Microbes
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- Created on: 15-05-16 12:43
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- Microbes
- Bacteria
- Single celled organisms
- Live in body tissues between cells
- They grow in warm, moist and dark places - e.g. in between toes
- They have chromosomes instead of nuclei
- Cell walls, cytoplasm, cell membrane and chromosomes
- Can cause TB, conjunctivitis bronchitis, chlamidia etc
- There are both good and bad types of bacteria
- Viruses
- They are the smallest type of mucrobe
- Only seen by powerful microscopes
- Has a protein coat and a strand of gene
- It can cause MMR, aids, chicken pox, the flu etc
- Protozoa
- Single celled organisms
- These are larger than bacteria
- Has cytoplasm, a food vacuole, a vacuole, a nucleus and cell membrane
- Causes malaria etc
- Fungi
- Yeast is single celled
- Others reproduce in dark damp places
- They can cause mould, but are used in penicillin
- Causes thrush, athlete's foot etc
- Bacteria
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