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Research draft

bacteria

vr.tr.bacteria · PHY.LIV

Let an agent handle bacteria by taxon, habitat, role, health relevance and uses, without diagnosis or personal medical advice.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle bacteria by taxon, habitat, role, health relevance and uses, without diagnosis or personal medical advice.

Single-celled prokaryotic microorganisms without a nucleus, found in soil, water, air and on and in other organisms; most are harmless or beneficial, some cause disease, and many are used in food, industry and research.

What it is for: A subject of biology, health, food, environment and biotechnology.

It can be classify bacteria by taxonomy and shape; explain beneficial and harmful roles; find public health and hygiene guidance; understand antibiotic resistance.

Distinguishing features

Prokaryotic cells

Everywhere on Earth

Mostly harmless or useful

Some are pathogens

What it looks like

Microscopic rods, spheres or spirals, seen under the microscope or as colonies on plates.

Physical character

typical size: about 0.5-5 micrometres

How it is recognised

Shapes such as cocci, bacilli, spirilla

Gram-positive or Gram-negative staining

Archaea are a separate domain

Related models

is a kind of - category

microorganism

is treated with - therapy

antibiotic

is part of - community

microbiome

is contrasted with - other microbes

virus and archaea

In practice

Families and kinds

soil and environmental bacteria

gut and skin microbiota

pathogenic bacteria

industrial and food bacteria

photosynthetic bacteria

Identifiers

NCBI Taxonomy ID numeric taxonomy

LPSN name validly published names nomenclature

Standards and regulation

International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes

Biosafety rules for laboratories

Food hygiene law

Failure modes and hazards

Agents diagnosing infections

Antibiotic misuse and resistance

Laboratory biosafety detail beyond general information

Also called

soil bacteriumAerobic anoxygenic photoheterotroph bacteriapathogenic bacteriaCarboxydotrophsanaerobic bacteriaaerobic bacteriaPlant-growth promoting rhizobacteriabacterioplanktonphototrophic bacteriapsychrophile bacteriamarine bacteriaentomopathogenic bacteriumplant pathogenic bacteriagram-negative anaerobic bacteriagram-negative aerobic bacteriacoryneform bacteriagut bacteriacitrus-associated bacteriasaprotrophic bacteriairon bacteriaHydrocarbonoclastic bacteriaBradyrhizobium entericaanammox bacteriadecomposing bacteriasuperbugsanoxygenic bacteriumIndicator bacteriaNon-fermenterIncertae sedis (Bacteria)psychrotrophic bacteriafilamentous bacteriasulfur-reducing bacteriaphosphate solubilizing bacteriabacterial cellular morphologiesbutyric acid bacteriaBioluminescent bacterianontuberculous mycobacteriabacillusLipophilic bacteriaepiphytic bacterium

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.bacteria

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Classification Which bacterium.

Taxonomy identifies.

Taxon

Name.

Taxon

Taxon.

  1. Which bacterium is meant, and what is its current valid name? provenance
  2. Is it Gram-positive or Gram-negative? definition

Habitat

Where found.

Habitat

Habitat.

  1. Where does it live, according to reliable sources? provenance
  2. Is it part of the normal microbiota? definition
Health Infections.

Clinicians diagnose.

Symptoms

Seeking care.

Symptoms

Seeking care.

  1. Are symptoms severe or worsening, needing urgent care? boundary
  2. Which service should be contacted? action

Antibiotics

Resistance.

Antibiotics

Antibiotic use.

  1. Why should antibiotics only be taken as prescribed? provenance
  2. What do health authorities say about resistance? provenance
Hygiene Prevention.

Hygiene prevents spread.

Food

Food safety.

Food

Food safety.

  1. How can bacterial food poisoning be prevented, according to food safety guidance? provenance
  2. Which temperatures are safe? measurement

Handwashing

Everyday hygiene.

Handwashing

Hand hygiene.

  1. What hand hygiene do health authorities recommend? provenance
  2. When is it most important? definition
Uses Beneficial bacteria.

Bacteria are useful.

Food uses

Fermentation.

Food uses

Fermentation.

  1. Which bacteria are used to make yoghurt, cheese or sauerkraut? provenance
  2. How does fermentation work? definition

Biotechnology

Industry.

Biotechnology

Biotechnology.

  1. How are bacteria used in biotechnology or wastewater treatment? definition
  2. What regulation applies? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should bacterial groups be separate entries?
  • How should taxonomy databases be linked?
  • How should resistance data be sourced?
Draft as JSON