Many microorganisms are known to cause diseases. There are five main types of pathogenic organisms - fungi, viruses, bacteria, parasitic worms... View Article
Pathogenic bacteria can cause diseases upon entering the body of their host. They enter through various means, via soil, water, air and even... View Article
Pathogens can inflict diseases in many ways. One is through direct damage to tissues or cells while replication takes place. Typically, it is via... View Article
Some examples of pathogenic organisms are Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a few strains of bacteria such as Listeria,... View Article
An organism that has the capability to cause diseases in the host is a pathogenic organism. Some examples of pathogenic organisms are a few... View Article
Pathogens must possess the following characteristics to multiply and survive in their hosts - Invade or colonize the host and escape To be... View Article
Non pathogenic bacteria are the ones which are incapable of causing any disease. They do not harm its host, instead can be beneficial to some.... View Article
Predominantly, Bacillus subtilis are found in the soil, air and in association with plants, plant compost. It is considered to be inactive mostly... View Article
Bacterial pathogens make use of common regulatory mechanisms such as two-component signal transduction systems and alternative sigma factors in... View Article
The components of virulence permit the pathogenic strains to survive within the animal and inflict diseases. Non-virulent strains on the other... View Article
Both bacteria and viruses are known to cause several diseases. However, if one has to compare, viruses are said to be more dangerous than... View Article
Bacteria are single-celled prokaryotes. They have restricted space for food intake and excretion and to conduct all other life processes too. If... View Article
A few bacteria can be useful to humans in the following ways - Gut bacteria checks the health of our gut Some can produce oxygen which are... View Article
Germs are microscopic entities such as protozoa, fungi, viruses and bacteria which can potentially cause diseases. Viruses are submicroscopic... View Article
Yes, bacteria are considered to be living entities. Although they are single-celled, they are capable of synthesizing molecules and energy... View Article
Cells of humans do not synthesize, neither need peptidoglycan. Antibiotics (Penicillin) prevents the transpeptidation or final cross-linking step... View Article
Researchers suggest that gut bacteria have an influence over the development of the immune system, maturation, metabolism and even production of... View Article
The gut microbiota conducts specialized functions in host nutrient metabolism - drug metabolism and xenobiotic, maintaining the structural... View Article
