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Allies And Enemies: How The World Depends On Bacteria

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Microorganism is living organism( such as bacteria, fungi, viruses) too small to be seen with naked eye but visible under a microscope. Also called But as long as humans microbe(Dictionary.com)can’t live without carbon, nitrogen, protection from disease and the ability to fully digest their food, they can’t live without bacteria, said Anne Maczulak , a microbiologist and author of the book “Allies and Enemies: How the World Depends on Bacteria”(FT Press,2010)
Microorganisms are crucial because they play a vital role in many processes that involve human life and health. They are present in nature as well as in synthetically produced products designed to improve life. This essay will discuss the microorganism correspondence to the humans by explaining the structure and function of …show more content…

Firstly, Eukaryotic cells are all cells which have a nucleus. All animal, plant and fungi cells, for example, are eukaryotic. On the other hand, bacteria are prokaryotic: they have no definitive nucleus. Eukaryotic may have membranes within the cell which form part of encapsulated organelles e.g mitochondria and chloroplasts whereas prokaryotic only have one cell: cell surface membrane. The spherical shaped of mitochondria with folded inner membrane forms cristae which is the site of ATP production. Almost all cell activities that require energy are driven by ATP. In Prokaryotic, DNA is free in cytoplasm, in the form of a single loop called a circular chromosome as well as some smaller DNA loops called plasmids

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