Questions
- What is Bacteria? (Jake)
- How do you collect bacteria? (Amanda)
- What is agar agar or culture media? (Cole)
- List commonly found bacteria? (Ryan)
- Common places to find bacteria? (Amy)
- What creates bacteria? (Patrick)
- What are the effects of bacteria? (Ray)
- How does bacteria effect your daily life? (Greg)
- What questions should we use to poll the school? (Everyone)
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ReplyDeletePet food dish inside rim, Kitchen floor in front of sink
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ReplyDeleteBacteria aids the digestion tract- good bacteria ( intestinal flora) in the digestive tract helps to digest food and minerals and helps to produce vitamins.
Bacteria also helps protect the body against toxins. When the amount of bad bacteria increases in the body, "good" bacteria help to change the bodies conditions, which protects the body from bad bacteria effecting it.
Probiotic (good) bacteria may aid the immune system in fighting off illness and disease. These bacterias are being studied for potential cures for diseases such as cancer.
Bacteria also have crucial roles in the fermentation process and the manufacture of cheese, vinegar and yogurt.
Bacteria may release nitrogen to plants and decomposing organic material.
Bacteria are also used in manufacturing medicines like anti-bacterial medicines.
Used in dairy industry for products such as yogurt and cheese and leather industry for making leather.
Negative
Bacteria can infect your body and destroy your cells.
Bacteria can cause illnesses- dental caries, strep throat, cholera, tuberculosis.
Bacteria can also make our food contaminated.
Bacteria can also spoil food.
Bacteria can cause serious bacterial diseases in both humans and animals.
Bacteria in our environment are not simply potential parasites of humans, but are engaged in many of the processes that affect our existence.
ReplyDelete"Helpful" bacteria prevent the growth of more harmful forms in the biosphere, contribute to the production of foods and medicines (cheese, penicillin), and help our bodies digest food (the probiotics Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium).
Bacteria break down waste products in septic systems, and leaf cellulose in mulch piles. Occasionally even the "harmful" microorganisms will be beneficial, as when they kill off agricultural pests.
Here is the URL
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_bacteria_so_important_in_your_everyday_lives
I found this on a .gov website. it is a about the pulp that is found in paper mills in Canada. Klebsiella Spp., Escherichia coli.Enterobacter spp.and Citrobacter spp.
ReplyDeleteguys I talked to Mr. Funnel and he said for the hw we have to make a new post
ReplyDelete2) In order to collect bacteria you have to use sterile swabs. One would first swab the surface that bacteria were being collected from. When collecting bacteria, it is important to collect more then one sample. When collecting bacteria from water you have to collect a water sample in a sterile container.
ReplyDeleteWhat is Bacteria ?
ReplyDeleteThe word bacteria is the plural of bacterium. Grammatically the headline should just say "What are bacteria?" The incorrect usage has been included in the headline to remind readers that it is wrong - and hopefully help correct an increasingly common mistake in the English language. Bacteria are tiny living beings (microorganisms) - they are neither plants nor animals - they belong to a group all by themselves. Bacteria are tiny single-cell microorganisms, usually a few micrometers in length that normally exist together in millions.
A gram of soil typically contains about 40 million bacterial cells. A milliliter of fresh water usually holds about one million bacterial cells.
Planet Earth is estimated to hold at least 5 nonillion bacteria. Scientists say that much of Earth's biomass is made up of bacteria.
5 nonillion = 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (or 5x1030)
(Nonillion = 30 zeros in USA English. In British English it equals 54 zeros. This text uses the American meaning)
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/157973.php
Poll Questions:
ReplyDeleteIn your opinion what parts of the school do you think have the most bacteria?
Choose from the following?
Bathrooms
drinking fountains
Keyboards
Door handles
Name three place on campus that you think has the most bacteria
ReplyDeleteWe could give them a list of places on campus and ask them to order them from highest amount of bacteria to lowest amount and then compare it to are results.
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ReplyDeleteHow does bacteria affect your life daily?
ReplyDeleteBacteria is everywhere it is helpful and harmful. Helpful bacteria help to stop the growth or spread of harmful bacteria by help int he making of food such as Cheese, yogurt, cabbage, kimchi,tea. Some medicine that is made with bacteria are antibiotics and penicillin, ect.
Harmful bacteria can cause diseases such as bubonic plague or (Black Death), syphilis and lyme disease.