To Know Them is to Love Them

Bacteria

Bacteria are everywhere!

Science Pirates – Bacteria song

Bacteria – The Good, the Bad, and the Kinda Gross

Bacteria Basics

How are all

bacteria alike?

They belong to Kingdom Monera.

They are single-celled organisms.

Bacteria are found everywhere.

They are very, very small.

How are bacteria beneficial?

You are your microbes.Digest food.Make plastics.

Make antibiotics.

Clean up oil spills.Make laundry detergents.

Help make food.Yogurt

Chocolate

PicklesSauerkrautVinegar

Help make food.

Why Swiss Cheese has Holes

Cheese

When is Mold on Cheese Good & Bad?

Help make food.Cheese

Why Are Holes Poked in Blue Cheese?

How are bacteria harmful?

Cause diseases in farm animals.Rusts and corrodes metals.Click here for Bacteria

Eating the Titanic.Spoil

food.

<1% of bacteria cause disease.

Cause Diseases

BronchitisStrep throat

Cavities

Cause Diseases

Typhoid Fever

Salmonella

Bacterial Shapes

Rod-shaped

Bacillus (Bacilli)

Coccus (Cocci)Round

Bacterial Shapes

Spiral-shaped

Spirillum (Spirilli)

ReviewThe Travels of Bob, the Soil Bacterium.

Wash Your Hands.

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