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What bacterium helps make yogurt ?
Lactobacillus
All bacteria are harmful. (True/False)
False
Microbes existed before dinosaurs. (True/False)
True
What color does Gram-positive bacteria appear after staining?
Purple
Which virus is smaller: Influenza or HIV?
HIV
What is the natural habitat of E. coli?
Human intestine
This type of microbe needs a host cell to reproduce.
Virus
Antibiotics can kill viruses. (True/False)
False
This fungus produces the antibiotic penicillin.
Penicillium
What is the dirtiest object most people touch daily?
Their phone screen.
What microbe makes bread fluffy?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Yeast)
Plasmodium makes which mosquito-borne disease?
Malaria
What term describes microbes that live harmlessly on our skin?
Normal flora
What microbe is used to make soy sauce and miso?
Aspergillus oryzae
Where is the most bacteria found in your body?
gut (intestine)