Microbe Monday – 6/18/18
Happy Monday, readers! You know what that means, time for another edition of microbe Monday! As always, if you need a laboratory for microbial testing, analysis or research, submit a test request on our website, or by calling us toll-free at 1-855-377-6821!
Let’s get right to it! Here are today’s clues:
- is a bacteria
- is spread through the air
- 1/3 of the word population is thought to be infected
- number one cause of death from an infectious disease
- bacteria is small and aerobic
- has a high lipid content
- the bacteria divides slowly, only every 16-20 hours
- can survive in a dry state for may weeks
- can grow only within a host
- is classified as an acid-fast-bacillus
- has a thick waxy outer shell
- infection is considered a granulomatous inflammatory disease
- has the most widely used vaccine worldwide
- was declared a public health emergency by WHO in 1993
- believed to have been present in the Americas since about 100 AD
- the disease wasn’t identified until the 1820s
Think you know this microbe? Let us know your guess!