An introduction to Facts about
Bacteria
The term bacteria represent single and a very small organism. It is the plural form of word bacterium. Usually bacteria consist of one cell and are considered as the smallest living thing after a virus. Either soil, water, air or even in our body or skin bacteria is found everywhere.
The term bacteria represent single and a very small organism. It is the plural form of word bacterium. Usually bacteria consist of one cell and are considered as the smallest living thing after a virus. Either soil, water, air or even in our body or skin bacteria is found everywhere.
Bacteria in a favorable
condition can multiply in billions. Even if it is a small space same as of a
drop of water it growth continues in billions.
Generally bacteria are classified
in three groups. These bacterial groups are based on their shape. Some of the
bacteria have shape similar to a comma; this kind of bacteria is known as
vibrio. A single bacterium is not a longer one in size, bacteria grows in group
rather than a single cell.
Good
and Bad Bacteria
There are two kind of
bacteria good one and the bad one. The good one co-exists with our body and
help to fight off bad one. Another kind of good bacteria helps our body to
function. On the other hand the bad bacteria though not harmful in its characteristic
yet it is very annoying like making the bad breath or causing pimples. Another
bad one which is really called bad bacteria is the one which causes fatal infections.
Good thing is this that there are less than 1% bacteria that are real harmful
and makes us sick.
Drying
hands with Paper Towel
Drying hand with paper
towel is most hygienic, it reduces nearly 60% bacteria from our hands while if
we uses a hand dryer it increase the bacteria in our hands up to 255% because
dryer blows out bacteria which already living in it.
Oldest known
form of life
Bacteria are the oldest known form of
live on planet earth even before the dinosaur exists. They exists on planet
earth almost from last 3.5 billion years or more. If we lined up bacteria from
end to end they will stretch up to 10 billion light years. In every five hours
a single cell produces nearly one billion offspring.
Bacteria in our body and food
Surprisingly our
body is full of bacteria. There are 10 cells of bacteria living in each cell of
our body. Only in our intestine, quantity of bacteria is more than the total
population of human on planet earth. Many of the foods we eat contain bacteria.
Even some of the foods we create such as yoghurt, pickles, cheese and sourdough,
bacteria are purposely added in it.
Wearing Jeans
In a study it is reported
that wearing a pair of jeans continuously for a period of 15 months didn’t
develop any harmful and unhealthy amount of bacteria.
Antibiotics
Sore throat and
common colds are caused because of virus and bacteria play no role in these
diseases. These sorts of diseases could not be treated by taking antibiotics because
antibiotics are not beneficial in such conditions. Scientist has discovered a
bacteria-based antibiotic which helps to kill and fight infections and save the
life of hundreds of thousands of people every year. There are more reasons to
love bacteria instead of fearing of them.
Human bites
Because of
bacteria in our teeth and mouth, human bite is considered as one of the most
dangerous bite in the world.
Bacteria help to cure Illnesses
There are
illnesses which could be cured because of bacteria. Illnesses such as upset
stomachs, different type of diabetes, allergies, asthma and many more
auto-immune diseases are all linked to a lack of bacterial biodiversity.
Stomach ulcers
It is proved that
stomach ulcers are caused due to bacteria and not because of stress. To prove
this theory a scientist drank a beaker of bacterium and because of that stomach
ulcer was developed in him and he won the Nobel Prize because of his research.
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