Disease: Life and Death Attack and Defense The Attackers BacteriaVirusesFungiParasites Bacteria Madigan, M.T. Martinko, and J. Parker Biology of Microorganisms. Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ Spherical Staphylococcus aureus4/13/08 Rod Shaped Bacillus antracis (Anthrax)4/13/08 Rod Shaped Micobacterium turburculosis (Turburculosis)4/13/08 Spiral Shaped B. Burgdorferi (Lymes Disease) Virus: General Structure4/13/08 Viruses Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)4/13/08 Viruses Ebola Virus anukp.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/virus-2/ Virus Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV causes warts)4/13/08 Virus H5N1 Avian (Bird Flu)4/13/08 Fungi Tinea pedis (Athletes Foot)4/13/08 ParasitesMalaria Plasmodium PLoS Biology Featured Image | Vol. 3(6) June 2005; This false- colored electron micrograph shows a sporozoite migrating through the cytoplasm of midgut epithelia. See Frevert et al.See Frevert et al. Cover credit: Image by Ute Frevert; false color by Margaret Shear. DOI: /journal.pbio ; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Malaria.jpg, 4/13/08 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Malaria.jpg The Defenders White Blood Cells Antibodies WBC: Monocyte100x-website-arrow.jpghttp://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/hematology/hessimages/monocyte- 100x-website-arrow.jpg, 4/13/08 WBC: Macrophage3/13/08 Robin May Adhering macrophage This image shows a human macrophage, a cell of the immune system that hunts down and eats invading organisms such as bacteria and fungi. The cell has been stained with antibodies to reveal its internal structure. The red stain shows actin, a protein that forms filaments which shape and remodel the cell. The green stain shows a protein that the cell uses to adhere to surfaces. These two overlap at so-called focal adhesion sites, which thus appear yellow. The image has been taken using a confocal microscope, which produces three- dimensional images of very small cells such as this one. WBC: Neutrophil Fig. 1: A human neutrophil takes up Bacillus anthracis. WBC: Basophil WBC: Lymphocyte Electron microscopic image of a single human lymphocyte. (Credit: Dr. Triche, National Cancer Institute) Antibody Model of a Human Antibody4/13/08