Bacteria
Archaebacteria
Cholera
Anthrax
E. Coli in our gut
Guess how many more bacteria
cells we have in our body than
human cells?
We have ten times the amount of bacteria
cells than human cells
Cell Shapes
Name each
shape
Bacteria Colonies
Gram Stain
Gram positive
Gram negative
Binary Fission
Conjugation
Endospores
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Cyanobacteria
Human uses for bacteria
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Food
Antibiotics
They can even clean up oil spills
Some live in our bodies, such as in the
intestines to help us digest food
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ule_1/images/bacteria.jpg
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Cho
lera_bacteria_SEM.jpg
• http://www.aenvirocure.com/DB_DATA/contams/organic/i
mages/bacteria_pili.jpg
• http://www.karlloren.com/biopsy/images/TEMFission_rod.jpg
• http://kirstyne.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/bacteria.jpg
• http://www.wnysmart.org/botulism%20micro.jpg
• http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/staff/dave/roanoke/fig10_10.jpg
• http://universe-review.ca/I11-49-endospore.jpg
• http://homepages.wmich.edu/~rossbach/bios312/LabProcedures/Gr
amposcocci.jpg
• http://student.ccbcmd.edu/courses/bio141/lecguide/unit1/prostruct/i
mages/gnrod.jpg
• http://www.daviddarling.info/images/cocci.jpg
• http://biology.unm.edu/ccouncil/Biology_124/Images/spirilli.jpg
• http://www.wired.com/news/images/full/anthrax_cas_005kn_f.jpg
• http://www.clcbio.com/scienceimages/cyanobacteria.png
• http://www.bact.wisc.edu/themicrobialworld/Rhizobium.combo.jpg
• http://www.bact.wisc.edu/themicrobialworld/plated.jpeg