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MICROBES
Sarah Kniss
MSET 365
What are Microbes?
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The term microbe is short for microorganism, which
means small organism.
A microbe is too tiny to see with the naked eye, only
when using a microscope can we see them
Oldest form of life on earth
Microbes live in the water you drink, the food you eat,
and the air you breathe.
95% are helpful to your body
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/microintro.htm
Where can we find them?
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Microbes live in our mouths, tummy, and skin.
Microbes include: bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae,
and protozoa.
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/microintro.htm
Microbes that Help
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Help break down foods in the
digestive track
Help protect our bodies from
diseases that can hurt us
Used to make medicine to
treat sick people
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_microbes_do#ixzz1HAZ0BHNv
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Figueroa_EL/Fourth%20Grade/mysterytomedicine2.htm
Microbes that Harm
Microbes
Diseases
Life
Threatening,
easily
transferred,
many
symptoms
(cough,
running nose)
Illnesses
Athletes
Foot or Flu
See a
doctor, wash
hands, cover
your mouth
Bath
Regularly,
Wash hands
Microbes in our Food
Food
Beans
Bread
Action of
yeast,
which is a
fungus.
Yeast
(Saccharomyces
cerevisiae)
ferments
sugars to
make bread
rise
Cheese
Fermented
milk mixed
with types of
bacteria
Flavors come
from different
milk and
actions from
the microbes
Wine
Legume
Family
Fermenting
of different
fruits
(grapes)
nitrogenfixing
bacteria to
help them
grow
simple carbohydrates
that the yeasts can
breakdown
http://resources.schoolscience.co.uk/sgm/sgmfoods17.html
chemicals release
into the soil which
stimulate the growth
of Rhizobium
bacteria
Fun Fact
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Microbes generate at least half the oxygen we
breathe.
http://microbialgenomics.energy.gov/funfacts.shtml