self-assessment(2)

I think I didn't do very well in my blog so far. But I think every articles of my blog are interesting. So I will introduce more knowledge for my classmates. In learning English, I am busy this days, so I am not listening the radio every week. I think I have to improve this aspect. Also, I want to improve my speaking ability and know how to get the thinking more quickly.

Lactobacillus

　In the former articles, I told everybody the microbes has different shapes and sometimes we could distinguished them by their names. So, In this articles, I introduce the microbe calls Lactobacillus. In its name, we can see that has the words, bacillus, that is , the shape of Lactobacillus may be rod shape！

　They are a major part of the lactic acid bacteria group, named as such because most of its members convert lactose and other sugars to lactic acid. In humans they are present in the vagina and the gastrointestinal tract, where they are symbiotic and make up a small portion of the gut flora.The production of lactic acid makes its environment acidic which inhibits the growth of some harmful bacteria. For us, Lactobacillus is a good microbes, sometimes we could get it from some drugs.

In food industry, Lactobacillus always be the fermented bacteria in yougrt, or add it in some milk. I have had did a experiment that add the Lactobacillus spp. in milk, and examined the quantity of the bacteria in the feces. If the quantity was large, that means the bacteia could grew in the gastrointestinal tract via add it in milk.

anyway, for human, Lactobacillus is one of the probiotic bacteria.

How to spell their name?

Just like us, microbes has their own names.

http://www.nextnature.net/research/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/plush_microbes2.jpg

My name is Pattie Liu, it combines with firstname and family name. On the other hand, the name of microbes that also has two words combines with geuns and species. It is according to the rule of Biological classification, every creatures in the world has their scientific name(also called Latin name).

　　

*For example:

　　　　　　　　　　Saccharomyces cerevisae(Baker's yeast)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　geuns 　+　 species

Just like 　　　　　　　　 family name 　+ 　firstname

In other words, the part of species could be changed to become the other microbes.

　　

In the follwing articles, I will introduce some well-known microbes for you, that is, Lactobacillus, Styphylococcus, and Clostridium.

self-assessment (1)

This is my first time to make a little blog to introduce something for my classmates. Because my major is about science, and I think most classmates are major in language or social science. Therefore, in my articles, I want to let you understand the microbiology, so I use some videos, figures, and easy words to show my articles. Although the contents of my articles are not too much, I think that is the important part of this subject. On the other hand, I want to make more interesting topic for everybody, and let everyone know how this subject is fascinating. Ha, maybe I am addicted to this subject.