Research Areas in Molecular Nutrition. Nutritional Biochemistry: Nutritional biochemistry is concerned with the properties of nutrients and other dietary constituents and the study of their biochemical, metabolic, physiological and epigenetic functions.tudy is directed by a Special Committee made up of your research advisor in the Molecular Nutrition concentration, faculty representing the other Graduate Fields of your minor area(s) of study, and an appointed member representing the Field of Nutrition.
Staphylococcus, or staph is a bacteria which is a common cause of skin, stomach and blood infections. Although outside the body staph is easily killed with antiseptics or even soap and water it is commonly found on the skin and clothing.
Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive coccal bacterium that is a member of the Firmicutes, and is frequently found in the respiratory tract and on the skin forms where perspiration is present. It is often positive for catalase and nitrate reduction.he emergence of antibiotic-resistant forms of S. aureus such as MRSA is a worldwide problem in clinical medicine. Staphylococcus was first identified in 1880 in Aberdeen, Scotland, by the surgeon Sir Alexander Ogston in pus from a surgical abscess in a knee joint.