Create Your Own Microbe You are attending the conference of Cool and Unusual Microbes. At this conference you will submi
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Create Your Own Microbe You are attending the conference of Cool and Unusual Microbes. At this conference you will submit a paper about the cool and unusual pathogen that you discovered. This paper will describe the physical, metabolic, and infectious characteristics of your microbe. The details of the paper are below: 1. Describe the physical appearance of your microbe and include a picture 2. Describe where this pathogen is typically found a. Describe the environment and how you classify your organism based on its environment (i.e. thermophile, acidophile, etc.) 3. Describe the important pathways your microbe uses a. DNA replication, transcription, and translation are required b. Which metabolic pathway your organism uses is up to you. 4. Describe the nutritional and growth requirements for your microbe a. Think about things like oxygen requirements in Ch. 7 5. Describe how your microbe can be controlled (physically and/or chemically) 6. Describe the human-microbe interactions of your microbe a. How could someone become infected by your organism and what symptoms would it cause? How could we treat tan infection by this organism? our paper is due Monday November 9, 2020 by 6:00 PM