2. Definition A Bacterial Antigen is a molecule that is foundon
the surfaces of bacterial organisms When detected by the human body
B cellscreate Antibodies to mark remaining bacteriafor destruction.
3. Main Immune Cells Macrophages B Cells Memory B Cells 4. Types of
Antibodies Primary Antibodies Gathered from animals like Mice,
rabbits, etc. Secondary Antibodies Can be tagged with fluorescent
markers to determineprotein localization 5. Why Do Bacteria Have
Antigens?The human body uses antibodies as a primary way to
fightoff bacterial infection. Antibodies work by binding toantigen
identifier proteins on the membranes of theseorganisms. So why do
so many types of bacteria still haveantigens if they just make
themselves more noticeable totheir hosts.Antigens may be used for
inter-bacterial communicationbut wouldn't the advantage of
surviving eventuallyoutweigh the benefit of interaction. I say this
becausebacteria are inherently unicellular organisms and so
groupcoordination is not a primary goal for these organisms. 6.
Quorum SensingAutoinducersBonnie Bassler Ted Talk:
http://tinyurl.com/nt67z9u 7. Possibility 1The point of the
adaptive immune system is that it canin theory react to any
molecular structure conceivablewithout necessitating the germ-line
genome to containa huge load of information of microbial
targets.Therefore it is quite slow which gives bacteria sometime to
act. 8. Possibility 2The detected antigens/patterns in question are
highlyconserved within bacteria, because the proteins
thatconstitute these patterns are critical for the survival ofany
bacterium as an organismFlagella 9. Possibility 2The detected
antigens/patterns in question are highlyconserved within bacteria,
because the proteins thatconstitute these patterns are critical for
the survival ofany bacterium as an organismFlagella
