Bacteria Cultivation

[Micro-biology Scholar]

I am currently testing the evolutionary-time elapse process of bacteria.
This is currently being done by introducing a particular bacteria like Bacillius with a bacteria mod. like Penicillium notatum. Obvious the [i]Penicillium notatum[i] will kill a large amount of the Bacillius bacteria.
So we introduce constantly large amounts of Bacillius bacteria untill the Bacillius bacteria adopts characteristics of the Penicillium notatum.
This apporach has earned me 25,000 dollars.

Dose anyone have any question on the information I have provided.

[Ganoderma]

so you are trying to make super-"bugs"?

[Micro-biology Scholar]

Originally Posted by Ganoderma

so you are trying to make super-"bugs"?

Logically, yes. But only for experimentational app. to current environmental problems.

[Ganoderma]

i don't know you, so please don't think i am disrespecting you or your profession. but is this not possibly extremely dangerous? are yu capable of completely destroying the results when you are finished? wouldn't want something funky growing in the dumpster....

[Micro-biology Scholar]

Originally Posted by Ganoderma

i don't know you, so please don't think i am disrespecting you or your profession. but is this not possibly extremely dangerous? are yu capable of completely destroying the results when you are finished? wouldn't want something funky growing in the dumpster....

Yes, It is feasible to contaminate the environment with destructive bacteria.
Fortunately, I have acquired a means to control feasible contamination.

[KatherineLee]

Originally Posted by Ganoderma

i don't know you, so please don't think i am disrespecting you or your profession. but is this not possibly extremely dangerous? are yu capable of completely destroying the results when you are finished? wouldn't want something funky growing in the dumpster....

Ganoderma, I must say that these sort of experiments are done all the time in microbiology labs... for years.

In the lab I work in as a student laboratory assistant we deal with Staphylococcus aureus. You may have heard of this species of bacteria before. It is associated with skin infections in hospital settings, and is called MRSA (methicillum resistant Staphylococcus aureus) MRSA is an example of what you are worried is going to happen... fortunately though, all microbiology students (like me) and obviously the researchers are trained in how to handle microbes.

Although my lab is purposely trying to select for strains of Staphylococcus aureus that are resistant to certain antibiotics, there is obvious caution used to control them. The purpose for doing this sort of research, at least in context of my lab, is to attempt to find different ways of preventing the antibiotic resistant bacteria from surviving.

Basically, we select for an antibiotic resistant colony of bacteria, continue to culture it and conduct other experiments on it to study what stunts its growth or kills it and understand why it happened... it's all a very long process to better under the processes bacteria use to survive.

If we understand what mechanisms they use to survive antibiotics, we can develop ways to shut down those mechanisms and prevent them from causing real-life issues outside of a controlled laboratory setting.

[Micro-biology Scholar]

Originally Posted by KatherineLee

Ganoderma, I must say that these sort of experiments are done all the time in microbiology labs... for years.

In the lab I work in as a student laboratory assistant we deal with Staphylococcus aureus. You may have heard of this species of bacteria before. It is associated with skin infections in hospital settings, and is called MRSA (methicillum resistant Staphylococcus aureus) MRSA is an example of what you are worried is going to happen... fortunately though, all microbiology students (like me) and obviously the researchers are trained in how to handle microbes.

Although my lab is purposely trying to select for strains of Staphylococcus aureus that are resistant to certain antibiotics, there is obvious caution used to control them. The purpose for doing this sort of research, at least in context of my lab, is to attempt to find different ways of preventing the antibiotic resistant bacteria from surviving.

Basically, we select for an antibiotic resistant colony of bacteria, continue to culture it and conduct other experiments on it to study what stunts its growth or kills it and understand why it happened... it's all a very long process to better under the processes bacteria use to survive.

If we understand what mechanisms they use to survive antibiotics, we can develop ways to shut down those mechanisms and prevent them from causing real-life issues outside of a controlled laboratory setting.

well said.

[tarak]

Originally Posted by Micro-biology Scholar

I am currently testing the evolutionary-time elapse process of bacteria.
.
So we introduce constantly large amounts of Bacillius bacteria untill the Bacillius bacteria adopts characteristics of the Penicillium notatum.
This apporach has earned me 25,000 dollars.

Dose anyone have any question on the information I have provided.

Do the Bacilli adapt to Pencillium(fungal organism) secreted toxins (antibiotics) or adopt the characterisitics of Pencillium notatum????

[Micro-biology Scholar]

Originally Posted by tarak

Do the Bacilli adapt to Pencillium(fungal organism) secreted toxins (antibiotics) or adopt the characterisitics of Pencillium notatum????

Adopt the characteristics of Pencillium notatum. Unfortunately, I have been unsuccessful in producing an experiment in which Bacilli adapt to pencillium secreted toxins-even though this is my prime objective.

[ronthepon]

How do you know that they adopt (Not even adapt to) the charecteristics of Penicillium?

Bacilli refers to a bacteria (prokaryotic) while penicillium notatum is fungal(Eukaryotic). In effect penicillium notatun should secrete chemicals that attack the prokaryotic system. (I think) In effect, then, te bacilli must become more eukaryotic in charecter. For which nature, BTW, took a long amount of time.

I suppose that that the bacteria would (along the course of it's mutation assisted evolution) begin secrete chemicals that destroy penicillium secreted toxins.