In 1992 Dr. Venter founded The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), a not - for - profit research institute, where in 1995 he and his team decoded the genome of the first free - living organism,
the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae, using his new whole - genome «shotgun» technique.
While studying
the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae, Smith discovered that it slices up DNA from invading viruses.
Not exact matches
Respond better to immunizations against Polio, Tetanus, Diphtheria, and
Haemophilus influenza (
bacterium that can cause a severe infection)
The Hep B vaccine (or HBV) protects against the virus that causes hepatitis B; the DTaP vaccine protects against the viruses that cause diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough); the PCV (pneumococcal vaccine) protects against the cause of bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, and ear infections; the Hib vaccine protects against
Haemophilus influenzae type b
bacteria (which can also cause bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, or epiglottitis); and the rotavirus oral vaccine protects against a virus that causes the stomach flu.
Legal loopholes Each US state sets its own vaccination policies, and most will not generally allow children to attend public school unless they have been vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough); hepatitis B; the
Haemophilus influenzae
bacterium; measles, mumps and rubella; polio; and varicella (chicken pox).
In a study of 58 adults seeking outpatient eye care, researchers at New York University School of Medicine found that contact lenses make the eye microbiome more skin - like, with higher proportions of the skin
bacteria Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Methylobacterium, and Lactobacillus and lower proportions of
Haemophilus, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Corynebacterium.
[
Haemophilus influenzae is a
bacterium, the first organism to have its entire genome sequenced, which Venter completed in 1995; Drosophila is the common fruit fly, whose genome Venter sequenced as a warm - up to sequencing the human genome.]
Humans are the only known hosts for
Haemophilus influenzae
bacteria, a family comprised of many different strains, the most well - known of which is type b, or Hib.
He provided the first full genome sequence of a
bacterium,
Haemophilus influenzae.
pertenue,
Haemophilus ducreyi, or other still - undefined
bacteria.
Neomycin is effective against both gram - positive and gram - negative
bacteria including staphylococci, Escherichia coli and
Haemophilus influenzae and many strains of Proteus and Pseudomonas.