Pathogenic bacteriaPathogenic bacteria are bacteria that can cause disease. This article focuses on the bacteria that are pathogenic to humans. Most species of bacteria are harmless and are often beneficial but others can cause infectious diseases. The number of these pathogenic species in humans is estimated to be fewer than a hundred. By contrast, several thousand species are part of the gut flora present in the digestive tract.
Pseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas aeruginosa, autrement connu sous le nom de bacille pyocyanique, bacille du pus bleu ou pyo, est une bactérie gram-négative du genre Pseudomonas. Les bacilles sont fins, droits et très mobiles grâce à un flagelle polaire : ciliature monotriche, dépourvus de spores et de capsules. Ils apparaissent la plupart du temps isolés ou en diplobacilles. Elle peut, dans certaines conditions, être pathogène. Très résistante, elle est — avec d'autres bactéries à gram-négatif — de plus en plus souvent responsable d'infections nosocomiales.
Molecular cloningMolecular cloning is a set of experimental methods in molecular biology that are used to assemble recombinant DNA molecules and to direct their replication within host organisms. The use of the word cloning refers to the fact that the method involves the replication of one molecule to produce a population of cells with identical DNA molecules. Molecular cloning generally uses DNA sequences from two different organisms: the species that is the source of the DNA to be cloned, and the species that will serve as the living host for replication of the recombinant DNA.
