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Bacteria and Archaea's Most Interesting Facts!

cell is about 750 um in diameter.

A bacteria named Deinococcus radiodurans can handle radiation exposure nearly 10,000 times the fatal dose for humans.

A ribosomal RNA gene differs more between two strains of E. coli than it does between a human and a platypus.

At least six different types of bacteria exist in your mouth alone.

Inside your body, bacterial cells outnumber human cells ten to one.

Some species of prokaryotes can move 50 times their body length per second.

Salt is used to preserve food because it soaks up the water out of the bacteria cells; sever water loss inhibits cell reproduction.

Gram staining is used for quickly determining if an infection is due to gram-negative or gram-positive bacteria; it helps tell which antibiotic should be used.

Most endospores are so durable that they can survive boiling water.

In tests on mice, researchers have shown that germ-free subjects must consume over 40 percent more food to survive, compared to an untreated group.

Source:

Biology. Eighth ed. N.p.: Pearson, n.d. Print.

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