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Antibiotics
Medicines that kill microorganisms , especially bacteria.
Bacteria
Tiny organisms that are made of a single cell.
Cells
The tiny structures that make up all living things and are the smallest units able to perform life functions.
Claim
A proposed answer to a question about the natural world.
Evidence
Information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim.
Infection
Sickness caused by harmful microorganisms.
Microbiome
All of the microorganisms that live in a particular environment, such as a human body.
Microorganisms
An organism that is to small to be seen with the naked eye.
Microscopic
To small to be seen with the naked eye
Organisms
Living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria.
Population
A group of the same type of organism living in the same area.
Reasoning
The process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim.
Scale
The relative size of things.
Scientific argument
A claim supported by evidence.
B. fragilis
A bacteria that helps the body produce immune cells.
L. reuteri
A bacteria that helps the body produce gut mucus.
C. jejuni
A bacteria that can cause food poisoning (diarrhea, vomiting, and fever) It made patient 23 sick in week 3.
C. difficile
A bacteria that can cause stomach pains, diarrhea, and bloating. It made patient 23 VERY sick.
Fecal transplant
A medical procedure where a doctor takes the feces from a healthy gut microbiome and puts it into the gut of a person with an unhealthy gut microbiome.
Salmonella
A type of bacteria commonly found in chickens and other animals that can cause food poisoning (vomiting, diarrhea and intestinal pain.