WSU BIOL209 Microbiology

"According to the World Health Organization, 2.5 billion people around the globe are without access to sanitary toilets, which results in the spread of deadly diseases. Every year, 1.5 million people-mostly those under the age of five-die from diarrhea."

This is the infrastructure side of many of the microbes (and more importantly the diseases associated with them) we learned about.

An interesting article on cross-resistance.

another advantage of breast feeding that could possibly prevent a pretty deadly condition in premature babies

Can help prevent NEC that occurs in preemies

This would give them a better idea on how to design the HIV vaccine

Interesting that they can interrupt transmission of malaria by this bacteria!

Reminds me of when Dr. Finnerty told us about the sinks they had at Cornell that weren't attached to the walls so bacteria wouldn't accumulate in the seam between the sink and wall!

Ultimately we will have a hard time clearing bacteria if this continues

With antibiotic resistance looming, the failure of drug companies to develop new drugs to fight gram-negative bacteria could potentially lead to millions of deaths just from a common cold or from the flu. Drug companies cannot turn out new antimicrobials fast enough, and the ones that they do get out to the public cost billions of dollars.

Scary to think that we're all at risk!

Pretty neat that his stomach acid acted as a natural disinfectant!

Why proper aseptic techniques are so important ;)

Didn't even know this could happen!