what is the most likely microorganism that can infect an incubator?
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Somebody / something IN the incubator, I think.\nWhat type of incubator?\nNeonatology - E. coli, Pseudomonas, Bacilli, Klebsiella, ...\nMicrobiological incubator - the moct common lab contaminants are for example micrococci, some enterobacteriaceae ...
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usually for gram stain, if the color is blue, the organism is gram positive and if it's pink, the organism is gram negative since the cell wall structure wouldn't be able to sustain the washing; however, the result would only be valid for a short amount of time....and since the culture was left in the incubator for a longer period of time, some of the same microorganisms have lost the ability to retain the stain and therefore the color changed from intense blue to pink...the best thing to do would be to redo the gram stain and to make sure that the culture does not stay in the incubator for too long
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Bacteria - Pseudomonas\nFungi      - Trichoderma, Verticillium
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An opportunistic pathogen usually are anaerobic.  For instance, if your natural flora in the intestinal track is introduced to sterile areas of the body can become an opportunistic pathogen, such as a perforation in the intestinal wall, exposing a normally "good" bacteria to a steryl area, which wasnt intended for it. This can cause helpful bacteria to become dangerious. Is this helpful?
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pepper\nhay fever maybe\nallergies\npeppermint
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Mostly bacteria.  Also, fiber, bile acids, etc.
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Name your favorite pathogen.\nAny and all are possible, except STD's if you do not expose yourself.
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There are many types of microbiological problems, and more than one solution for each.\n\nFor example, an infection caused to a bacteria (like the flu) is such a problem. A possible solution is an antibiotic from your doctor: it kills the bacteria and you get your health back.
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Try the Internet and a Microbiology book
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Non of the gram negatives,so the answer will not be E.coli or Pseu....\nendospores are produced by some gram positives like Bacillus,Clostridium and sarsina \nhope it works;)
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incubate, 2 to 14 days
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Pseudomonas (P. aeruginosa), Mycobacterium, aspergillus
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Maybe prokaryotes. But I'm not sure... I think there's still a debate about them cause they're not really living creatures... They are "alive" when they are inside a host, but otherwise, they're just lifeless proteins.. :)
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An infection maybe...
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Checked my bacteria program on my PDA and all that came up where....neisseria gonorrhoeae, neisseria meningitidis, moraxella catarrhalis and veillonella sp. \n\nFirst off, all I recall about those organisms is that they are aerobic cocci that are gram-negative. The exception being viellonella sp. as it is an anerobe. \n\nSecondly, I only looked for those traits I just mentioned, no idea if any of these meet your other criteria. \n\nThirdly, haven't you been doing tests all semester to narrow it down? The pathogens are limited to what you have studied, so it is not as the scope is that large. Try making a list of all of the organisms you have studied, turn it into a graph with all of the traits possible from all of the various tests...start filling in the blanks and you should have no problem figuring out which organism it is. Our specimen was contaminated and I found no problem determining both the assignment and the contaiminant using this method. \n\nPerhaps it is one of the organisms I mentioned above, it's very likely if you have studied any of them in Microbiology. But if not, use the method I described above and it really is just a process of elimination. \n\nGood luck
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Animals can sometimes carry infectious organisms which don't cause them to be sick, but which can infect humans. \n\nTurtles, for instance, often carry salmonella. As do many reptiles and amphibians. Poultry does as well, which accounts for advice to cook chicken very well. \n\nWild mice in the N American SW desert can carry and spread to humans a family of viruses called hanta virus (originally found and identified in Korea). In fact, rodents generally (or rather their fleas) are the carriers of bubonic plague. \n\nAll that said, contaminated food is ordinarily handled more or less safely. The intensely acid conditions in the stomach don't really contribute much to digestion, but are lethal to most bacteria. This is why less than sterile food circumstances in some places don't lead to widespread death from the contamination. It does cause a more or less continuous low grade of food upset and such, and in some cases some very bad diseases (such as cholera). But even if not perfect, stomach acidity does a pretty good job of keeping us safe from most contamination infection problems.\n\nIt may be that your guys lout of a co-worker will get sick, but probably not. A better choice would perhaps be to only bring some fruit for lunch -- perhaps the bully wouldn't want to steal a half-eaten apple?
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Most of the bacteria that can be cultured represent only a tiny fraction of what's out there. Bacteria exist in practically every niche observable but in general, the best way to cultivate bacteria is to simulate their natural environment. That's why many infectious bacteria are grown on agar (a sugar similar to the ones found in our body) and incubated at 37 degrees celsius (the temperature of the human body)