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Pathogenic properties of microbes such as bacteria, viruses and fungi can

cause pneumonia which is an inflammation of the air sacs in our lungs which
causes early symptoms such as cough, fatigue, fever and shortness of breath
as starting symptoms however if left untreated may even lead to death.

microbes such as the bacteria causes pneumonia, such bacteria are


Streptococcus pneumoniae which is the most common bacteria found in
patients who have pneumonia(50% of patients) causes pneumonia when the
patient has a continous intake of alchohol over a long period of time or if the
patient is a habitual smoker. Being a habitual smoker makes the host more
prone to getting pneumonia as smoking facilitates the effects of other
bacteria besides Streptococcus pneumoniae such as the Haemophilus
influenzae which is a bacteria that is found in 20% of patients who have
pneumonia. A person can also get infected if he gets infected by Chlamydia
psittaci which is from birds and Coxiella burnetti from farm animals however,
these are not as common as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus
influenzae which could be contracted just by being a habitual smoker and an
obessive drinker.
Viruses are also one of the causes of pneumonia being responsible for
causing about 1/3 of pnuemonia cases in adults and about 15% of pneumonia
cases in children. Such viruses include the common cold viruses such as the
rhinoviruses and coronaviruses. Even the infuenza virus can cause
pneumonia too! And the respiratory syncytial virus which causes respiratory
tract infections, the adenovirus which can cause many illnesses. And lastly
parianfluenza, all these viruses can cause pneumonia hence if you got the
symptoms of the viruses means you are more prone to become infected with
pneumonia. There are also viruses that seldom are the cause of pneumonia
such as the herpes simplex virus however, for the herpes simplex virus, it
not so uncommon newborns, people with cancer and people with significant
burns.
And lastly fungi also can cause pneumonia however it is not so common in
healthy individuals but mostly common in people who have weakened
immune systems due to diseases such as AIDS or other medical problems
that they suffer from. Some of the fungi that causes pneumonia includes
Histoplasma capsulatum which is common in AIDS patients hence being the
most common fungi to cause pneumonia, blastomyces, Cryptococcus
neoformans which is commonly found in bird's excrement,Pneumocystis
jiroveci and coccidiodes immitis. Hence, people with cancer, weak immune
system are more pron to contracting pneumonia.

Thus we can contract pneumonia by breathing infected air, breathing certain


bacteria from our nose and throat into our lungs, when we contract a cold or
an respitatory infection from viruses or when a person has a weakend
immune system, having AIDS or cancer or just being a habitual smoker and
an obessive drinker.

Usually when treating pneumonia, doctors will issue patients antibiotics as it


has a high cure rate and plenty of rest will usually suffice for curing
pneumonia.

2.4 The differences between a procaryote and eukaryote cell is that a


eukaryote cell has a nucleus hence it is able to control the functions of the
entire cell and allow DNA replication. Another difference is that eukaryote
cells are usually found in animals and plants hence it has organelles such as
a nucleus, chlroplast, mitochondria and golgi which make up parts of animals
and plants hence we humans are made up of eukaryote cells however
procaryote cells are very simple and do not have the organelles that
eukaryote cells have since procaryote cells are way smaller compared to
eukaryote cells thus, procaryote cells are bacteria or archaea. Eukaryote cells
have cytoskeletons which keeps the organelles in the cells in place and it is
also used in transporting chromosome during mitosis, allows cell and
organelle movement however in an procaryote cell, it does not have a
cytoskeleton hence it does not undergo mitosis however it undergoes a
process called binary fission which still acheives the same end results as
mitosis, also since procaryote cells does not have a cytoskeletons it instead
has a cell wall that provides the cell with its shape and a flagellum which
allows cell movement hence, an eukaryote cell have a cytoskeleton which
allows and facilitates many functions in the cell while in a procaryote cell, it
has many other parts of the cell to facilitate and allow the same functions
that a cytoskeleton does which brings us back to the point where eukaryote
cell is more complex compared to a procaryote cell. Eukaryote cells have DNA
which are stored in the nucleus which are in multiple strands and a part of
the nucleus that is densed as it is packed with DNA however in a procaryote
cell the DNA is circular hence, in a eukaryote cell, it is able to form chromatin
which protects the DNA structure which prevents the chromosomes from
breaking basically protecting the DNA during mitosis however the procaryote
cell does not have this function. Lastly procaryote cells are always unicellular
this means that made out of 1 cell hence, the cell facilitate and performs all
functions and reactions in the cell however in a eukaryote most cells are

multicellular hence it has different cells that specializes in different functions


to perform its functions or reactions. hence procaryote cell have lesser
survivalbility compared to an eukaryote cell as an injury to the cell would
cause death while for an eukaryote cell, a cell that is injured could be
replaced.

citations btw give zidane the websites here then tell him go to
www.citethisforme.com and copy paste the websites to generate the link for
citations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonia#cite_note-Lancet11-12
http://www.webmd.com/lung/tc/pneumonia-treatment-overview
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Eukaryotic_Cell_vs_Prokaryotic_Cell
http://www.biologymad.com/resources/AS%20Cells.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTnNv7YplSo

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