Aum Bansal
Mr Marlon A. Uson
Science
6th September 2014
Microorganisms are good or bad
Some of the organisms don’t have tissues, organs, organ systems they have a body made of one cell are called microorganisms. Microorganisms are organisms which can mostly be seen by a microscope but sometimes they can also be seen by naked eye as the live in big groups as they double after eating food. They are found everywhere in the world, they are in us, in plants, in animals, in chemicals, in factories, they are everywhere and they are even in air. There are five main types of microorganisms that are FUNGI, BACTERIA, PROTOZOA, ALGAE and last but not the least VIRUSES.
Fungi are non-green plants .They lack chloroplast and so they cannot make their own food. But like other plants they have cell wall. Yeast, mould, mushroom
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Good microorganisms such as lactobacilli, yeast, some mushrooms and some protozoa. They protect us from diseases. The lactobacillus prevents us or fights bacterial diseases.
The hierarchy of life
In the hierarchy of life it comes in the 8th position. The hierarchy of life starts with atoms, then molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ system, us or organisms, then population, then eco-system, then biomass and last but not the least our MOTHER EARTH scientifically named as biosphere. Hierarchy of life is one of the important things.
Is bacteria good, bad or both
Bacteria are both good and bad. Without bacteria we would die, but some bacteria could easily kill us: it all depends which ones they are. The good ones, those we need to survive, are there to digest our food (in our intestines) and to live on our skin and in our mouth. By doing so they provide a protection against bad bacteria, that make you sick, and these are called 'pathogenic bacteria'. (Skipor)
Is virus good, bad or
Bacterial and fungi infections are easy to cure with the use of antibiotics, where as viruses can be hard to cure or vaccinate against, such as the common cold. Bacteria can be found everywhere and anywhere Soil, Water, Plants, Animals, material and even deep in the earth's crust. Bacteria feed themselves by making there food with the use of sunlight and water. We would not be able to live without Bacteria. The human body consists of lots of friendly bacteria which also protect us from dangerous ones by occupying places in the body. Some of the most deadly diseases and devastating epidemics in human history have
Fungi are multi-celled organisms that form a third Kingdom of life, along with the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom.
Most micro-organisms need most of the things you and I need to flourish and grow - moisture, warmth and a source of nutrition - some (usually the most dangerous such as those responsible for some types of gangrene) can do without oxygen (anaerobic bacteria). They need a mode of spread (usually the unwashed or poorly washed hands of people or badly cleaned equipment/facilities or badly stored food) and a vulnerable person to invade.
The article “Some of My Best Friends are Germs,” by Michael Pollen was a very interesting and informative read. Pollen explains that our bodies house 100s of trillions of microbes. More than 99 percent of our genetic information is microbial. The large number of bacteria that inhabits us weighs many pounds, forming a massive, unexplored world that scientists are just starting to document. These bacteria affect our health as much as if not more than the genes we receive from our parents.
Microorganisms are both beneficial and harmful. These microorganisms are important to humans because they play a role in the ecology of life, by decomposing wastes, both natural and man-made, such as creating nitrogen fertilizer at the root zones of certain crops. Other several pathogens that can cause serious harm, even immediate death due to the diseases or disease causing products they produce. Overall, microorganisms play an important role in life.
The purpose of this study is to identify four unknown organisms. The unknown organisms have been assigned randomly to six-research groups by Professor Hoffman. Each research group was provided two eukaryotes and two prokaryotes. The unknown organisms will fall into the following classifications: bacteria, algae, fungi, or protozoans. All living organisms are organized into one of three domains of life, Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.
Entering human body is not easy. The bacteria and other harmful materials can enter human body either via food or cuts and injuries on the skin. However, there foreign agents are not always welcomed in the human body. There are immune cells that fight harmful agents. The immunity system in the human body identifies harmful microbes like bacteria, viruses, and others and provides defense to the body against these substances. There are antigens present in viruses, fungi, or bacteria and these antigens are normally proteins or toxins, chemicals, drugs, etc. that show the presence of foreign harmful agent. The immunity system of man identifies these antigens and fights the microbes producing them.
Microbes are everywhere and anywhere. Microbes can be found from on surfaces of our daily lives to microbes we encounter and spread on. Microbes have been always since life started in this planet. According to a BBC article about Earth, “…an older microbe came to light…to be a remarkable 3.5 million years” (BBC). As stated, microbes may be considered to have been here long before any other living organism, which means these microbes have evolved through time as well. With evolving comes the different types of bacteria that may benefit us and also harm us. Harmful bacteria such as Lyme disease and the Plague which both derive from an infected insect with different bacterium. These two different disease made different approaches to our history
The good gut microbes are a powerful line of defense against pathogens and germs and also prevent the overgrowth of harmful microbes such as bacteria, yeasts and parasites, making healthy bacteria vital for a strong immune system.
Life is full of bacteria that can be beneficial and harmful at the same time. They are the smallest living things that can be found everywhere in the air, soil, water, and even in our body. We actually share our body with many bacteria. Therefore, without the good bacteria we could die because the good bacteria can help digest the food we eat and protects us from bad bacteria that make us sick. On the other hand, living with those organism can be harmful and can cause many diseases. Some of these diseases are produced when bacteria attack the tissues in a plant or animal. Also, it can attack organisms by releasing chemicals. Therefore, they can cause damage to a persons body. These pathogenic organisms are able to reproduce rapidly and split into two identical copies of themselves.
they require a carbon source to thrive. The nutrient that is taken in by the fungi is
Bacteria are classified as microbes,which are single celled prokaryotic organisms that are invisible to the naked human eye. As diverse as humans are, microbes are even more so, having been on Earth 1,000 times longer than human beings, a total of 3.5 billion years. Because of this, microbes have evolved to inhabit practically all environments on this planet, from extreme high and low temperatures, no oxygen content, or
The cell is the smallest unit able to sustain life, and they are often referred to as the building blocks of life. There are two primary types of cell, which are categorized according to the way their genetic material is packaged, rather than size or shape. These are:
types of microbial diseases; i.e. how diseases are caused by microbes. Their types like bacterial, viral, fungal etc.
Eukaryotes come in two grades of organization: single-celled (protists) and multicellular (plants, animals, and fungi). The world today is full of complex multicellular plants and animals: how, why, and when did they evolve from protists?