Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Meet some of your Bacteria

Amplify’d from www.telegraph.co.uk

Meet some of the bacteria that make up 90 per cent of the living cells in your body









Computer artwork of bacteria (blue and green) on human skin. Many types of bacteria are found on human skin, especially associated with sweat glands and hair follicles. They usually cause no problems, although some can cause acne. Bacteria usually only become a problem if they penetrate the skin, for example through a wound or cut.
Computer artwork of Helicobacter pylori bacteria in the stomach. H.pylori has been linked to ulcers and stomach cancers.
Computer artwork of chains of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. This Gram-positive oval-shaped bacterium is one of the causes of pneumonia. Although found living harmlessly in the body, S. pneumoniae can cause dangerous opportunistic infections of the lungs.

Computer artwork of Escherichia coli bacteria inside the intestines - they can cause bacterial diarrhoea
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