Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS): What is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is beta-coronavirus genetically related to SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) coronavirus. MERS is a viral respiratory illness that first emerged from Arabian Peninsula. It does not transmit from person to person Fact Table: Information: Formal binomial name of microbe: MERS-Coronavirus Gram stain (gram …
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Malaria parasite P. vivax
Malaria parasite P. vivax (Malaria) P. ovale, P. malariae, P. falciparum are some other forms of this parasite as well. Fact Table Information: Formal binomial name of microbe: Malaria parasite P. vivax Gram stain (gram positive, gram negative or neither): Neither since Malaria are parasites. Is the microbe mobile or immobile? Immobile because it …