Do you know about microbes?

Microbes inhabit almost every part of the human body. Sometimes they cause sickness to human beings but most of the micro-organisms living in the human hosts, providing vital functions essential for human survival. Trillions of micro-organisms are living in our bodies. It is estimated that 90% of cells in the human body are filled with bacteria, fungi, and other micro-organisms.

What are bacteria? Do you know about it?

Bacteria is a microscopic and single-cell organism. These organisms can live in soil, ocean, and inside the human guts. It reproduces through binary fission. Bacteria is one of the primitive organisms and found to be the oldest organism. In humans and animals, most of the bacteria exist in the gut and a large number on the skin. The study of bacteria is known as bacteriology. Nearly all animal life is dependent on the organism. Bacteria are used in fermentation processes, such as brewing, baking, cheese, and manufacturing. They are also used in agriculture, such as in composting processes and as pesticides. Bacteria play a key role in nitrogen fixation.

What is the weight of microbes present in the human body?

The human body contains trillions of micro organisms-outnumbering human cells by 10 to 1. because of their small size, however, microorganisms makeup only about 1 to 3 percent of the body's mass( in a 200-pound adult, that's 2 to 6 pounds of bacteria), but play a vital role in human health.

So, if you are 100 kg in weight then you have (1 -3) kg of bacteria in your body

 Scientists say that 57% of our body is not human. 

Human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count. The rest are microscopic colonists. This includes bacteria, viruses, fungi, and Archaea (organisms originally misclassified as bacteria). The greatest concentration of this microscopic life is in the dark murky depths of our oxygen-deprived bowels.

DISEASES CAUSED BY BACTERIA.

Salmonella: It causes food poisoning.

Helicobacter pylori: It causes gastritis and ulcers

Neisseria gonorrhoeae: It causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea.

Neisseria meningitides: It causes meningitis

Staphylococcus aureus: It causes a variety of infections in the body, including boils, cellulitis, abscesses, wound

infections, Toxic shock syndrome, pneumonia, and food poisoning.

Streptococcal bacteria: It causes a variety of infections in the body, including pneumonia, meningitis, ear infections, and strep throat.

Bacterial diseases are contagious and can result in many serious or life-threatening complications, such as blood poisoning (bacteremia), kidney failure, and toxic shock syndrome.

Other diseases caused by bacteria:

1. Cholera
2. Tuberculosis
3. Leprosy
4. Plague
5. Syphilis
6. Anthrax
7. Scarlet fever
8. Diphtheria
9. Tetanus

Bacteria can grow very fast and can cause infections and diseases if not reduce. So we should bath regularly to remove bacteria from the skin which helps to prevent us from skin infections.

Remedy for bacterial diseases.

The body reacts to disease-causing bacteria by increasing local flow(inflammation) and sending in cells from the immune system to attack and destroy the bacteria. Antibodies produced by the immune system attach to the bacteria and help in their destruction. They may also inactive toxins produced by particular pathogens, for example, tetanus and diphtheria.

Serious infections can be treated with antibiotics, which work by disrupting the bacterium's metabolic processes, although antibiotic-resistant strains are starting to emerge. Immunization is available to prevent many important bacterial diseases such as Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib), tetanus, and whooping cough...

So we can conclude that human beings and bacteria have a deep relation. Bacteria are useful as well as some bacteria are dangerous which can cause crucial diseases in plants and animals.