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Microbes : Four Types Of A Microscopic Organisms

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What are microbes? Microbes are microscopic organisms that can be found everywhere. They cannot be seen by the naked eye however if you look through a microscope you can see what is everywhere without being noticed. There is four types of microbes: Bacteria, Protozoa, Fungi and Viruses, they either have a positive, neutral or negative effect. Some Good microbes are in Food, Decomposers and in the Gut. Bad microbes can cause diseases and infections. Without some microbes the world would not be able to function the way it does.

2. Types of Microbes

Bacteria
Bacteria is probably the most well known microbe. There is three types of bacteria: bacillus shaped as a rod(see fig 1), cocci shaped as sphere and spirilla shaped as a spiral. Bacteria can grow outside a host unlike viruses, bacteria grow in warm moist environments. In 1665 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe bacteria. Antibiotics are medical to kill bacteria inside the body, however Antibiotics are being over used and bacteria are becoming resistant.

Protozoa
Protozoa are single celled and commonly associated with animals. The four main groups of Protozoa are the ciliates, the flagellates, the sarcodina and the apicomplexans. They are named like that because they behave like microscopic animals, they hunt and feed on other microbes for their food source. Protozoa usually doesn't hurt humans however this microbe has one of the deadliest disease in the world Malaria, Malaria claims more than 800,000

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