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_________ is a single microscopic, single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles. These tiny organisms are fundamental to understanding microbial life.
Microbes live almost ________________________ on Earth
everywhere
Scientists who study microbes are called ___________.
microbiologists
Scientists have discovered microbes living in the _________ of hot springs in Yellowstone National Park.
boiling waters
Microbiology is the study of_______________.
microorganisms or microbes.
________ is a rigid protective layer surrounding bacterial cell membranes.
Cell Wall
Microbes can be found:
- On your _____________
skin
The root word “micro” comes from _______ and means______.
Greek
“small”.
Microbes can even survive in _____. Microbes were found on the unmanned lunar lander Surveyor 3.
space
Some microbes or “germs”, such as bacteria and mold, can grow on___, _________, and_______ that people produce.
food,
dirty clothes,
garbage
Microbes are tiny organisms that are neither _______________ nor ______________.
Plants
Animals
Microbes can also be found in your _____________________, _____________________, _____________________, and inside your body
mouth
nose
hair
We have ______ of microbes inside and outside of our bodies
trillions
Microbes can multiply__________, it is normal to find millions of them in the same location.
extremely quickly
At the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, NASA microbiologists study the small microbes in the ___, ____, _____, and________________________.
air,
water,
food,
surfaces of the ISS.
A large part of the mass of your body is actually something else:________,__________ and ___________.
bacteria
viruses
fungi.
NASA scientists have reported that some germs on the ISS can ______ _ _ _____ ___ than they do on Earth.
increase to a higher number
A single teaspoon of garden soil contains over ____ microbes of bacteria.
1 billion
When NASA scientists examined the television camera back on Earth, they were surprised to find some bacteria called ____________________ _____ were still alive.
Streptococcus mitis
While many microbes on Earth are harmless, and can even be helpful to humans, some microbes can be unsafe. Those are called:
pathogens
Microbes have been around for ____ of years
billions of years
A single teaspoon of garden soil contains about _______________ of fungi.
120,000 microbes of fungi
A single teaspoon of garden soil contains about _____ ____ of algae.
25,000 microbes of algae.
Microbes are able to______ to the ever-changing environment.
adapt
What are two ways normal bacteria can enter a state of deep sleep?
frozen
dried