken upon admission. This is effective in minimising the spread of MRSA throughout the hospital.
Bio Bulletin: Learning from Lyme
Since its discovery in 1975, Lyme disease has become one of the most commonly reported diseases transmitted by insects, spiders or other arthropods. Declining biodiversity may be a contributing factor in the rise of Lyme disease in humans. Explore this unexpected consequence of human impact on animal habitats in this new Science Bulletins feature.
Science Bulletins is a production of the National Center for Science Literacy, Education, and Technology (NCSLET), part of the Department of Education at the American Museum of Natural History.
Vampire Bacteria Could Be Living Antibiotic
A vampire-like bacteria that leeches onto specific other bacteria–including certain human pathogens–has the potential to serve as a living antibiotic for a range of infectious diseases, a new study indicates.
Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-vampire-bacteria-could-be-living-antibiotic-110111.aspx
Photomicrograph of a sputum sample containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis. M. tuberculosis bacteria can attack any part of the body, but usually the lungs causing Tuberculosis. It is spread when infected individuals cough or sneeze, releasing microdroplets into the air that contain the bacteria, which others then inhale.
