Human Gut microbiome
about how many organisms live in the human gut microbiome?
100 Trillion
Too small to be seen with the human eye
Did scientists have BIG arguments about cells?
YES.
True or false: bacteria are mostly made of one cell
True
Are bacteria gross and completely useless the the human gut microbiome?
Bacteria is significant to the human gut microbiome! They may be gross, however they prevent sickness from harmful bacteria!
Microorganism
Where does the meaning cells come from?
When Robert Hooke discovered cells, he thought it looked like a room thus giving the name "cell"
Bacteria can move using the?
Flagellum
What does antibiotics do to the human gut microbiome?
Antibiotics kill helpful and harmful bacteria, leaving space for new bacteria to come in.
Scale
Something that is measured by size
Who was the first to claim that cells are alive?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Bacteria can reproduce by?
Binary fission
The human gut microbiome contains many bacteria and microorganisms, however most of them are?
Bacteria
What are Eukaryotes?
Eukaryotes are all living things, that contain Fungi, protists, Animals, and plants. They contain a nucleus.
Who saw the cells more clearly using a new type of microscope?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
True or false: The human microbiome has harmful bacteria that can help break down food.
True, for example E.coli helps digest food and aren't dangerous when there are small amounts of them.
What do fecal transplants do in the human gut microbiome?
What is a Prokaryotes?
They are single-celled bacteria that lacks a nucleus, and instead their genetic information just floats around.
Who first discovered cells?
Robert Hooke
True or false: Bacteria can live without food and space
False: bacteria need food and space. This is why harmful bacteria can't live when there are other helpful bacteria