Bacteria
This is considered the basic unit of life. Most bacteria consist of only one of these.
What is a cell?
The human body contains approximately this many microorganisms.
What is 100 trillion?
The number of weeks patient 23 was monitored for microbiome data.
What is 9?
Bacteria cells are ___________ than human cells.
What is smaller?
Most bacteria are measured using this unit.
What is a micrometer?
Mice with this type of microbiome were shown to be more likely to get very sick from salmonella bacteria.
What is a low-bacteria gut microbiome?
At week 3, Patient 23 was not feeling well and had this species of bacteria in their microbiome.
What is C. jejuni?
_________ are smaller than molecules.
What are atoms?
This bacteria is commonly found in foods like raw chicken and eggs.
What is salmonella?
This word means "a living thing that is too small to be seen with the naked eye"
What is a microorganism?
When patient 23 went to the doctor in week 3 for their illness, they took this type of medicine which kills both bad and good bacteria.
What are antibiotics?
________________ are made of atoms but are still smaller than cells.
What are molecules?
B. Fragillis helps with the growth of this type of cell
What are immune cells?
This is the place in the body where most microorganisms live.
What is the gut?
What is C. difficile / C. diff?
Molecules are measured in ___________.
What are nanometers?
L. Reuteri resides in the gut of a healthy human and aids in the production this.
What is gut mucus?
Most bacteria in the gut microbiome protect the human body by doing this.
What is lining the gut to prevent harmful bacteria from entering?
Between weeks 7 and 9, patient 23 had this procedure which made them feel healthy and have a full microbiome once again.
What is a fecal transplant?
Cells and microorganisms are measured in __________.
What are micrometers?