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Microbes are organisms that we can not see without using a microscope.
The major groups of microbes:
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Eubacteria
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Archeobacteria
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Protozoans
 Fungi
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Viruses http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact303/MajorGroupsOfProkaryotes http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact303/MajorGroupsOfProkaryotes

“True Bacteria” http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact303/MajorGroupsOfProkaryotes cocci
Three basic shapes bacilli spirilla

Causes Strep throat
Streptococcus pyogenes http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lecturespyo

The spirochete Treponema pallidum
Causes Syphilis http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lecturesyphilis

Causes Lyme disease..
Ticks are the carriers.
Borrelia burgdorferi FA stain (CDC) http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lecturelyme

Stained with violet dye purple
Treated then with Iodine
Rinsed with alcohol
Stained again with Safranine pink
Gram negative
Gram positive
Stains work differently with different cell walls

http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/Video/Bcereus.html
A Gram positive rod is Bacillus cereus. This bacteria is one of a group of gram postive rods which are aerobic, ubiquitous and form endospores .Because its spores are heat resistance, they are difficult to kill. Toxins may be produced. Food spoilage is a favorite of these organisms

“Ancient Bacteria”
Thermacidophiles
Methanogens
Halophiles http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact303/ b12
Boulder Springs, Yellowstone

http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/virtual.htm
http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact303/b12 http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/Video/video.html
http://biology.nwc.cc.wy.us/biology/b1010lab/bactyp es.htm
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/kloschky/MoneransFol der/eubacteria.html

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