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Get to know Microbes
What Are Microbes?
Microbes are cells so tiny that we can only see
them with a microscope. They are the oldest
type of form on the planet and go back to 3.5
billion years so before dinosaurs existed.
‘’There are more microbes on a persons hand
than people on the entire planet!’’
They can multiply or transform in heartbeat.
Where they live
Microbes are everywhere, they’re in the air we breath,
inside and out our bodies, our homes, the food we
eat, water we drink, our teeth, tongues, toxic waste,
and the grounds we step on.
Some are found in frozen areas with ice and snow like
Antarctica but heat loving microbes live in boiling
water, volcanic cracks, within stones, and eat hydrogen
gas, sulphur, hydrogen sulphide and they are called
thermophiles. Microbes cant live without water,
because they need it to reproduce and function just
like us.
Types of Microbes
There are 6 main types of microbes:
• Bacteria – are usually known as germs, they can make us
sick or provide us with vitamins. They eat Iron, sulphur,
and sugar. They’re small and can live at boiling point
temperatures and Dead cold weather.
• Achaea – They have 3 types of their own, some live in salty
environments, cold temperature places, and extremely hot temperature
places. Although they resemble bacteria a lot, they cannot be called that
because their genetics are too different.
• Fungi – Is 1 of the world’s biggest recyclers alongside bacteria.
They eat organics like wood, rotting leaves, and other remains
of damaged things. They are usually found in old food. They
look like little fuzzy bubbles under a microscope and are kind
of like tubes. Fungi live in soil, houses, on our bodies, animals,
plants, freshwater and seawater.
• Protista – act like plants, fungi, and animals
but they aren't either of them. They fall into 4
categories: Algae, Protozoa, Slime Molds, and Water
Molds.
• Viruses – They are in many different shapes and sizes, too
small to even be seen by a light microscope which has light
and a magnifier to see tiny microbes. They can be transmitted
through food and water and can cause the flu or malaria but
it’s ok because 95% of microbes are harmless.
• Microbial Mergers – Help us get the vitamins
and nutrients that we need.
Microbes are useful in many ways, they can turn waste into
something useful, we need it being an essential factor to
growing crops since plants depend on microbes to grow.
Animals have more microbe cells
than animal cells in them!
Without energy, we are NOT fine, and so are microbes. A few
breath oxygen just like us and they are called aerobes but the
others that breath iron, carbon dioxide, nitric acid, and
sulphuric acid. They also gain energy by preserving food.
Some microbes are powerful enough to destroy buildings
made out of stone!
Microbes help plants by fertilizing them, and killing the
insects around them but they can also harm or kill them by
causing them to rot, loose leaves, lack its normal colour,
overgrow...
A number of the delicious food that we eat like cheese and
chocolates are produced with the help of microbes.
Microbes can float up to 6 miles into the atmosphere.
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