Sunday, 18 January 2009

`The World of Microbiology and a Touch of Art and Creativity...

Received an email from a friend of mine....
Couldn't resist the temptation to put these little fellows up....
Newai here are some of the cute cute microbes XD




BACTERIA



Eschericia coli

Most famous and favourite Bacteria I suppose...
He6.....



Streptococcus sp.

These guys cause quite a number of infections including SORE-THROAT






Neisseria gonorrhoea

As the name suggest these fellows are infamous for one of the STDs GONORRHOEA


Helicobacter pylorus

Heard of the triple therapy? Apparently this little fellow causes Stomach Ulcer.... Believe it or Not....





Propionibacterium acne

ACNE is caused by bacteria!!!! Don't trust those gigs telling you not to eat chocolate or Peanuts or whatever..... ><



Shigella dysentriae

Diarrhoea? Tummy felt not right.... Could be caused by this guy here.....





Streptococcus pyogenes A

This one causes rather serious infection..... Gangrene / Perfringens..... Just look at the fork and knife he's got... haha







Salmonella sp.

Typhoid fever? Could be due to one of this strain...












Streptobacillus sp.

Not too sure if this fellow is called so..... Diplobacillus just doesn't sound right to me.... ha6
It says cough on the label.... But not necessarily the case... Misleading....





Treponema pallidum
Syphillis? heard of it??? Make sure you get rid of this guy if "by any chance" you happen to be his friend XD Not a very nice fellow.....
Play safe people..... It's only a couple of bucks for a preventative measure.... lol...






Yersinia pestis

The Bubonic Plague.... Killing thousands of people during the Middle Age...... These fellows usually hitchhike on fleas to get to work....... ><



VIRUS
Rhinovirus
AAAACHHOOOooo.... Yes!!!! Common Cold!!!! This cute-cute fellow here... As the name suggest, it's a VIRUS... So Antibacteria or more commonly referred as Antibiotics don't work against that guy..... Then how? Rest well, Maintain fluid intake, Eat well and paracetamol with a couple of adjuncts when necessary....
Varicella Zoster Virus
Chicken Pox!!!!!! looks just like a chicken.... ;)
Ebola Virus
Definitely a fellow you won't want to screw up with...... No survivor has been reported.... errrr....
Looks really friendly though... haha
Eipstein-Barr Virus
Kiss... Kiss.... Kiss..... Kiss the virus away.... to your PARTNER.... lol
This virus here causes kissing disease.... because.... it's transmitted via kissing.....
xoxo
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Bet you definitely know about this one.... Well..... Update... we can't exterminate it at the moment... but we can suppress it's growth.... sounds better?
Herpes Simplex
Cold Sore? Herpes? Shingles? You name it..... A couple of fancy name.... Guanidine Analogue (Acyclovir, Valacyclovir, Famcyclovir) Now you know some examples of Antiviral....
Rhabdoviridae
Rabies or "Mad dog disease???" haha wonder if that term actually exists..... lol
Orthomyxoviridae
Influenza....... More serious and dangerous than Common cold although symptoms appear to pretty similar.....
PROTOZOA
Plasmodium falciparum
Typically causes Malaria.... Quite a problem now... Since it has grown resistance to many drugs
that used to be effective.... Vector Anopheles
Trypanosoma cruzi
Love sleeping? This one must be your good fren.... haha Sleeping Disease..... Vector Tse-Tse Fly
Well.... Feel like studying Microbiology? lol

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