Life: The Science of Biology
Life: The Science of Biology
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Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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The bacteria, which are most appropriate to use in therapy for curing the tumor.

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Cancer is the condition of abnormal and uncontrollable growth of the cells. Treatment of cancer includes surgery and different kinds of therapy, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. All these methods have limitations and severe side effects. To overcome these limitations, medical field started using certain bacteria to treat solid tumors.

The table given below gives details of characteristics of four bacteria.

Name of Bacteria Clostridium novyi Thermus aquaticus Paracoccus denitrificans Trichodesmium thiebautii
Characteristics
Metabolism Obligate anaerobic Obligate aerobic Facultative anaerobic Facultative anaerobic
Gram status +
Optimal temperature (°C) 10–40 50–80 5–30 10–30
Typical habitat Terrestrial Aquatic Aquatic Aquatic
Miscellaneous Chemotroph Denitrifier Nitrogen fixer

°C, Degree Celsius: (+), positive; (–), negative.

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