Sunday, June 7, 2009

Cute Microbes…

This sem, I’m studying Medical Microbiology and Parasitology. A friend of mine sent me an E-mail of microbes…

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These microbes are dangerous and some are highly infectious… but some genius make these microbes into cute cuddly toys!

Bacteria - Bookworm

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Bacteria - Gonorrhoea

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Bacteria – Cold

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Bacteria – E. Coli

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This one is dangerous… see the fork and knife?  It’s flesh-eating bacteria…

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This one is headlice

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Kissing Disease… Epstein Barr Virus (EPV)

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Rabies…

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Bacteria that cause bad breath. Oh ya, bacteria = plural. Bacterium = singular.

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Microbe that causes your pimples…

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Syphilis…

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Sleeping sickness disease

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Bacteria that cause sore throat (Tonsillitis)

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This one causes dysentery / stomach-ache.

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This one causes ulcers…

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This one is cute… like the cow… haha… it’s the brewer’s yeast… if not mistaken, it is Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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The deadly one… HIV

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Another EXTREMELY deadly one… faster than HIV… the Ebola Virus…

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This one causes flu… note that flu and cold have almost similar symptoms but they are not caused by the same bacteria/virus.

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I’m not sure about this… this one is black death… hmm…

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This one causes you to cough.

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Heartworm… wah!

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This one causes malaria… it’s a plasmodium.

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Mange…. hmm

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this is the neuron in your brain…

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This one looked like chicken… therefore, it is called chickenpox.

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This is your body’s fat cells…

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Herpes virus

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Red blood cell…

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Fungi… toxic mold

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White blood cells…

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This one has eyes that looked like going to explode… causes rabies.

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Last one… salmonella… can cause you to ‘lau sai’ a few days and go into the hospital… haha

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2 Responses to “Cute Microbes…”

Më| §zë said...

where to buy the 'bacteria'??

Mike Cheong said...

haha... I've no idea... But they're really cute though!