Germs are all over the world in all kinds of places.

Our bodies are pretty amazing. Day after day they work hard to digest food, pumping blood and oxygen, sending signals from our brains and our nerves, and more. But a group of tiny invaders that can make our bodies sick, they are called microbes. Some children may think that germs are bugs or Cooties or other gross stuff. In fact, germs are a tiny organisms or living things that can cause disease. Germs are so small and insidious that they get into our bodies without being noticed. In fact, germs are so small that it is necessary to use a microscope to see them. When they get into our body, we do not know what strikes us, until we have symptoms that say we were attacked! What types of microbes out there? Germs are all over the world in all kinds of places. There are four main types of microbes are: bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa. They can penetrate into plants, animals and people, and sometimes they make us sick. Bacteria (eg back-Tir-e-e-e-e), a tiny, single-cell creatures that get nutrients from their environment to live. In some cases the surrounding environment is the human body. Bacteria can reproduce outside the body or inside the body as they cause infection. Some bacteria cause infection include pain in the throat (tonsillitis or strep throat), ear infections, cavities and pneumonia (eg: new

mo-Nyuh). But not all bacteria are bad. Some bacteria are good for our body, they help keep things in balance. Good bacteria live in our intestines and help us use the nutrients in food that we eat and make waste from what remains. We could not make much of a healthy diet without these important helper germs! Some bacteria are also used by scientists in laboratories to produce medicines and

(eg, vaccination-seens). Viruses (eg: VY-Rus-TO) should be inside living cells grow and multiply. Most viruses can not exist very long if they are not a living creature, as plant, animal or human. Regardless of the virus lives in is called the master. When viruses get inside the body of people, they can spread and make people sick. Viruses cause chickenpox, measles, influenza and many other diseases. Because some viruses can live for some time how the door handle or countertop, be sure to wash your hands regularly! Fungi (eg, fun-guy) are multicellular (with many cells), plant organisms. Unlike other plants, fungi can not make their own food from soil, water and air. Instead, fungi get food from plants, humans and animals. They like to live in damp, warm places, and many fungi are not dangerous in healthy people. An example of mycosis caused by fungi that itchy rash that teens and adults sometimes get on your fingers. The easiest (eg pro-Toh-zoh-uh) is strattera dosing a single-cell organisms that love moisture and often spread diseases through water. Some protozoa cause intestinal infections that cause diarrhea, nausea and abdominal pain. .