What are some unusual places where you can find microbes?

These extreme microbial environments can include thermophiles thriving in compost heaps, bacteria under enormous pressure on the sea floor, our own microbiota at low pH in the stomach, heavy-metal-adapted strains in mines and fungi surviving extreme radiation in Chernobyl.

1. Where are some of the places where we can find microbes?
2. Where are microbes found in the environment?
3. Why are microbes found everywhere?
4. Where are bacteria found?
5. Where do microbes live on the skin?
6. Where do your first microbes come from?
7. What is the dirtiest room in the house?

Where are some of the places where we can find microbes?

Microorganisms are found in almost every habitat present in nature, including hostile environments such as the North and South poles, deserts, geysers, and rocks. They also include all the marine microorganisms of the oceans and deep sea.

Where are microbes found in the environment?

Microbes live in every kind of habitat (terrestrial, aquatic, atmospheric, or living host) and their presence invariably affects the environment in which they grow. Their diversity enables them to thrive in extremely cold or extremely hot environments.

Why are microbes found everywhere?

Microbes grow and reproduce in habitats where no other organisms can survive. They can be found in hot springs and deep underground veins of water, in volcanic rock beneath the ocean floor, in extremely salty water in the Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea, and below the ice of Antarctica.

Where are bacteria found?

Bacteria are found in every habitat on Earth: soil, rock, oceans and even arctic snow. Some live in or on other organisms including plants and animals including humans. There are approximately 10 times as many bacterial cells as human cells in the human body.

Where do microbes live on the skin?

Microorganisms (viruses, bacteria and fungi) and mites cover the surface of the skin and reside deep in the hair and glands.

Where do your first microbes come from?

Newborn babies get their first microbiome from their mother during birth. During that journey, a newborn baby gets completely covered with bacteria, giving it a brand-new microbiome.

What is the dirtiest room in the house?

The kitchen is the dirtiest room in a house, but germs also collect in the bathrooms, particularly in toothbrushes. Home offices are bacteria-ridden thanks to heavily-touched objects like keyboards and phones. Also on the list is living room carpet, washing machines, and food and water bowls for pets.