Archive for December, 2007

Factors that Affect the Development of Microorganisms in Foods

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Food is considered to be a complicated thing and to anticipate the rate of growth of microorganisms in any food is not easy even with the use of microscopy using the compound-light-microscope. Majority of foods have enough nutrients to support the development of microbes. Certain factors enhance, deter, or regulate the development of microorganisms in […]

The Nanophyetus Species

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Nanophyetus species namely Nanophyetus salmincola or Nanophyetus schikhobalowi are the terminologies provided to the North American and Russian troglotrematoid trematodes or flukes, respectively. These are categorized as parasitic flatworms as examined via microscopy using the likes of compound-light-microscope. The name of the illness triggered by these flukes is known as nanophyetiasis. There was one newspaper […]

The Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris Trichiura

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Globally, a lot of humans are contaminated with Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura based on the examinations made on the stools with the aid of microscopy using the likes of compound-light-microscope. As observed under the microscope such as compound-light-microscope, the eggs of these roundworms or nematodes are sticky and probably can be transmitted to the […]

The Aflatoxins

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

As seen by means of microscopy under a compound-light-microscope, the aflatoxins are unit of structurally associated poisonous compounds generated by particular strains of the fungi Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. The term given to the intoxication that ensues from consumption of aflatoxins in infected foods or feeds is aflatoxicosis. These fungi form on some food […]

The Acanthamoeba Species

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

The Acanthamoeba species, Naegleria fowleri and other amobae are some of the main members and major samples of protozoa typically known as the pathogenic or disease-causing free-living amoebae, which can be observed via microscopy using a compound-light-microscope. The diseases are known as the primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, Naegleria fowleri and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, and acanthamoebic keratitis […]

UV Waterworks: Reliable, Inexpensive Water Disinfection for the World

Monday, December 10th, 2007

More than 400 children in the developing countries world wide, as mentioned in the original article, die every hour from waterborne diseases such as cholera, typhoid fever, gastro interitis, depentery and infectious hepatitis. Every year, besides the loss of lives, billions of hours of worker productivity are also lost. The pathogenic microorganisms that cause these […]

Tick-Borne Disease

Monday, December 10th, 2007

A compound light microscope can be used to examine the pathologic microorganism that can be transmitted through ticks. A compound light microscope is an optical microscope that uses lens and light to magnify a specimen that is being viewed. A compound light microscope could have one or two eyepieces. A compound light microscope with […]

Microbes beneath ocean floor could signify life on Mars

Monday, December 10th, 2007

The original text talks about a recent discovery of rock-eating microbes which were found a mile beneath the ocean floor suggested that a similar life could exist in the planet Mars. These microbes can be seen and identified using a compound light microscope. Martin R. Fisk, associated professor at Oregon State University was mentioned in […]

W.M. Keck Foundation funds study of microbes

Monday, December 10th, 2007

In the original text, it was mentioned that because the Human Genome Project did not sequence the genes belonging to the vast communities of bacteria that live in us, the project missed 99% of the genes in the adult body. W.M. Keck Foundation has helped fill the gap through a $1.45 million grant to develop […]

Gut microbes’ partnership helps body extract energy from food, store it as fat

Monday, December 10th, 2007

A study on gut microbes using a compound light microscope has shown that two common and friendly organisms collude and collaborate to increase the amount of calories from a class of carbohydrates. In previous studies, it was learned that when two prominent microbes derived from humans are allowed to colonize on germ-free mice, fatter mice […]