Good Germs, Bad Germs

Good Germs

• Natural adaptations
• The Hygeine Hypothesis

Bad Germs

• MRSA
• Salmonella

Implications

• People are getting sick!
• Livestock industry
• Arms race instead of peace treaties

Antibiotics

• Bacteria transferring resistence
• Doctors not thinking long term
• Back ups and sulfa drugs no longer working

Connections to AP Biology!

Horizontal Gene Tranfer

Quorum sensing and bacterial communication

PCR

Allergies

Solutions and Hope for the Future

• sniper bullets
• focus on good germs

The Immune System

Questions?
What did you learn?