Download Microbial Universe Part 3

Microbial Universe
Part 3
Kara Brady
Michelle Morris
Here’s the video!
 The Microbial Universe Part III
 Microbial Universe Part 3
Microbes : a very
small form of life microbes include
bacteria, fungi, and
protozon parasite s.
They are too small to
se e with the naked
eye!
Populated
by known
organisms
Es cherichia
coli
Lactobacillus
acidophilus
Populated
by unkown
orgranisms
Saccharomyces
cerevis iae
Sargaso 11
lives in your
digestive system
to help digest
your food
everyday!
One of the
bacteria that turn
milk into yogurt!
Bakers
yeast that
makes
bread rise.
Found in
ALL water
Freshwater
lakes,
Oceans ,
Ponds, Etc.
In every
sample of
water there
were more Sar
11 genes than
any other
organism!
Bacterial
Plankton
IMPORTANT!
Sar 11 is
important to us
becaus e:
Possibly one of
the most
abundant
lifeforms on the
planet!
We know it is
involved in
someway with
the supply of
nutrients to
alagae, "oxygen
producers of
the sea"
Plays an
important role in
the food web in
the ocean but
they don’t know
what the role is
yet.
Focus Questions!
 How do you know when you’ve found a
new organism?
 How much do we know about microorganisms?
 What is DNA?
 What is the new discovered organism in
the video?
Answers to Focus Questions!
 When you can’t identify it by
appearance, DNA, or Ribosomal RNA.
 Very little!
 A complex genetic recipe that consists
of two strands held together by four
chemicals known as nucleotides.
 Sargaso Gene #11, SAR 11.