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Both, there are good bacteria to help make you better and there are bad bacteria to make you sick. That is where the common cold comes from.

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What is a good thing about bacteria?

They help make most medicines and even some foods too! They can be both harmful and helpful. It's hard to believe, but it's true!:)


How can bacteria be both harmful and helpful?

Bacteria can be helpful by forming food compounds and fighting diseases. But they can also make us ill when it's get high


Is protozoa harmful or helpful?

Paramecium cilia are little hairs around its body that can make it move in different directions. It is beneficial to the paramecium to get food (bacteria) and there are no harmful effects.


What harmful thing does bacteria do?

Bacteria can make you get a harmful diseese, and you could dye. ( I think )


What must food have to make it hazardous?

Several foods are prone to developing harmful bacteria sooner than others. They are usually raw foods like seafood and chicken. The traits that make them potentially hazardous are the fact that they provide a good breeding ground for bacteria.


Are paramecium good or evil?

A paramecium is not harmful. Paramecia generally feed on bacteria and other small cells.


Ways that bacteria are helpful?

Bacteria in your mouth help produce saliva and enzymes, and bacteria in your stomach and intestines keep them healthy and break down food. Bacteria can even make foods, like yogurt, beer, or bread.


How are micro-or-ganisms helpful?

They preserve food so it can keep for longer. Also they help make bread, keep us alive and kill harmful bacteria...


How can bacteria be harmful to your health?

Some bacteria make you sick by interfering with the chemistry of your body, by poisoning you with their waste products, or by excessively stimulating your immune system. Some bacteria are helpful to your bodily functions, notably those that normally live in your intestines. Most bacteria have no effect on people.


Is harmful and not helpful are the same?

Nope. Not helpful means I don't to help make people sad mostly. Harmful means you are doing a offense


Harmful effects of bacteria?

some harmful effects of bacteria include: can cause decease's, sickness, unusual behavior in victim, spoil food. But there are many more.


How are Bacteria Helpful?

Bacteria can be helpful by helping you digest your food, make dairy products, clean water, help produce oxygen, decompose wast, and keep our Earth clean!