What is the difference between microorganisms and bacteria?

Answer 1

Germ is non medical term of microorganism which includes parasite, amoeba, fungus, bacteria, richetchia, virus, and so many others.

Bacteria is one of the germ. usually the germ causes disease, but some germ are good for us, so called friendly germ.

Answer 2

Germ is an everyday word for microbes that cause sickness. A microbe is any living thing that is small enough that you can't see it with your eyes alone (you need some type of microscope).

also a germ is found on hands

Answer 3

Microbes are tiny organisms which can only be seen using a microscope.

Virus are tiny ents, which hold genetic info but lack of the metabolic machinery to live; they aren't even considered living things.

Fungi are a kind of organism that builds its cell walls with chitin, conjugate their cells in an arrengement called hypha and can, not all of them, reproduce sexually.

Answer 4

Microorganisms are tiny living organisms that include bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa. Bacteria are a specific type of microorganism that are single-celled prokaryotic organisms that come in various shapes and sizes. Therefore, all bacteria are microorganisms, but not all microorganisms are bacteria.

Answer 5

Microbes are microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc., while the bacteria specifically refers to bacteria.

Answer 6

They are relatively the same. Microorganisms could be diseases or good things. Bacteria could be diseases or good things.

Answer 7

no