Microbiome
How many microrganisms are in the microbiome?
Over 100 trillion
What bacteria does antibiotics kill?
Good and bad bacteria.
Most bacteria is mode of one cell?
True or False
True
True or False: The human microbiome contains approximately 100 trillion microorganisms. Most of these are bacteria.
True
What does microbiome mean?
All the microorganisms that live in a particular environment.
What is a group of cells?
A Tissue
What are your symptoms if you have C. Jejuni (like Patient 23)?
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever
The relative size of things
Scale
What was 1 similarity and 1 difference between the gut of a patient 23 in Week 1 versus Week 3?
Similarity: Several of the bacteria were the same.
Difference: Week 3 - Had Epsionproteobacteria - (including C. jejuni -seen in yellow-orange)
What does your bacteria in your body need to survive?
Food and space.
What do antibiotics do?
They kills good and bad bacteria.
A healthy microbiome has what?
Various types of healthy bacteria
What happens to your microbiome when you take antibiotics?
The antibiotics kill both good and bad bacteria.
Most bacteria can't be seen with the human eye.
True or False (explain)
True - because they are microscopic
Which is bigger - a molecule or a microorganism? Explain your answer.
A microorganism is bigger. Microorganisms are made of molecules. Molecules are made of atoms.
What reduces the levels of bacteria in the human microbiome?
Antibiotics
How can bacteria enter your microbiome?
Bacteria can enter your microbiome through
untreated wounds and spoiled foods
What bacteria cause food poisoning and how does it do that?
Salmonella. It causes us to feel like that because it gets in our gut and makes us feel sick.
Why are cells called cells? ( you must say who named them)
They are called cells because Robert Hooke looked a a cork and saw that they looked like rooms so he called them cells.
An ______ of harmful bacteria in the human microbiome can make a person sick
Infection