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WEB TEXT REVIEW
(SCIENCE Magazine
Vol 304: 1421)
"The
Good, the Bad, and the
Deadly"
The pearly
droplets in
this photo
are colonies of Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes
anthrax.
The bugs exude a goopy coating that repels immune system assaults and
allows
them to establish a foothold in the body. Learn more about the tricks
bacteria
use to prosper almost everywhere on Earth in this Web text from
microbiologist
Kenneth Todar of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. High school and
college students can absorb the basics of bacterial structure,
physiology,
classification, and ecology.The book emphasizes medical microbiology,
exploring
how bacteria hitch a ride from host to host, how the body tries to
corral
invading microbes, and how the bugs elude these defenses. For example,
the cholera bacterium releases a toxin that induces intestinal cells to
spill ions and water, producing potentially lethal diarrhea.
textbookofbacteriology.net
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