Articles related to "Microorganisms"



Bioremediation
Bioremediation involves the use of living organisms to clean up the environment.
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Contact Care
Keeping contact lenses free of microbial contamination takes work. Compliance with lens care instructions is essential to prevent infection and eye injury.
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Life In the Deep Freeze
Life found in Antarctic ice.
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What are Bacteria?: Those gutless microorganisms.
What are Bacteria?
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What are Viruses?: A close look at the smallest of microorganisms
Viruses are everywhere and infect nearly every living thing. Even bacteria get virus infections. Click above to find out more.
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Does Winter Make Us Sick?
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From Sewage Comes Wonderful Bugs
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Wildlife and Gardens - Part 2
Gardening in Shade - Wildlife and Gardens - Part 2 - Little Critters and Butterflies
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Twenty-eight Grams of Prevention is Worth 453 Grams of Cure
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Late Germ Theory of Disease
Germ Theory is the concept that microorganisms can cause disease, and this theory is the foundation of modern medicine. Here is a summary of some key discoveries.
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Human Parasite: Naegleria fowleri
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM or PAME) results in nausea, fever, headache and ultimately kills. Protect yourself from this rare but deadly amoebic infection.
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AIDS Virus Knocked Down But Not Out
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Does Your Soil Have Structure?
Soil structure depends on a variety of situations.
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Organic Garden Compost
Great changes take place within a compost pile so that it becomes greater than the sum of its parts - there are more usable nitrates than in the original material. "Good
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What is Soil?
Plants obtain water and nutrients from the soil surrounding their root systems. Plants also use the soil to anchor them physically, allowing them to stand upright.
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Biowarfare
The first recorded accounts of biological agents being used as weapons were from the 6th century B.C.
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Vaccines a Great Medical Discovery
Vaccines have saved millions of peoples lives. A truly great discovery of this millennium.
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Spore Preview
Spore, the much anticipated life simulation and strategy game, will be released by Electronic Arts in September 2008.
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Bacterial Cell Wall Structure
The amount and location of peptidoglycan in the prokaryotic cell wall is what determines whether a bacterium is Gram-positive or Gram-negative.
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With Pfiesteria Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction!
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Gram Negative ( Gram- ) Bacteria
Most bacteria have one of these two types of cell walls. The differential Gram stain uses two dyes to distinguish between bacteria based on cell wall structure.
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How do you get a better Poinsettia?: Infect it with a Phytoplasm

The End of Smelly Gym Socks?
A new garment treatment eliminates one well-known biological weapon: SMELLY SOCKS!!
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Wondering What to do With Your Bountiful Harvest?
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Tick Bites Can Change Your Life
Tick bites can change your life.
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Autoimmune Disease Theories
Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system components fail or become imbalanced. Stress, infection, and poor diet can contribute to the disease process.
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Oh No, a Pop Quiz! :-): Don't worry grades will not be kept.
All the answers are somewhere on my site.
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Diarrhea Causes and Your Dog
Understanding the causes of diarrhea can go far in helping an ill pet and concerned pet owner.
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Malassezia globosa and Sebum
Dandruff is caused by the rapid release of skin cells observed as skin flakes on the scalp and on the shoulder areas where flakes of skin have fallen to.
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Not All That Grows In Our Food Is Bad!: Lactobacillus a friend,

Zucchini Blossom End Rot
Blossom End Rot is the result of a lack of calcium in the zucchini plant. This article discusses what to do about blossom end rot and yellowing in zucchini.
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Bt Corn
Bt corn is a GMO (genetically modified organism) is already grown commercially in the United States.
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COMPOST! The Quick and Dirty Net Trip to Humus
Compost is hot stuff! Get some for your garden now!!!
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Soil Testing, Part 2
This is the second of my columns about soil testing. It covers biological activity, biological enumeration and pesticide testing. If your plants aren't doing well, perhaps one of these tests can tell you what's wrong with your soil.
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Clearing an Overgrown Garden
Perennial, persistant weeds make clearing a new vegetable garden very hard, frustrating work. This method gives you weed free soil, as well as vegetables, within a year.
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B12, You Gotta Have It!
B12 sources diet
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Salmonella Infections and Raw Milk Products
Is that special taste of raw milk and milk products really worth getting sick over?
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What is Soil Testing?
Soil testing is an important aspect for desert gardens.
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New Biopesticides for Roses
New insecticides and fungicides to look for in the future.
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...And the Heat Goes On....Summer Lawn Disease
The summer months with its heat, drought, and humidity can bring on a host of lawn diseases. Included are some of the most common summertime turf diseases and their prevention.
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Compost: Organic Fertilizer
Compost is an organic fertilizer and mulch. Learn how to make organic fertilizer in a compost pile and benefits of compost as organic fertilizer and mulch.
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Cover Crops Rediscovered
Cover crops Rediscovered. Fava beans, annual rye grass, oats, barley and clovers can all act as natural cover crops over the winter. Besides improving soil, they can control erosion, attract pollinating insects and reduce weeds.,Cover crops Rediscovered. Fava beans, annual rye grass, oats, barley and clovers can all act as natural cover crops over the winter. Besides improving soil, they can control erosion, attract pollinating insects and reduce weeds.
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Forward into our Past.
the first in a series of articels looking at our agricultural past.
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Life in Battery Acid
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New Dangers Discovered In Infant Formula
A recent report on infant formula has revealed that 15 brands of powdered formula contained unsafe amounts of perchlorate, an ingredient in rocket fuel.
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Taxol From Fungi
Taxol is also produced by fungi that live in yew trees and may make the production of this drug cheaper.
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The Fungus Among Us!! Those critters with guts.
See the world of fungi by clicking above.
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Why Wait To Give Vaccines?
When you give a vaccination is important. Too soon and you get poor protection
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Alfalfa, Hamburgers, and Diarrhea?

Hepatitis and Strawberries
Imported strawberries sometimes are more than just berries. Microbial passengers made life miserable for some Michiganders.
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