Famous Quotes & Sayings

I didn't get the call about the city results until 4:30 in the afternoon. So one of the problems we have is that these tests for indicator bacteria take 24 hours to develop. So really, unfortunately, we're saying we had a problem yesterday.

We are continuing to see cases of whooping cough reported to us. And this is not surprising to us considering it can take up to three weeks to show the symptoms once you're exposed to the bacteria that causes whooping cough.

Desks are really bacteria cafeterias. They?re breakfast buffets, lunch tables, and snack bars as we spend more and more hours at the office.

It's due to the damage you incur by having the bacteria in your brain, and by your own inflammatory (swelling) response.

E. B. White

It's not that there's a certain temperature at which food becomes good or bad. It's just the higher the temperature, the greater the chance of any bacteria that could have gotten into it will grow.

You don't want to let bacteria set up shop and invade.

Bacteria become resistant in the gut of the cow and then, if we become sick from that form of bacteria, we can't be treated with the antibiotic because suddenly we're dealing with resistant strains.

Our environmental investigation to search for a source for the legionnaires' bacteria has included looking at the Home for the Aged, and has expanded now to look at sources outside the home,

Some studies have shown that the sanitizers kill even more bacteria than just plain soap and water, which is why we have them here.

The science now is, we aren't worried about teeth being hard or soft. The issue more is the bacteria living in your mouth and how happy they are there.

Lisa Kennedy

They all have in common that they are bacteria caused by bowel and feces.

There are no bacteria known to be resistant to silver or silver oxide.

Don't think you can cut around it to cut the mold off, because there is mold and bacteria you can't see.

Environmental bacteria and viruses are so prolific they're on everything.

John E. Walker

Biological energy comes from the sun. Light energy harvested by photosynthesis in chloroplasts and phototropic bacteria becomes stored in carbohydrates and fats. This stored energy can be released by oxidative metabolism in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and used as fuel for other biological processes.

Stephen Jay Gould

What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life's history is a constant domination by bacteria.

B. F. Skinner

Vibrio vulnificus is a milder bacteria in the same family as cholera that enters the body through a cut, scratch or wound or by drinking or eating something, often shellfish, contaminated with it. It can be treated with antibiotics if recognized early. If evacuees or rescue workers notice a suspicious wound that's red, swollen or tender at the site of infection and is sometimes accompanied by a fever, they should try to get immediate medical care

Martin Chalfie

The prize was really for the molecule. In 1962, Osamu Shimomura discovered a protein in a jellyfish that caused it to glow bright green. With colleagues, 30 years later, I was able to insert this G.F.P. gene into bacteria and make them turn green.

Stewart Brand

If you don't like bacteria, you're on the wrong planet.

Last year we couldn't go outside and hunt Easter eggs. She couldn't even touch the grass. Our two little dogs had to go, because they might bring in bacteria or mold.

Many, many bird species are spreading bacteria from one place to another, from one rodent to another, by carrying fleas,

We need to make it very clear that there are no established standards for bacteria in the sand. I'm not sure what that organization will be looking at.

Based on tests that were done late last week -- with some increase in the bacteria counts -- we decided to postpone that project for another week just to be cautious.

Basically, there are no standards for bacteria and sand samples, so the question: what does it mean?

By evolving in an environment of antibiotic production, incredibly resilient bacteria must develop diverse ways to survive or resist the toxic antimicrobial compounds produced by their neighbors.

Good reporting is one of our goals. The other is for hospitals to stop infecting people. The first line of defense is wash those hands, clean the stethoscope, clean the food tray, where you know bacteria are living.

People love to throw grease down (the drain). Bacteria doesn't break down grease, so it turns hard and doesn't go away. You shouldn't throw any type of grease down the drain.

That birds spread the bacteria is not in question but how important that is in the big picture is not yet clear.

Just because it doesn't smell doesn't mean it isn't spoiled. Potentially hazardous things like ground meats, eggs and milk may go bad the quickest and you may not know it. Those are things that bacteria like to live on.

We're evaluating a case of meningococcemia, a bacteria that can cause meningitis or a blood infection. When someone gets infected with that bacteria, half of the cases develop meningitis, a third develop infections of the blood.

James D. Watson

Here at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, we have genetically rearranged various viruses and bacteria as part of our medical research. In fact, we have been able to create entirely new types of DNA molecules by splicing together the genetic information from different organisms - recombinant DNA.

Megan Fox

Every time someone uses a bathroom and they flush, all the bacteria is shot into the air.

Alex Shoumatoff

The usual way of growing cotton is highly petrochemical-intensive, requiring 110 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer per acre. Some of the fertilizer is broken down by soil bacteria into nitrate, a toxic and highly soluble chemical that can leach into groundwater or get washed into lakes, creating oxygenless dead zones.