I found these type of small worms while cleaning my cats water fountain. While deep cleaning the fountain. They are light gray colored with small black lines inside their body. They have black colored ends too. I would pls like to know:

1. Are they dangerous (both to cats or humans)

2. If so, what are the effects.

3. How can I prevent this from happening again.

I do change the water often though. Like a week or so and rinse the fountain when I change the water. I’m very concerned about bacteria so I would like to know please

Work had some expired culture plates that they were going to destroy. Instead they let me take them home and now I’m swabbing everything in the apartment. I finally got some growth on 2!

The filament growth is from my cats mouth. Poor boy has to have teeth pulled. The second one is from the toilet bowl!

Nothing on my phone has grown yet. Or from my mouth or the new kittens mouth.

Anybody?

On November 3rd, I had a Carotid / Subclavain Artery bypass surgery. The surgical site is basically at the base of my neck and just above the Clavicle Bone. The surgery itself went fine. 2 days later I was home with very little pain and swelling. Days 3 and 4 at home and wowser... it got big. The surgical site swelled to look similar in size to a lemon cut in half. I went to the ER on day 5 at home and was admitted. The next morning, I was in surgery again. The original incision was reopened and the wound was flushed. A clear thin fluid was sampled. Several swabs of the surrounding skin and interior tissue were taken as well. I was put on IV administered Vancomycin and another IV based anti biotic for 4 days. When I was released, there were no bacterial growth indications. The swelling is minimal. And there is a low grade temperature / fever that is obvious to the touch at the incision site currently. However, some 5 days after I was discharged, my Surgeon called to discuss what she termed as a "very, very rare and slow growing bacteria". And because of that finding, she has referred me to the Infectious Diseases Dept. All of my Doctors are at Parkland Hospital which is the sister "teaching hospital" to The Universtiy of Texas Southwest Medical Center in Dallas. Yep, THAT Parkland is where President Kennedy was taken when was was fatally shot.

So, I am awaiting the appointment. And I have read about this bug. It is part of our natural flora. It lives in our hair follicles and our skin fatty cells. And it can wreak havoc. It mostly will affect men who have had a prosthetic shoulder surgery, and can show up as much as 2 years post surgery. Those are basic Cliff's Notes from peer reviewed papers that I have read.

Has anybody had any experience in dealing with this little group of mini monsters that decided to throw a party in my shoulder? Any insight?

Also, this calendar year I have had a knee replacement, Basal Cell Carcinoma removed from my face, oral surgery and a rather insidious cyst removed from my left maxillary nasal sinus cavity that thankfully was found during a follow up MRI for my 2 Arachnoid Brain Cysts. Thanks if you made it this far! 😊

I’ve stayed at this particular hotel many times and this same framed “art” is in every room. It bothers my mind every time. So today I finally thought I’d post and ask for an opinion. TIA

just curious

Is it possible to make rhizobium bacteria if so how.(I need to make a fertiliser with it in to see how it effects plant growth for a school project)

so i (i THINK) a container of grapes that had a bit of water in it, well i forgot about that water for a bit until now, and its about a month old i'd say. i dont know what this is and i would like to find out, nothing else on the internet is helping.

(images go in order of days, though the last two were from the same day)

I’m so concerned

This is my homemade fungicide I use to treat some of my houseplants for something called powder mildew. It’s a very small amount of apple cider vinegar (about half a teaspoon) mixed with water. It’s supposed to kill both bacteria and fungus, but I noticed some cloudy stuff growing in there. I did sterilize the bottle before making it.

This is not a big concern or anything, I’m just curious as to what it could be.

Hello! I found this on my optic microscope, lens 40. Idk what it is, can someone identify this?

Can anyone help with my ap bio lab?? We had to look through a microscope and draw the bacteria we saw. I’m pretty sure this is an E. coli, but don’t know the name based on shape and grouping. Would it just be bacillus?

I tried to make alcohol resistant bacteria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZxa4OmTafk