Common Pathogens, Bacterial Infections

Bac­te­ria are micro­scopic, single-celled organ­isms. Sci­en­tists have iden­ti­fied them by their shape, makeup and growth habits. Bac­te­ria can be found col­o­niz­ing every sur­face of our envi­ron­ments, and some even live inside our diges­tive, res­pi­ra­tory, and gen­i­touri­nary tracts. Bac­te­ria can be either ben­e­fi­cial or harmful.

Types of Bacteria

Round bac­te­ria are clas­si­fied as “cocci”, such as staphy­lo­cocci or […]

February 5th, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: Bacteria | Leave a comment

The Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activities of Origanum Essential Oils

Essen­tial Oregano Oils with high con­tent of car­vacrol, thy­mol, γ-ter­pinene, and p–cymene rep­re­sent­ing a min­i­mum  of  73.7%, and a max­i­mum of  92.8%, of the total oil, respec­tively.
Essen­tial Oregano oil exhibits high lev­els of antimi­cro­bial activ­ity against eight strains of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bac­te­ria.
In “the old days” before mod­ern anti­sep­tics Essen­tial Oil of Oregano was used […]

January 31st, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Bacteria, Essential Oils | Leave a comment

Bacilllus Cereus, the Enterotoxin that costs Health, Time and Money

This is an expla­na­tion of what the entero­toxin bacil­lus cereus does.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/xj50t7874n41966g/ […]

March 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Bacteria | Leave a comment
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