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  Meet the Microbes

	
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    /Proteus mirabilis/

	


    More microbes

Hello, we are /Proteus mirabilis/. We cause urinary track infections. We
can also cause wound infections, septicemia and pneumonias, mostly in
hospitalized patients.

Normally we are found in the intestinal track, where we cause our human
hosts no problems. But in a urinary track infection, we produce en
enzyme called urease that hydrolyzes urea to ammonia and therefore makes
the urine more alkaline. This results in the formation of crystals.
These stones grow in size and can cause an obstruction that leads to
kidney failure. Patients suffering from an infection will give off a
charecteristic bad smell.

We are charecterised by our swarming motility, which is the ability of
bacteria to move on a solid surface. Our numerous flagella allow us to
get about and look pretty cool too.

Proteus mirabilis colonies on agar. CDC (PHIL #6691), 1976.

 

 

	
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About Bacteria
What do bacteria look like? <bacteriashape.htm>
Inside the bacterial cell <bacterialcell.htm>

The Good Guys
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Bacillus subtilis <spore.htm> /

The Bad Boys
/Mycobacterium tuberculosis/ <tuberculosis.htm>/
MRSA <mrsa.htm>
/Black death <black.htm>/
Porphyromonas gingivalis <porphyromonas.htm>
Chlamydia trachomatis <chlamydia.htm>
Salmonella typhi <salmonella.htm>
Treponema pallidum <treponema.htm>
Proteus mirabilis <proteusmirabilis.htm>
Streptococcus pyogenes <streptococcus.htm>
Neisseria gonorrhoeae <neisseria.htm>
Helicobacter pylori <helicobacter.htm>
Mycobacterium leprae <leprae.htm>
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