Curriculum
Science — First Preparatory
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Microbes
Microbes
Lesson summary
Lesson summary
- Microbes are tiny organisms including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, microscopic algae and viruses.
- Useful microbes include yeast and bacteria used in making bread and yoghurt, and the mould that produces penicillin.
- Harmful microbes cause cholera, influenza and malaria.
- After n divisions by binary fission, the number of cells = 2n.
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