Reservoir

Examples of Reservoir in the following topics:

• Sources and Sinks of Essential Elements

  • Locations where elements are stored for long periods of time are called reservoirs.
  • Coal is a reservoir for carbon, and coal deposits can house carbon for thousands of years.
  • The atmosphere is considered a reservoir for nitrogen.
  • However, human activity can change the proportion of nutrients that are in reservoirs and in circulation.
  • Likewise, phosphorous and nitrogen are extracted from geological reservoirs and used in phosphorous, and excesses of these elements have caused the overgrowth of plant matter and the disruption of many ecosystems.

• Disease Reservoirs and Epidemics

  • A natural reservoir refers to the long-term host of the pathogen of an infectious disease.
  • Some examples of natural reservoirs of infectious diseases include:
  • Some diseases have no non-human reservoir: poliomyelitis and smallpox are prominent examples.
  • The natural reservoirs of some diseases still remain unknown.
  • Affected individuals may become independent reservoirs leading to further exposures.

• Purification of Drinking Water

  • In order to purify drinking water from a source (such as a lake, river, reservoir or groundwater), the water must go through several steps to remove large particles and different types of pathogens .
  • Storage: Water is stored in reservoirs, tanks, and water towers in preparation for purification.
  • A chemical that causes particle aggregation is added to the water, and clumps of particles form and settle to the bottom of the reservoir.

• Emerging Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

  • The virus thus has the advantage of possibly having several natural reservoirs to propagate in.
  • As human development increases, and we move into areas not previously inhabited a reservoir of a virus can be uncovered and infections of humans ensues.

• Infectious Disease Transmission

  • For infecting organisms to survive and repeat the infection cycle in other hosts, they (or their progeny) must leave an existing reservoir and cause infection elsewhere.
  • Direct contact occurs when an individual comes into contact with the reservoir.

• Normal Gastrointestinal Microbiota

  • Gut flora consist of microorganisms that live in the digestive tracts of animals and are the largest reservoir of human flora.
  • Gut flora consists of microorganisms that live in the digestive tracts of animals and is the largest reservoir of human flora .

• Plague

  • The reservoir commonly associated with Y. pestis is several species of rodents.
  • In the steppes, the reservoir species is believed to be principally the marmot.
  • In some regions of the world, the reservoir of infection is not clearly identified, which complicates prevention and early warning programs.

• Classes of T Cells

  • This type of immunity promotes the destruction of microbes residing in phagocytes, or the killing of infected cells to eliminate reservoirs of infection.

• Gram-Negative Outer Membrane

  • The periplasm space can act as reservoir for virulence factors and a dynamic flux of macromolecules representing the cell's metabolic status and its response to environmental factors.

• Whooping Cough

  • There does not appear to be a zoonotic reservoir for B. pertussis.