Florence Nightingale, subscribed to the miasma hypothesis.
Believed in the death theory and enforced hand washing when seeing new patients and touching dead bodies so that you won’t spread any germs to the new patients
Florence Nightingale, subscribed to the miasma hypothesis.
Believed in the death theory and enforced hand washing when seeing new patients and touching dead bodies so that you won’t spread any germs to the new patients
quorum sensing
Bacteria being able to interact and adapt in their environment as a population than an individual.
resist attack by antibiotics; trap nutrients for bacterial growth and remain in a favorable niche; adhere to environmental surfaces and resist flushing; live in close association and communicate with other bacteria in the biofilm; and resist phagocytosis and attack by the body's complement pathways
alginate
Polysaccharide biofilm
In addition, the capsule makes the bacterial cell much larger, making it harder for immune cells to engulf the pathogen (Figure 5.4.8).
Able to protect its self from being eaten by macrophages and also can pass through as a regular cell