1. Don’t fear bacteria because they’re there to help you!
How do bacteria help us? Describe the role of bacteria in helping maintain our health, particularly in the digestive tract. Include some examples of common species that are involved.
How do bacteria help us? Describe the role of bacteria in helping maintain our health, particularly in the digestive tract. Include some examples of common species that are involved.
2. Take care of your bacteria so that they can take care of you!
What helps and hurts bacteria? Describe factors that help maintain and damage a healthy bacterial flora. What diseases can develop as a consequence?
What helps and hurts bacteria? Describe factors that help maintain and damage a healthy bacterial flora. What diseases can develop as a consequence?
3. Sometimes things go wrong and bacteria make us ill!
What happens when the bad bacteria takeover from the good bacteria or the bad bacteria get into the wrong places? Describe what happens when bacteria get past your immune system or the wrong bacteria get into your digestive tract. Include some examples of common illnesses caused by bacteria, typical symptoms for each illness, and usual treatment for each illness.
What happens when the bad bacteria takeover from the good bacteria or the bad bacteria get into the wrong places? Describe what happens when bacteria get past your immune system or the wrong bacteria get into your digestive tract. Include some examples of common illnesses caused by bacteria, typical symptoms for each illness, and usual treatment for each illness.
4. Bacteria are talented & do many other things for us!
Besides helping to maintain our health, how else are bacteria useful? Describe common and innovative applications of bacteria such as production of food, pharmaceuticals, and energy.
Besides helping to maintain our health, how else are bacteria useful? Describe common and innovative applications of bacteria such as production of food, pharmaceuticals, and energy.