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The Stolen Bacillus; Date of entry: Dec-01-2005; Summary. The Bacteriologist has a visitor to his laboratory, a pale stranger who arrives with a letter of introduction from a good friend of the scientist. The scientist shows his visitor the cholera bacillus under a microscope and they talk about the disease. The visitor is particularly interested in a vial containing living bacteria, and the.The Stolen Bacillus by H.G. Wells This is a story set in the 19th century people had dress codes which reflected your status in society. The dress code was formal and quite severe it was almost as if the longer your top hat the higher up the rank you are in importance in society. In this story we meet a man who wants to help the society and quality of living whereas the other wants to destroy.While many people may consider it as a science-fiction short story, it is not. It is actually satire. A satirical story about the potential role of scientists in facilitating bioterrorism. The bacteriologist, though he is a genius scientist, has b.
In this essay, I will compare how two Gothic texts, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and “The Stolen Bacillus” by H. G. Wells, represent science in terms of duplicitous personalities. I will examine how scientific thought on instinctual emotional responses and the idea of duality corresponds to the portrayal of science in Gothic Literature.The Bacillus genus is capable of forming endospores, structures which allow bacteria to grow and survive in unfavorable environmental conditions, as they are resistant to excessive heat, freezing and desiccation (Robertson and Egger, 2008). The presence of endospores is significant because to gives the microbe the ability to do well in diverse amount of habitats.
The type of illness that Bacillus cereus can infect a person with depends mainly on the type of contaminated food that is ingested (Cowan and Talaro, 2009). Strains that produce the emetic form of the disease grow mainly in starchy foods like rice and potatoes; especially after they have been cooked and kept warm for a long period of time. After the ingestion of such contaminated foods.
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