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Life under a Microscope: Bacteria

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Life under a Microscope: Bacteria

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microorganism, outnumber, entire, digest, actually, molds, life, probably, harm, microscope, destroy, fact, kinds, when, percent, body

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Life under a Microscope: Bacteria By Brandi Waters

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¹     When you think about life on Earth, you probably think of many living things. Plants, mammals, insects, and reptiles are all a part of life on Earth. We think of these things because they are the things that we see. Want to know something amazing? These creatures make up only a small part of all living things on Earth. "Where are the rest of them?" you might ask. They are here. They are all around us- on us, inside us, everywhere. Most of the living things on Earth are so small that they can only be seen under a microscope. What kinds of living things are so small that we cannot see them? There are many: tiny plants called algae, some kinds of molds and fungi, and bacteria (or germs). These are only a few of the organisms that make up life under a microscope.
 
²     Bacteria are one kind of microorganism. They are very, very small. Hundreds of thousands of bacteria can fit into a space the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Bacteria are everywhere! They are in the ground. They are in our .....
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