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What are microbes?
Uses of microbes
How microbes cause disease
Fighting disease
Summary activities
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What are microbes?
Microbes are very small
living things and are
sometimes called
micro-organisms.
Microbes are so tiny that they
cannot be seen with the
naked eye. They can only be
seen using a microscope.
How many different microbes
can you name?
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Different types of microbes
There are three types of microbes:
microbes
bacteria
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viruses
fungi
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Bacteria fact file
Bacteria e.g. Salmonella and Streptococcus
size: 1/1000 mm
shape: Bacteria can be spherical,
rod-shaped or comma-shaped.
structure: Bacteria are singlecelled organisms.
Some cause disease, but many
are useful.
reproduction: Bacteria reproduce
very quickly. Two can very quickly
become four, then eight and so on.
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Viruses fact file
Viruses e.g. flu virus and HIV (the AIDS virus)
size: 1/1,000,000 mm
shape: Viruses have regular
and geometric shapes.
structure: A virus does not
display ALL the characteristics
of living things.
reproduction: Viruses can only
grow and reproduce within other
living things.
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Fungi fact file
Fungi e.g. Penicillium and yeast
size: Some fungi can actually
be seen with the naked eye,
others are slightly bigger than
bacterial cells.
shape: Fungi come in many
different shapes.
structure: Fungi have the
most complex structures of
all the microbes. They feed
off other living things.
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Microbes and Disease
What are microbes?
Uses of microbes
How microbes cause disease
Fighting disease
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Using microbes – bacteria and fungi
Microbes have many uses that are based on the fact
that microbes can be grown.
Bacteria grow in milk to make it ‘go off’.
 This type of bacterial growth is used
to make milk into yogurt.
 Cheese is another product that is
made from milk.
Fungi can also be used to make food. The meat substitute
Quorn is a protein produced using fungi.
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Uses of microbes
How microbes cause disease
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Microbes can cause disease
The diseases caused by microbes and their severity depend
on the type of microbe.
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viruses
bacteria
fungi
influenza (flu)
food poisoning
fungal sinusitis
mumps
sore throats
chickenpox
smallpox
tuberculosis
(TB)
tetanus
athlete’s foot
discolored toe
nails
polio
cholera
rabies
typhoid
measles
viral
meningitis
whooping cough
bacterial
meningitis
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How are microbes spread?
The spreading of microbes and disease is known as
transmission.
1. Transmission by air
A cough or a sneeze can release
millions of microbes into the air
which can then infect somebody
else.
2. Transmission by water
Dirty water can transmit many
diseases, e.g. cholera, which
can be transmitted by drinking.
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How are microbes spread?
3. Transmission by animals
An animal can carry a microbe from
one place to another, e.g. a mosquito
which spreads the malaria parasite.
4. Transmission by contact
Many microbes can be exchanged from one
person to another by direct or indirect contact:
 direct contact by hand;
 indirect contact, e.g. by walking on a
wet floor already contaminated by
someone else who has athlete’s foot;
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How is the spread of disease stopped?
The spread of disease can be prevented by making sure
that good hygiene is used in key places such as bathrooms
and kitchens.
Chemicals called antibiotics can be
used to treat bacterial infections.
People can be immunized against
some diseases by the injection of a
vaccine.
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What are microbes?
Uses of microbes
How microbes cause disease
Fighting disease
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Fighting microbes
How does the body fight off microbes that cause disease?
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What do white blood cells do?
The human body has a number of natural defences against
microbes. Noses are hairy inside to trap microbes!
The body also produces
white blood cells to help
defend it from microbes.
white blood cell
Some white blood cells
can destroy microbes
by engulfing them.
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White blood cell engulfs microbe – animation
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White blood cell and antibodies – animation
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What are microbes?
Uses of microbes
How microbes cause disease
Fighting disease
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Glossary
 antibiotics – Chemicals prescribed as medicine to kill
bacteria inside the body.
 antibodies – Chemicals produced by white blood cells
to fight microbes that cause disease.
 bacteria – The type of microbes that are single-celled
organisms.
 fungi – The type of microbes that feed off other living
things.
 immune – Resistance to infection caused by a microbe.
 microbe – A very small living thing.
 transmission – The spread of a disease from person to
person.
 viruses – The type of microbes that can only grow and
reproduce within other living things.
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