Health & Medicine 5/17

Biofilm Communities: Metropolitan Microbes

Sylvia Rose

Oct 25, 20246 min read

Biofilm Communities: Metropolitan Microbes

A biofilm is a living community of microorganisms including bacteria, fungi and algae. Comprising over 80% of all microbial life on...

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Oxidation: Metabolism & Essential Molecular Action

Sylvia Rose

Oct 24, 20244 min read

Oxidation: Metabolism & Essential Molecular Action

Oxidation is a primary part of chemistry and biology and essential to life. This chemical reaction is vital for energy production. From...

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Acid-Producing Bacteria in Sulfuric Acid Creation

Sylvia Rose

Oct 24, 20244 min read

Acid-Producing Bacteria in Sulfuric Acid Creation

Thiobacillus, Thiothrix, and Beggiatoa are genera of acid-producing bacteria with significant contributions to creation of sulfuric...

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Catalase: Unseen Enzymes Essential to Life

Sylvia Rose

Oct 23, 20243 min read

Catalase: Unseen Enzymes Essential to Life

Catalase is an enzyme found in carbon life forms, including humans. It's known for its exceptional ability to decompose hydrogen peroxide...

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Sylvia Rose

Oct 23, 20245 min read

Hydrogen Peroxide H2O2 Decomposition

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a basic disinfectant and bleach of many households. If stored too long it will decompose. The decomposition...

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Peracetic Acid: Origin, Reactions, Hazards

Sylvia Rose

Oct 23, 20245 min read

Peracetic Acid: Origin, Reactions, Hazards

Peracetic acid is a remarkable compound with powerful benefits and considerable risks. A colorless liquid with a sharp odor similar to...

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Iron III Acetate - Formula, Production, Use

Sylvia Rose

Oct 23, 20245 min read

Iron III Acetate - Formula, Production, Use

Iron III acetate, or ferric acetate, is a non-toxic compound in numerous scientific and industrial applications. Ferric acetate is a...

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Rotten Egg Sulfur Smell: Microbial Processes

Sylvia Rose

Oct 22, 20244 min read

Rotten Egg Sulfur Smell: Microbial Processes

The rotten egg sulfur smell is associated with hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), a colorless gas. The unpleasant odor can arise in water supplies,...

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Human Methane: Meet the Microbes of Flatulence

Sylvia Rose

Oct 22, 20245 min read

Human Methane: Meet the Microbes of Flatulence

Methane microbes or prokaryotes are among trillions of microorganisms who call humans home. Methane prokaryotes produce colorless,...

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Methanogens: Microbes of Methane Production

Sylvia Rose

Oct 22, 20245 min read

Methanogens: Microbes of Methane Production

Methane (CH4) is a familiar gas emanating from cow dung. Methane's creators are invisible creatures known today as methanaogens,...

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Heavy Metals Cadmium, Mercury, Lead, Chromium & Arsenic

Sylvia Rose

Oct 21, 20246 min read

Heavy Metals Cadmium, Mercury, Lead, Chromium & Arsenic

Toxic heavy metals cadmium, mercury, lead, chromium, and arsenic are elements known for high density and toxicity even in small amounts....

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Lactic Acid Bacteria: Nature to Modern Uses

Sylvia Rose

Oct 21, 20245 min read

Lactic Acid Bacteria: Nature to Modern Uses

Lactic acid bacteria are important to fermentation of human foods like yogurt, pickles and cheese. Their transformative powers might be...

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Microbial Alchemy: Fermentation, Digestion, Putrefaction

Sylvia Rose

Oct 20, 20244 min read

Microbial Alchemy: Fermentation, Digestion, Putrefaction

Alchemy uses natural processes, often driven by microbial forces. Unseen biological entities include bacteria, amoeba and flagellates....

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Sylvia Rose

Oct 20, 20245 min read

The Unseen World: Protozoans in Nature

Protozoa are single-celled organisms integral to ecosystems worldwide. As microbes they're microscopic and invisible to the human eye....

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Separatory Funnel: Alchemy Lab Equipment

Sylvia Rose

Oct 20, 20244 min read

Separatory Funnel: Alchemy Lab Equipment

A separatory funnel is an essential piece of laboratory equipment used in liquid-liquid extractions, allowing alchemists to separate...

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Microbes: Bacteria, Actinomycetes, Protozoa, Fungi & Viruses

Sylvia Rose

Oct 19, 20244 min read

Microbes: Bacteria, Actinomycetes, Protozoa, Fungi & Viruses

Microbes are invisible and exist everywhere, in air, water and soil. Scientists find microbes living in the charred soil wildfires leave...

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Alchemy & Heat: Decomposition of Horse Manure

Sylvia Rose

Oct 19, 20245 min read

Alchemy & Heat: Decomposition of Horse Manure

Decomposing horse manure is essential in the alchemical process of digestion. A flask of substances is buried in dung. As if by magic the...

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Acetic Acid Bacteria for Vinegar Artisans: Acetobacter

Sylvia Rose

Oct 18, 20244 min read

Acetic Acid Bacteria for Vinegar Artisans: Acetobacter

Acetobacter bacteria are a group of acetic acid bacteria species integral to natural processes such as turning wine to vinegar. Their...

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Bacteria: Unseen Driving Force Behind All Life

Sylvia Rose

Oct 17, 20245 min read

Bacteria: Unseen Driving Force Behind All Life

Bacteria are responsible for millions of vital processes hidden from our everyday perception. These single-celled organisms are essential...

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Xanthan Gum & Plant Blight: Xanthomonas Campestris

Sylvia Rose

Oct 16, 20244 min read

Xanthan Gum & Plant Blight: Xanthomonas Campestris

In microbiology the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris can be a gift from nature or a scourge of plants. Tiny but mighty, these...

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