Cells
The basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
Microorganisms living in and on your body range from fungi to eyelash mites, but most are...
What are bacteria?
A procedure that transfers healthy gut bacteria to a patient with an unhealthy gut microbiome.
What is a fecal transplant?
Doctors use this to treat bacterial infections.
What are antibiotics?
One words for an environment and the organisms living there is called a
What is a biome?
The command center of the cell, which contains its DNA.
What is the Nucleus?
Bacteria in the human gut help with...
What is digestion?
This bacteria survived in patient 23's gut and got him sick.
What is C. Dificile?
Antibiotics kill these kinds of bacteria.
What are Harmful and helpful bacteria?
The term for the environment and organisms living in the human body.
What is the microbiome?
This type of cells have a cell wall.
What are plant cells?
This bacteria is commonly found in chickens and causes food poisoning.
Salmonella
They transfer this to one patient to another in a fecal transplant.
What is feces?
The invasion of harmful bacteria or other microorganism.
What is an infection?
The amount of microorganisms living in and on the human body.
How much is 100 trillion?
Tiny organelles that make proteins.
What are ribosomes?
This bacteria help protect the gut by producing mucus.
What is L. Reuteri?
When lots of helpful bacteria are present there is little of this available for harmful bacteria.
What is food or space?
The reduction of helpful bacteria can weaken this.
What is the immune system?
A scientist who studies cells and microorganisms.
Who is a life scientist?
The first scientist to say that cells are living things.
Who is Anton van Leeuwenhoek?
Can introduce harmful bacteria into the body?
What is spoiled food?
In week 9, Patient 23 felt better because there was less of this in their gut microbiome.
What is food and space?
When helpful bacteria thrive it prevent what from multiplying.
What is harmful bactera?
The unit used to measure cells.
What is micrometers?