Download Oh, Bacteria - Dr. Annette M. Parrott

Oh, Bacteria !
Sing along
written by Doug Eldon and Annette Parrott
www.africangreyparrott.com
You do not have a
nucleus
You do have a cell
wall
You live in water,
air and soil
or anywhere at
all
You reproduce by
fission
and you do so
very fast
And under harsh
conditions
in an endospore
you last
Oh, Bacteria
so simple and so
small
without you
ecosystems would
not function well
at all
Your pili is the
tool
with which you
transfer DNA
Transduction
conjugation
transformation
are the ways
You’re such a
decomposer
with your friend
fungi
Without you two
the planet
would be full of
dead bodies
Oh Bacteria,
so simple and so
small
without you
ecosystems would
not function well at
all
We used to call
you Monerans
but now we
clearly see
That you belong
to the domains:
Bacteria
and
Archaea
Thermophiles
and halophiles
and naughty
pathogens too
For Yogurt,
nodules
plasmids
cheese
bacteria we love
you
Oh Bacteria
so simple and so
small
without you
ecosystems would
not function well
at all