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Numerically Speaking, _______ are the most dominant form of life on Earth.
Microbes
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_______ may have been the first form of life on Earth.
Microbes
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Microbes _____, _____, & _______ ecological balance.
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Without microbes all other ____________.
______forms of life would cease to exist.
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Microbes live in _________.
_____ diverse and sometimes extreme environments.
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Microbes have many processes in common ____________.
______ with other forms of life.
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Some microbes exhibit unique ______ & _______ processes.
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Microbes may be _________ or _________ cells.
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______, _____, and ______ are the smallest microbes and are _________.
- Prions; viroids; viruses
- Acellular
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Bacteria represent the major group of _________.
Prokaryotes
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One bacterium can multiply into ______ bacteria in ______ hours.
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The humban body contains more ________ cells than _______ cells.
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Microbes account for about _____ % of our body weight.
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One square centimeter of human skin may contain _____ microbes.
100,000 microbes
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The number of _____ bacteria that will live in your intestines during your liftime will outnumber all _______________.
- E. coli
- humans who have ever lived on Earth
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In ______, who lost mmore troops to microbes than to the Russian Army.
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The fraction of microbes that cause _____ is far less than the fraction of __________________.
- disease
- humans that commit first degree murder
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Microbes either ________ produce ______ useful to humans or can be ______ _____ to produce them.
- naturally
- products
- genetically engineered
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Microbes are very useful in _______ _______.
Biological Research
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Many people will ____ & _____ without knowing that microbes exist.
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