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Did you know that 3kg of your body weight is solely due to the millions of bacteria that live in your intestines? Or that bacteria can live everywhere on Earth apart from Antarctica? Or that the bacteria that cause tuberculosis infect a third of the world's population? TypesofBacteria is a complete information resource about bacteria that includes these fascinating facts as part of a unique exploration of the hidden world of bacteria.
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How Many Types of Bacteria Are There?
HOW MANY TYPES OF BACTERIA ARE THERE?: In 1998, an American microbiologist worked out that the number of bacteria on Earth at that time was five million trillion trillion. This is…
How Do Disinfectants and Antiseptics Work?
HOW DO DISINFECTANTS AND ANTISEPTICS WORK?: Disinfectants and antiseptics do the same thing – they kill bacteria very rapidly on contact. A distinction between the two types…
What is a Strep Throat?
WHAT IS A STREP THROAT?: The term strep throat can be used by some people to mean any type of severe sore throat but medically it has a very specific definition. It is a sore throat caused by…
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Bacteria in Everyday Life: Bacteria in the Home, Bacteria and Tooth Decay,...
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Case Studies: I Got Hot Tub Folliculitis!, I Nearly Died from Toxic Shock: Case...
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Re: How and When Were Bacteria Discovered?
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