# inktober2021 sciart pathogenportraits scicomm adhesion zoonotic inktober sciartober bacteria microbiology motility chemotaxis

30: CONJUGATION

Sharing antibiotic resistance plasmids by conjugation has turned the much-ignored opportunist A. baumanii into a pathogen of repute. Carbapenemases for the win?

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29 - Colony

I missed yesterday because I was very busy hanging out with my friends ♥️ Catching up with some colonies!

Oh no they are escaping!!

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28: ADHESION

Infectious disease can be caused by mere stickiness, as with misfolded Prion proteins. We all have Prions, but if infectious misfolded Prions stick to them, they mis-fold too & the stickiness spreads.

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2021-10-29

DAY 28 // ADHESION
Bacteria like to be sticky

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27 - Strain

This is me straining to crank out all the Microber pieces... Its really amazing to see what everyone is doing, but for me the creativity comes and goes. Some days I struggle with prompts while some other days the art goes brrrrr.

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2021-10-28

26: COMPETITION

Dengue fever virus has 5 serotypes that compete for hosts. Primary infection with 1 makes further infection with another much more dangerous. So it’s a real killer competition!

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26 - competition!

I actually had no idea what to draw for 'competition' because everything is a competition for bacteria. Every niche is in a way a competition in which one species will thrive. Have fun with it, I had fun making it!

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2021-10-27

Day 26, competition! One way to out-compete other bacteria is to simply grow faster! In optimal conditions, E. coli can duplicate every 20 minutes

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2021-10-26

25: TRANSPOSON

Also known as jumping genes, they’re a handy tool in a many pathogen's toolkit. Transposons give Cryptococcus neoformans the genetic room it needs to adapt & resist antibiotics during infection.

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2021-10-25

24: ZOONOTIC

Sometimes we're incidental hosts to pathogens. Ebolaviruses mostly infect non-human primates & bats. Our Ebola outbreaks start w. a spillover from these animals, before human to human spread takes over

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DAY 24 // ZOONOTIC
Never trust a flea 😒

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2021-10-24

22 - Persistance!

The real persister here is YOU! Microbiology is a hard line of work with a lot of failures - failed experiments are a part of science. But you keep going for it and that's amazing! Go you!

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2021-10-23

The Bacteria Collection: Pyrococcus furiosus (5/8) ✨

Day 16 of the list.
Prompt: Extremophile

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2021-10-22

Day 21- Plasmid. These rings of DNA are often shared among bacteria, and are a major contributor to the spread of antimicrobial resistance! Hence, one plasmid to resist them all...

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20: LUMINESCENCE

Yes, there are luminescent pathogens too... Vibrio harveyi causes luminescent vibriosis in farmed shrimp. This may involve widespread necrosis in their appendages, but what a pretty colour!

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18: MOTILITY

Proteus is a catheter opportunist with a bullseye motility pattern, due to cycling btw vegetative & swarmer states. A switch to swarming causes massive elongation, many more flagella & all the nasties!

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2021-10-19

DAY 18 // MOTILITY
A classic motility assay, but cute-ified 🥰

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🖌️🦠 Day 16. This extremophile is more than ready for the cold weather🦠🖌️❄️

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14: CHEMOTAXIS

Helicobacter uses chemotaxis to swim towards some tasty sugars on the lining of the stomach, and finds its home there for life

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2021-10-14

DAY 14 // CHEMOTAXIS
A little bug who is all for that sugar rush 🍭🍫🍩

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