| FRIENDLY BACTERIA Did you know that the average computer keyboard has 100 times more bacteria lurking on its surfaces than an ordinary toilet seat?Looking for gifts for geeks or scientists? These bacteria t-shirts and more will be perfect for every microbiologist or mad scientist in your life. We take lots of requests from scientists who'd like to see their favourite bug immortalised on a t-shirt, so get in touch with any ideas you have. |
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Salmonella Party Most cases of food poisoning occur at Thanksgiving/Christmas, via the bacteria living in badly cooked turkey! |
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Bacteria Phagocytosis Phagocytosis of foriegn objects such as bacteria is a key part fo the immune system, keeping us healthy and infection free. |
Culture Bacterial culture flask cram-packed with bacteria swimming in growth media. Bacteria are fun! |
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Play with Bacteria Scientists do it for a living, microbiologists do it for fun and kids do it without realising! |
Bacteria are My Friends 99% of bacteria don't cause disease and our life would be very difficult without these little guys. |
Salmonella Party Most cases of food poisoning occur at Christmas, via the bacteria living in badly cooked turkey! |
Streptococcus Grumpy Streptococcus bacterium misunderstanding the meaning of the word 'coccus', used to describe his round shape. |
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Let's Evolve Multi-drug resistant bacteria - the best evidence for evolution. Would creationists want to be treated with the old drugs that no longer work? |
I Love Bacteria too! A mixture of microbes, from Escherichia coli to Methacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus! |
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Beautiful Bacteria Bacteria come in all shapes and sizes - rods, cocci, spirals; some with flowing flagella and pili. |
Be Nice to Bacteria Bacteria outnumber us humans - 90% of the cells in a human body are friendly microbes! Bacteria are our friends! |
Boogie with Bacteria Retro 70's style microbes, complete with afro and bright disco colors, boogie with the geeky scientists! |
MRSA Resistance is futile when you're up against MRSA - this microbe is resistant to most of our antibiotics. |
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Most Wanted Wanted poster for the 6 biggest infectious disease killers in the world - TB, HIV, pneumonia, diarrheal disease, measles & malaria. |
Bacteria are My Friends 2 Escherichia coli bacterium against a half petri dish - the model organism in thousands of geeky science labs. |
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Poo Bacteria Escherichia coli is the main inhabitant of our guts, weighing in at around 1kg in total and helping our digestive system work. |
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Let's Streak! This microbe has shocked the old lady bacterium by exposing his pili as he is streaked onto an agar plate! |
Spore Bacillus subtilis bacteria can turn into resistant spores to survive tough conditions, like extreme dryness or starvation. |
Cloning is Fun Cloning is used by scientists to make DNA constructs and create multiple copies, using bacteria as a host. |
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Flesh Eating Bacteria Wanted poster for a flesh-eating bacterium, MRSA, which is resistant to our antibiotics & infects people in hospitals. |
Ulcer Stress doesn't really cause ulcers - helicobacter pylori bacteria are the true culprits, although stress doesn't exactly help! |
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Creationism Prehistoric bacteria poking fun at creationists, who refuse to believe that we're all descended from these little microbes via evolution. |
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Conan the Bacterium Tough Deinococcus radiodurans bacteria can withstand doses of radiation that would kill humans. |
Murder Bacteria are everywhere and most are harmless to humans - so why murder them by washing up our dishes! |
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Typhoid Salmonella typhoid is the friendly little bacterium that causes typhoid fever in some parts of the world. |
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Bad Breath Bad breath? Then this little microbe, Porphyromonas gingivalis, is probably lurking in your mouth. |
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Bacterial Cell 100,000 times magnification of a bacterial cell showing the cell wall, flagella, pili and DNA. |
Tuberculosis King of pathogens Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects 1/3 of the world's population and turns your lungs to cheese! |
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Germ Warfare The immune system vs an invader, or maybe friendly bacteria fighting off a disease? Germ warfare! |
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Leprosy Mycobacterium leprae infects your nerves and gives you leprosy. Nerve damage makes you more prone to injury so bits fall off! |
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Syphilis Treponema pallidum bacteria cause syphilis, attacking several parts of the body including the brain. |
Chlamydia The most common STI, infects many without them realising as an early infection is asymptomatic in most. |
STIs Joke adult products, featuring cute STI-causing bacteria and viruses on thongs and boxer shorts! |
