The Dark Microbe Knight

In the article I had searched up it had used Yersinia pestis to research into other strands, more recent ones that do cause problems in the present. Although nothing could compare to its predecessors catastrophic impacts on the worlds society. The researches however thought if we could expand research into the older strain perhaps we would be able to understand the new daughter strains.  The article is a little broad and utilizes huge vocabulary words that would be somewhat confusing to the average reader, it feels as if the article is meant for PH.D’s and professors. Although the article is broad in its vocabulary uses it still gets its point across affectively.

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The idea to introduce an older strand to possibly come up with solutions for younger strains is scary, the plague back in time wiped out millions of people automatically comes up, what is there was a possible contamination or leak. Although it is dangerous the article does explain why it is so important for us to study the older one, it could save thousands of lives. Also it explains how sequencing a small amount of Genetic code would also get rid of the risk factor reassuring us that the risks are low. The article does lack in the sense it is targeting a certain audience, if the article would be broader in vocabulary uses maybe it would attract some younger people to read it. All in all though the article is interesting and very effective in relaying its purpose, research and data. Although it is difficult to understand at first that doesn’t sway the reader at all, it also introduces an interesting idea, should we research other dangerous microbes which impacted our history to perhaps save lives in the present?

Article: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0049803