Bacteria Wanted Poster Research Project
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BAC T E R I A WA N T E D P O S T E R
R E S E A RC H P RO J E C T
Background Information:
Students will research one bacterial pathogen and produce a "Wanted
Poster."
Student Requirements:
Students select a pathogen from the list below. They will then produce
a wanted poster with the given parameters.
Pathogen
Bacillus anthracis
Disease
anthrax
Pathogen
Neisseria meningitidis
Bordetella pertussis
whooping cough
Rickettsia richettsii
botulism
Rickettsia prowazekii
typhus
gas gangrene
Salmonella typhi
typhoid fever
tetanus
Salmonella typhimurium food poisoning
diphtheria
Shigella dysenteriae
Clostridium
botulinum
Clostridium
perfringens
Clostridium tetani
Corynebacterium
diphtheria
Escherichia coli
acute pyelonephritis
Disease
spinal menigitis
Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever
dysentery
Streptococcus mutans cavities
Streptococcus
Francisella tularensis tularemia or rabbit fever
pneumonia
pneumoniae
Hemophilus
meningitis
Streptococcus (group A) scarlet fever
influenzae
Lactobacillus
cavities
Streptococcus (group A) rheumatic fever
acidophilus
leprosy (Hansen's
Mycobacterium leprae
Treponema pallidum
syphilis
disease)
Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
Treponema pertenue
yaws
tuberculosis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae gonorrhoea
Vibrio cholerae
cholera
Yersinia pestis
plague
PRO JECT DESCR IPTIO N/ ABSTR ACT: M AK E A
WA N T E D P O S T E R F O R O N E O F T H E M O N E R A N S
L I S T E D A B OV E . P O S T E R I S T O B E O N 8 . 5 " X 1 1 "
PA P E R . I N C L U D E :
"photo" (electron micrograph or microscopic picture/diagram)
description - include Gram stain, classification (bacilli, cocci, or sprilla)
organism's m.o. (police jargon) (How the organism attacks and spreads)
most common victims to prey upon
hide out of the culprit (where it is most likely to be found)
most common injury done to victim
Is it considered armed and dangerous? rate the degree of damage caused
number of victims
most effective weapons against the germ
any other identifying characteristics (such as tattoos)
SOURCES
http://labs.7bscience.com/uploads/4/7/3/3/473362/6547795.pn
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http://nautilusnerds.wordpress.com/2010/04/ slide 2