Answer to Question #295809 in Microbiology for Essie

Question

1)List which disease each bacteria are capable of causing.

2) explain three(3) ways bacteria will grow.

3) list four different types of hepatitis and note if each is airborne,blood borne or fecal/oral.

Answer 1

List of Bacterial Diseases in Humans

Human Bacterial DiseasesBacteria Responsible

1.A) Tetanus. Clostridium tetaniPlagueYersinia pestisGonorrheaNeisseria gonorrhoeaeSyphilisTreponema pallidum

2. The three fundamental requirements related to bacterial life are temperature, oxygen and food. It is not possible, however, to identify specific environmental conditions that favor general bacterial growth because bacteria are a vastly diverse group of organisms.

3. The most common and dangerous germs spread through blood in the hospital are: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). These viruses cause infections and liver damage.