|
Home | Forums | Gallery | Register | Video Directory | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Games | Today's Posts | Search | Chat Room |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
||||
|
||||
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
__________________
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams |
Sponsored Links |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
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
|
#3
|
||||
|
||||
Amazing facts about microbes -- thanks for posting.
|
#4
|
||||
|
||||
Subjects like this make me itch!!!
__________________
Boats O Almighty Lord God, who neither slumberest nor sleepest; Protect and assist, we beseech thee, all those who at home or abroad, by land, by sea, or in the air, are serving this country, that they, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore in all perils; and being filled with wisdom and girded with strength, may do their duty to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. "IN GOD WE TRUST" |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Election Fun Facts...... | HARDCORE | Political Debate | 1 | 11-04-2008 08:32 AM |
Facts Are Facts! The Right To Bear Arms Saves Lives | urbsdad6 | Political Debate | 1 | 06-03-2005 06:47 PM |
Just the facts | Bendt Ten Brock | General | 0 | 01-25-2004 05:41 AM |
The Facts Of War!!!! | HARDCORE | General Posts | 1 | 03-23-2003 10:58 AM |
|