MICROORG

ANISMS
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OBJECTIVES
After the lesson, the students should be able to:
describe the different types of microorganisms;
identify common beneficial and harmful
microorganisms; and
provide ways to keep yourself away from
harmful microorganisms.

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MICROORGANISMS
 Are organisms that cannot be seen without the use
of the microscope.

PROKARYOTIC CELL EUKARYOTIC CELL

Bacteria Protist
Archaeans Fungi
Viruses

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The study of microbes is called
MICROBIOLOGY.

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BACTERIA
 are the oldest form of life on Earth and was believed to have
appeared around 3.8 billion years ago
 most bacteria are single-celled organisms (unicellular)
 they reproduce through binary fission
 many bacteria can also produce nitrogen, vitamins and antibiotic

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 SHAPES OF BACTERIA

Cocci (sing. Coccus)

Bacilli (sing. Bacillus)
Spirilla (sing. Spirillum)

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LACTOBACILLUS
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EXAMPLES OF BACTERIA
 CYANOBACTERIA – are important oxygen producers also known
as blue-green algae
 NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA – can take the nitrogen from the
atmosphere and attach it to their own atoms
 CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC – bacteria that USES CHEMICALS and
not food or light to survive

Bacteria are the most versatile organism in terms of

metabolism
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Pseudomonas putida

This kind of microorganism

was genetically modified to
consume oil. They are also
called oil-eating bacteria

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Archaeans
BACTERIA
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most bacteria are temperature
single-celled or extremely
organisms acidic or basic
(unicellular)
pH.
 they reproduce through binary fission
 are also
 many called
bacteria canextremophiles
also produce nitrogen, vitamins and antibiotic

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Archaeans
 HALOPHILES – found in
extremely salty environment such as
lakes, ponds etc.
 METHANOGENS – are anaerobic
organisms
 THERMOPHILES – live in
extremely high temperature, usually
at 100 degree Celsius

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PROTIST
 possesses both characteristics of plant and animal like adaptation,
feeding behavior and locomotion
 they are mostly aquatic organisms found in freshwater, damp soil,
and even in body fluids of other organism

Best example of protists are dinoflagellates and euglenoids.

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EXAMPLES OF PROTISTS
BACTERIA
 ALGAE
CYANOBACTERIA – are important oxygen producers also known
as blue-green
 AMOEBA algae
 NITROGEN-FIXING
 PARAMECIUM BACTERIA – can take the nitrogen from the
atmosphere and attach it to their own atoms
 EUGLENA
 CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC – bacteria that USES CHEMICALS and
not food or light to survive

Bacteria are the most versatile organism in terms of

metabolism
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FUNGI
 common fungi that we know are mushrooms, bread molds, and big
toadstools
 are heterotrophs and they feed on dead or decaying matter
 their bodies are threadlike appearance
 fungi, bacteria and slime molds function as decomposers to bring
back the soluble nutrients to the environment

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VIRUSES
 all microorganisms such as
bacteria, archaeans, protists and
fungi are all cellular forms of
life
 viruses are acellular infectious
particles, which are often
parasites

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