Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Micro-organisms
- Fungi
- Can be large or small
- Living cells with nuclei, sometimes forming long strands or hyphae
- Grow longer and release poisons which attack your cells
- Cause ringworm and athletes foot
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- Virus
- Tiny, one millionth of a mm across
- A strand of genetic information surrounded by protein coat. Non living
- Invade your cells, making millions of copies of themselves, destroying cells in the process
- Causes cold, flu, mumps, measles etc.
- Used in genetic engineering. Some kill bacteria
- Bacteria
- Asexual Reproduction
- Binary fission
- Split in two
- Lag, log, stationary and death pahse
- Thousandth of mm across
- Living cells without nuclei but contain loop of genetic information
- Multiply quickly and release poisons
- Cause tetanus, boils, cholera, pneumonia etc.
- Make yoghurt, cheese and soap powder