Investigating bacterial communication - for iPad/Mac/PC
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 14 years ago -Can bacteria communicate with each other, and if they do communicate, how and why do they do so? And how might understanding the mechanisms of bacterial communication be used to inform development of anti-bacterial drugs? In this album scientists involved in pioneering work into bacterial 'quorum sensing'' at Nottingham University in the UK reveal some of the techniques they use and give insight into what they hope to achieve. This material forms part of The Open University course S204 Biology: uniformity and diversity.
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Investigating bacterial communication
April 28, 2010 02:51 - 51 seconds - 833 KBA short introduction to this album.
Transcript -- Investigating bacterial communication
April 28, 2010 02:51 - 18.3 KB application/pdfTranscript -- A short introduction to this album.
Discovering bacterial communication
April 28, 2010 02:50 - 7 minutes - 77.5 MB VideoWith antibiotic resistant bacteria constantly emerging, scientists are trying to find new types of anti bacterial drugs. One promising area of research is bacterial communication.
Transcript -- Discovering bacterial communication
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Signal molecules
April 28, 2010 02:49 - 6 minutes - 74.8 MB VideoQuorum sensing is the process by which bacteria seem to communicate with each other and make decisions to behave en masse. The game of Risk as an analogue for the battles that go on within the body between pathogens and the body's defences
Transcript -- Signal molecules
April 28, 2010 02:49 - 27.6 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Quorum sensing is the process by which bacteria seem to communicate with each other and make decisions to behave en masse. The game of Risk as an analogue for the battles that go on within the body between pathogens and the body's defences
A new approach to antibiotics?
April 28, 2010 02:48 - 5 minutes - 53.9 MB VideoExploring the possiblility of developing new types of antibiotics interfere with the communication between bacteria, rather than killing the invading pathogens.
Transcript -- A new approach to antibiotics?
April 28, 2010 02:48 - 26.9 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Exploring the possiblility of developing new types of antibiotics interfere with the communication between bacteria, rather than killing the invading pathogens.