Extensive Information and Guidance on Good and Bad Bacteria

Expert Advice on Good and Bad Bacteria...

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.

October's Most Popular Articles...

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… [228 views in Oct]
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 of… [212 views in Oct]
How and When Were Bacteria Discovered?: Anton van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch cloth merchant, was the first person to see bacteria. During the 1660s he started to grind glass lenses to… [170 views in Oct]
When Were Antibiotics Discovered?: Sulphonamide drugs, which could be used to treat bacterial infections in people, were available from 1935 but the first true antibiotic did not… [152 views in Oct]
Bacillus Cereus, Cereals and Rice: Bacillus cereus is a species of bacteria that causes severe food poisoning. As its name suggests, it is a rod-shaped bacterium; it is also gram… [118 views in Oct]
Friendly Bacteria in the Digestive System: Friendly bacteria in the digestive system occur mainly in the colon, also called the large intestine, and in the part of the small… [90 views in Oct]