Fun facts about microbes
30 Million: Estimated number of microbial species
5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000: estimated number of microbes on Earth, half of which are in the sea bed. That's five nonillion.
1,000: number of microbial species that normally live on the surface of our skin
70,000,000,000,000: The number of microbes that live in or on our body.
235 degrees farenheit: Temperature that pyrolobus fumarii bacteria can live and multiply in
0.000004: diameter in inches of the smallest bacteria
0.03: diameter in inches of the largest bacteria, thiomargarita namibiensis. They are visible to the naked eye.
From Scientific American Magazine
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