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anders i known from dragon age. he's a gay wizard.
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can we make this a rage virus though?
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Speaking of parasites, I get to pick a microorganism to write a research paper on in my microbiology class. I considered kitty brain worms, but they seem a little trite. I did, however, learn about Fireblight today, Erwinia amylovora. Think that means "one that eats starch?" Anyways, that has a bad ass name, eats apple trees, and is becoming resistant to the antibiotics they spray on the trees to prevent it. I don't like imagining a world without apples. Pears, I don't care for and they're the bacteria's primary target, but I'm probably gonna become a plant pathologist and save the apples. Or maybe just go to bed before my 8am class.
Anyone else have an interesting microbe to suggest? Parasitic worms count if they're microscopic at some point in their life cycle, but they're gross and I won't research them. | ||
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https://www.theatlantic.com/science/...canada/581602/ i didn't read. sending my love. | |||
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Thank you! I can definitely do it on any fungi/mold/algae. Death caps are pretty well known as far as poisonous mushrooms... Yeah I think well known might be a better idea just for ease of writing a paper. This semester is rough already. About to start week two. I still have 1.5 hours of blood lecture videos which take me at least twice as long to take copious notes on. Moving on to the heart this week. Circulatory system is definitely my favorite from when I took this 8 years ago. How the heart works is pretty cool. Something something AV nodes. Best thing about taking A&P II online is there's a informative shit post requirement. I mean discussion board. So, I've got that part down at least. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] | |||
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Epidemiology
Amanita poisoning occurs because most people are not able to tell which mushrooms species are safe for consumption when foraging. Also, certain people seek psychotropic mushrooms to get a “high” but mistakenly ingest amanita mushrooms. Amanita mushrooms have no distinct taste or odor but are large (5 cm to 15 cm) and often indistinguishable in color or appearance from edible species.[3] Go to: Pathophysiology The amanitin toxin is heat stable, remaining toxic whether eaten raw or cooked. The mechanism of action of amatoxin is by inhibiting RNA polymerase, causing disruption of transcription of mRNA. As a result, hepatocytes cannot synthesize key protein coding genes, leading to the disintegration of nucleoli and pathologically centrilobular hepatic necrosis. This leads to the insidious onset of liver failure over 48 hours. Late onset (more than six hours after ingestion) of vomiting and watery diarrhea occur due to the second component in some of these mushrooms which are phallotoxin. Lepiota species lack phallotoxins so may not have the onset of vomiting and diarrhea until after 12 hours post-ingestion, or may just present with symptoms of liver failure at 24 hours post ingestion.[4] Go to: Toxicokinetics Amatoxins are rapidly absorbed from the intestine and transported into the liver by OATP transporters. Once in the hepatocyte they start to inhibit RNA polymerase. It takes about 24 hours before any signs or laboratory indicators of liver injury begin to appear. Go to: History and Physical The course of Amanita toxicity has three phases:
Go to: Evaluation All ingestions of suspected liver-toxic mushrooms should have a complete chemistry panel to include liver function tests and a baseline INR.[5] Go to: Treatment / Management The treatment of Amatoxin mushroom toxicity is predominately supportive care. There is no specific antidote. The patient must have two large bore IVs and fluid loss, electrolyte deficiency, and glucose should be normalized. If the patient presents early (within two to four hours,) decontamination with oral activated charcoal may be performed. Once the stomach is empty, nausea should be treated if needed.[1][2] Several agents have been used and have anecdotal support in the literature:
When renal failure occurs, dialysis should be used, but its use even early after an ingestion does not remove Amatoxin from the blood. Yeah. Amatoxin is scary as hell. That's my topic. Ty, Poke! | ||
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Zombie Ant Fungus
Any chemolithotroph, halophile, or other extremophile. Quote:
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wonkie should i out myself here or not ? i will make another funny video one day, but IDK. I think I should keep it private, the Toxoplasmi say I should be impulsive and out myself to these neckbeards.
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