BACTERIA WANTED POSTER RESEARCH PROJECT

Background Information:

Students will research one bacterial pathogen and

produce a "Wanted Poster."

Student Requirements:

Students select a pathogen from the list below. They

will then produce a wanted poster with the given

parameters.

Pathogen Disease Pathogen DiseaseBacillus anthracis

anthraxNeisseria meningitidis

spinal menigitis

Bordetella pertussis

whooping coughRickettsia richettsii

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Clostridium botulinum

botulismRickettsia prowazekii

typhus

Clostridium perfringens

gas gangrene Salmonella typhi typhoid fever

Clostridium tetani

tetanusSalmonella typhimurium

food poisoning

Corynebacterium diphtheria

diphtheriaShigella dysenteriae

dysentery

Escherichia coli acute pyelonephritis

Streptococcus mutans

cavities

Francisella tularensis

tularemia or rabbit fever

Streptococcus pneumoniae

pneumonia

Hemophilus influenzae

meningitisStreptococcus (group A)

scarlet fever

Lactobacillus acidophilus

cavitiesStreptococcus (group A)

rheumatic fever

Mycobacterium leprae

leprosy (Hansen's disease)

Treponema pallidum

syphilis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

tuberculosisTreponema pertenue

yaws

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

gonorrhoea Vibrio cholerae cholera

Yersinia pestis plague

PROJECT DESCRIPTION/ABSTRACT: MAKE A WANTED POSTER FOR ONE OF THE MONERANS LISTED ABOVE. POSTER

IS TO BE ON 8.5" X 11" PAPER. INCLUDE:

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photo" (electron micrograph or microscopic picture/diagram)

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escription - include Gram stain, classification (bacilli, cocci, or sprilla)

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rganism's m.o. (police jargon) (How the organism attacks and spreads)

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ost common victims to prey upon

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ide out of the culprit (where it is most likely to be found)

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ost common injury done to victim

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s it considered armed and dangerous? rate the degree of damage caused

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umber of victims

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ost effective weapons against the germ

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ny other identifying characteristics (such as tattoos)

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