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What are the 3 main microbes?

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The Microbes are known as organisms the 3 focal ones are

Bacteria - eg. salmonella, Diarrhoeal, shigellae and more they are common diseases u can find in bacterial water

Fungus - this causes athletes foot which is rather disgusting, it infects your feet, it can happen by sharing same towel with an infected person AND it makes moulds you see in expired food.

Virus - these microbes spread and they are like HIV/AIDS, they only infect living organisms the cells, rabies, influenza (the flu), cough but the difference is HIV can kill you

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Bacillus thuringiensis - a common soil bacterium that is a natural pest-killer in gardens and on crops.

Arbuscular mycorrhizas - fungus living in the soil that helps crops take up nutrients from the soil.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae - baker's yeast that makes bread rise.

Escherichia coli - one of many kinds of microbes that live in your digestive system to help you digest your food every day.

Streptomyces - bacteria in soil that makes an antibiotic used to treat infections.

Pseudomonas putida - one of many microbes that clean wastes from sewage water at water treatment plants.

Lactobacillus acidophilus - one of the bacteria that turn milk into yogurt

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Any organism too small to see with the unaided eye is classified as a microorganism. These include bacteria, viruses, protozoa (such as the paramecium and ameba), various type of plankton, and many other things.

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bacteria, fungi, archaea, and protists, plankton

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two examples:

a) dairy products, (cheese, yogurt, etc)

b) yeast (added to make beer/wine)

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Some examples are fungi, bacteria, viruses, and so on.

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plantae, amimalia

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