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Old 08-10-2009, 10:26 PM
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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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OK so I had to look it up , a microb is a microorganism . A germ. I think I killed 7,000,000 in the shower this morning
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Amazing facts about microbes -- thanks for posting.
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