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Briefly explain how the bacterium has evolved to become resistant to antibiotics.
Assignment: Evolution via Bacteria

Evolution via Bacteria

Resources:

National Institute of Health:http://www.nih.gov/
Center for Disease Control:http://www.cdc.gov/
Background:

Evolution occurs in all living organisms from the smallest bacterial cells to the most complex animals. In bacterial cells evolution occurs rapidly in response to environmental pressures due to their simple genome and rapid reproduction rates. In this assignment you will explore the evolution in bacterial cells in relation to the development of resistance to antibiotic drugs.

Choose a bacterium that has become resistant to multiple antibiotics. Consult the resources for additional information.

Create a multimedia presentation wherein you address the following points:

Give a brief overview of the chosen bacterium including the genus and species. What disease(s) does the bacterium cause in humans?
Briefly explain how the bacterium has evolved to become resistant to antibiotics.
How is natural selection involved in the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria?
How do antibiotics reduce bacterial biodiversity?
Given what you have learned, how do you think the medical community should address the problem of antibiotic resistance?

Assignment: Evolution via Bacteria
Include appropriate pictures with citations. Include academic references in APA format.

Examples of multimedia presentation tools include the following:

Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations of at least 10- to 15-slides with detailed speaker notes (these should be similar to what would be stated in an oral presentation).
Prezi™ presentations.
For other possibilities, please discuss with your facilitator.
Write in your own words but do base your information using literature research.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.