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Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. The term "bacteria" has variously applied to all prokaryotes or to a major group of them, otherwise called the eubacteria, depending on ideas about their relationships. Here, bacteria is used specifically to refer to the eubacteria. Another major group of bacteria (used in the broadest, non-taxonomic sense) are the Archaea. The study of bacteria is known as bacteriology, a subfield of microbiology.
Bacteria are the most abundant of all organisms. They are ubiquitous in soil, water, and as symbionts of other organisms. Many pathogens are bacteria. Most are minute, usually only 0.5-5.0 μm in their longest dimension, although giant bacteria like Thiomargarita namibiensis and Epulopiscium fishelsoni may grow past 0.5 mm in size. They generally have cell walls, like plant and fungal cells, but bacterial cell walls are normally made out of peptidoglycan instead of cellulose (as in plants) or chitin (as in fungi), and are not homologous with eukaryotic cell walls. Many move around using flagella, which are different in structure from the flagella of other groups.
History
The first bacteria were observed by Anton van Leeuwenhoek in 1674 using a single-lens microscope of his own design. The name bacterium was introduced much later, by Ehrenberg in 1828, derived from the Greek word βακτηριον meaning "small stick". Because of the difficulty in describing individual bacteria and the importance of their discovery to fields such as medicine, biochemistry, and geochemistry, the history of bacteriology is generally described as the history of microbiology. More on [ Bacteria ]
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Bacterial meningitis. Pathophysiology. I kinda miss making my duty reqs. ;)n
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A Web-surfer's Guide to Bacteria Associated with Infections in Humans - Directory of monographs on disease causing bacteria.
eMedicine Health - Impetigo - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment.
Meta Description: [ Impetigo is a common type of skin infection. If you pick at sores or scratch itchy bites, you may cause bacteria to enter your skin and cause impetigo.
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Gram-Positive Infections - Updates for healthcare professionals on the challenges in treating Gram-positive infections, and the treatment of the infections with oxazolidinones.
Meta Description: [ ZYVOX.com is the official Web site where healthcare professionals can access clinical information and data about ZYVOX® (linezolid). ]
International Sepsis Forum - Information about the ISF which seeks to improve the understanding and clinical management of patients through workshops, lectures, debates, practice guidelines, and training programs for professionals worldwide. Also contact details.
Meta Description: [ The International Sepsis Forum (ISF) seeks to improve the understanding and clinical management of patients with severe sepsis for professionals worldwide. ]
Klebsiella: One Potentially Nasty Bacteria - Article on the gram negative enterobacteria and the disease it causes.
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Rat-bite Fever - Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, complications, and prevention.
MedlinePlus: Bacterial Infections - Directory of news releases. articles, and factsheets.
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MedlinePlus: Impetigo - Impetigo is a skin infection causes by a staph or strep bacteria. Directory of news, articles, and factsheets.
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MeningococcalDisease.com - Developed to help understand what meningococcal disease is, why it is so dangerous, and how the meningitis vaccine can protect those at risk.
Sepsis - A new resource for healthcare professionals seeking information. More specifically, a primary objective will be to share new insights into the disease processes underlying this condition.
Topics in Infectious Diseases Newsletter August 2001: Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Discusses the bacteria and the diseases it causes.
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Whipple's Disease Info - Offers comprehensive information on the rare disease Morbus Whipple. The site was set up by the multidisciplinary European project, funded under the 5th Framework Programme of the European Commission.
Meta Description: [ This portal was set-up in the framework of the European research project WHIPPLES DISEASE (QLG1-CT-2002-01049) funded since November 2002 until October 2006 by the European Commission. ]
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