Question

You will be the expert: Imagine you are teaching a class on controlling microbial growth in the environment. To test your students, you will present them with a scenario including a site and some probably microbes present. They must design a strategy to eliminate harmful microbes from the area.
1A. Come up with a scenario/situation including a site and some probable microbes present.
1B. Come up with possible solution/analysis to that scenario/situation in order to eleminate harmful microbes.

Answer 1

Answer:

A possible scenario would be many rusty pipes with abundant soil in an abandoned area or house.

The probable microorganism would be clostritium tetani, which causes tetanus disease.

This clostridium is eliminated once the oxidized surfaces are exterilized, eliminated and cleaned with disinfectants.

In addition, it could be sprayed with disinfectant on the ground to kill the presence of possible spores of this bacterium.

Explanation:

Clostridium tetani is a bacterium that affects the central and peripheral nervous systems of humans.

Today there is a vaccine for this bacterium, which is called tetanus and is administered against a possible accident, surgical act or risk of having been inoculated with the bacteria.

The current tetanus vaccine has a longevity of 10 years in the human organism, once this period has passed, the booster should be given.

This bacterium coexists with other microorganisms in this environment with accumulations of soil and rust, which the most dangerous would be fungi (they trigger deep mycosis). An example of these fungi is: histoplasma capsulatum, responsible for generating histoplasmosis.