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few of them feed photosynthetically; by providing food by themselves.

most of them take in ready made food

few of them feed saprophytically; they cause dead organism to decay or decompose, thereby absorbing and feeding on them

most of them feed parasitically; some of them live and feed on living organisms, harming them.

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What are four ways that bacteria are helpful to people?

1 ) some (like in yogurt) eat bad things in your body 2)gets rid of oil spills3) helps clean gas spills4) decomposerWhat some people might not know, is that bacteria is helpful to the human body in numerous ways. Here I will list just 4 ways bacteria helps humans. (1) Certain types of bacteria live in the intestines of humans and they help in digestion and in destroying the harmful organisms. (2) Intestinal bacteria also produces some vitamins required by the human body. (3) There is bacteria that helps to break down lactose in the digestive tract. And lastly, (4) Bacteria on the skin helps to protect humans from different fungus. Bacteria is found everywhere, water, food, and air carries bacteria from one person to another. To keep the harmful bacteria away, remember that antibiotics are the number one killer of harmful bacteria. Always washing your hands with antiseptic soap helps to kill away the bad bacteria.


What happens to most of the bacteria that you swallow with your food?

Most of the time when a bacterium is consumed it is killed either through the acid within your stomach, or by your immune system. On rare occasions the consumption of a bacterium can lead to illness.


What happens to bacteria when irradiation is used?

It gets irradiated and dies or it turns into a mutated super bacteria monster that will enslave all mortal life and force us to worship it as if it were a huge gelatanous God but but one will rise, a hero some call him, he is the one with the strentgh to save us his name BACTERAKIIN BACTERIA-BORN


What is the organism called that gets energy from the food it eats?

Heterotrophs are organisms that obtain energy by consuming other organisms or organic matter. This includes animals, fungi, and some bacteria.


Compare and contrast photosynthesis and chemosynthesis?

Chemosynthesis gets its energy from oxidation of inorganic substance, photosynthesis gets its energy from light. Chemosynthesis could occur just about anywhere there are enough suitable chemicals to oxidize [metabolize], while photosynthesis could occur only when there is sufficient light.

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How does bacteria receive energy?

bacteria gets its enery from sugars that are found in food


What is the symbiotic relationship between bacteria and human intestines?

mutualism because the bacteria gets food and the human gets to decompose of certain foods


How is the way an autotroph gets food different from the way a heterotroph gets food?

Autotrophs is making your own food. Hetetrophs is getting your food a different way


How do you get cross Infection?

you get cross infection through bacteria that gets onto your food


Cross - contamination?

When bacteria from one food items gets onto another food item it is called cross-contamination.


What causes food to expire?

Food will decay if bacteria or fungi is on the food because fungi and bacteria are living organisms so they eat at the flesh of the food which cause the fungi to spread or cause the bacteria to multiply which eventually will cause the food to eventually be 100% decomposed.


How did the bacteria get into shampoo and skin lotion?

It gets old and then bacteria gets in.


Can a person eat bacteria?

Yes, if it gets on their food or if you suck your fingers. For example, salmonella food poisoning. It got caught on your food, you ate it, and probably got really sick from it!


What kind of organism gets food using cilia?

Paramecium is an organism that utilizes cilia to sweep food particles into its oral groove, helping it to feed.


How do heterotrophic gets food?

Some bacteria are heterotrophs and cannot make their own food. Instead, Heterotrophic bacteria must consume other organisms or the food that other organisms make. Heterotrophic bacteria may consume a variety of foods--from milk and meat, which you might also eat, to the decaying leaves on a forest floor


Bacteria gets its nutrients from?

Bacteria gets its nutrients mainly from dead things. The main function of bacteria is to decompose living things once they die and by doing this it gets it nutrients.


What conditions are necessary for bacteria and yeast to grow?

some bacteria requires air and food to suvive while some bacteria gets alive on entering a living body. ex.-a bacteria is dead when it is in non living environwent but when it eenters a living body it becomes alive.