Something that is too small to see with the naked eye:
Microscopic
What is an infection caused by?
Harmful bacteria invading your body.
What does key concept 1 tell us?
Many organisms are small-so small they cannot be seen with the naked eye.
What does bacteria need to survive?
Food and Space.
What infection did Patient 23 get in week 3?
The C. jejuni infection.
What does 'Antibiotics' mean?
Medicines that kill microorganisms, especially bacteria.
The place where microorganisms live:
the Microbiome.
Everything is made of cells. True or False?
False; all living things are made of cells.
A healthy micobiome has many types of bacteria. True or False?
True.
After the antibiotics treatment, the ____ bacteria was missing.
the 'prevotella' bacteria.
______ are tiny organisms that are made of a single cell.
Bacteria...
A microscopic organism is called a...
Almost all cells are ____.
Microscopic
What makes a person sick?
An infection of harmful bacteria.
Why did Patient 23 get the C. Difficile infection in week 7?
Because there was less good bacteria, and more food and space for the C. difficile bacteria to reproduce.
...Cells.
All living things are ______.
organims.
What is smaller cells or molecules?
Molecules; they make up cells.
Do antibiotics kill only harmful bacteria or all/most of them?
Sadly, All/most of them :(
After the antibiotics treatment, ___ of Patient 23's gut bacteria was missing.
This part of CER (Claim Evidence Reasoning) the claim.
Evidence.
What is a group of the same type of organisms living in the same area:
a population
How may microorganisms are on and in the human microbiome approximatly?
100 Trillion
Fewer bacteria in the gut makes it easier to become infected with bad bacteria. True or false?
True; If there are fewer good bacteria, there is more food and space for bad bacteria to reproduce.
Why was Patient 23 feeling well after the fecal tansplant?
Because it filled up the gut bacteria and used the space and food the C. difficile would have used to make him sick.