micro rganisms

NOT ALWAYS OUR ENEMY

 What are microorganisms? Common types of microbes
Rapidly growing cells that cannot be  Algae
seen without the help of a  Bacteria
microscope.  Fungi
They live in populations and can be  Protozoa
both beneficial and harmful for us.  Viruses

GOOD MICROBES BAD MICROBES

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Humans cannot live without There aren’t many bad microbes,
microbes. They are used in food, but the ones that do exist makes us
medicines and decomposition. sick and cause diseases, such as:

 Cheese, bakery products and  Cold  Cholera

alcohol rely on fermentation  Ebola  HIV-Aids
by microbes  Herpes  Pox
 Medicines such as Penicillin

and Vaccines are produced by

microbes.

LESS THAN 1% OF MICROORGANISMS ARE HARMFUL