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Flavobacterium Weaverense
''Flavobacterium'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria, Gram-negative, Motility, nonmotile and motile, Bacillus (shape), rod-shaped bacteria that consists of 130 recognized species. Flavobacteria are found in soil and fresh water in a variety of environments. Several species are known to cause disease in freshwater fish. ''Flavobacterium psychrophilum'' causes the bacterial cold water disease on Salmonidae, salmonids and the rainbow trout fry disease on rainbow trout. ''Flavobacterium columnare, F. columnare'' causes the columnaris, cotton-wool disease on freshwater fishes. ''Flavobacterium branchiophilum, F. branchiophilum'' causes the bacterial gill disease on trout. Another member of this genus, ''Flavobacterium okeanokoites, F. okeanokoites'' is the original source for the type IIs Restriction enzyme, restriction endonuclease FokI, ''Fok''I, used in Zinc finger nucleases and Transcription activator-like effector nuclease, TALENs. Nylon-eating bacteria are a strain of ''Fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hendricks Bergey
David Hendricks Bergey was an American bacteriologist, born December 27, 1860, in Skippack, Pennsylvania, died September 5, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees in 1884. He practiced medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ... in North Wales, Pennsylvania until 1893. He then joined the university's hygiene laboratory, where he taught hygiene and bacteriology. He led the laboratory from 1929 until his retirement in 1932. During WW I he was on academic leave of absence from 1917 to 1919, when he served in the United States Army Medical Reserve Corps as chief of the laboratory staff at Fort Oglethorpe. His ''Principles of Hygiene'' was first published i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |