Sunday, October 25, 2009

Bacteria As Art

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1211-bacteria_as_art.htm  (Read and watch video)


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4 comments:

Brandon F said...

This article wasn't very well written. They didn't talk much about the title of the article, "Bacteria As Art". They didn't talk about the art of the bacteria, they just talked about the qualities of the bacteria, what it did to repel the antibiotics and what they were doing and what they plan to do with the information. They don't talk about anything relating to the art of bacteria. Still, I find the ways bacteria resist the drugs and antibiotics very interesting. The tiny microorganisms can be very resourceful.

October 25, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Lily said...

i agree with brandon. the article was not well written at all. it was mostly about how that scientist was trying to create a superdrug. but it was amazing how the bacteria can resist antibiotics that easily.

October 27, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Howard said...

Yeah, I agree w/ both of you. The article used a creative title to lure you in, and then used it in the heading, but not much else. You could tell that they might have been trying to plop "art form" in as much as possible to keep you interested. Plus, you could read it in about 2 minutes. But it does raise a question: If they could somehow find a mutation to bacteria that made them vulnerable, could they somehow give us a drug that causes the same effect on your infection?

October 29, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Brandon F said...

Maybe what they mean is that by looking at the shape and form(art) of the bacteria, they can find drugs that can fight that bacteria! That might sound strange, but it would be really cool if it was true

October 29, 2009 at 5:53 PM

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