A number of intriguing medical cases caught our eye this year. Some bacteria live in extreme environments and are known as extremophiles. The Earth's magnetic field pulls the magnetic crystals so the bacteria line up pointing north and south. Remember that scene in Alien where the baby alien erupts from John Hurt's chest? The shelf-life of tap water is about 6 months, after which bacteria starts to grow. The bacteria live together in slimy "snottites" — yes, that's what scientists call them — dangling from the cave walls. I appreciate it. Cutaneous anthrax. Chroococcidiopsi (no idea how you pronounce that one!) Flickr/drpavloffThe New York City subway is a germ-filled place.Thanks to a new study, we now know that we share our commutes with around 600 different species Desulforudis audaxviator. Thanks to Aliivibrio, the squids glow blue-green, so they blend right in with the moonlight. I appreciate your comment. Scientists are continuing to discover weird-as-hell viruses all over the world. There's a suitably grim possibility: it may be ordering its next meal. At the top of most dangerous bacteria Scientifically called as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has ravaged the world for centuries. The action of the membrane resembles that of an eyelid. Thanks for commenting. Us air-breathers use oxygen as to mop them up, but Geobacter and some other underground bacteria dump their electrons on metals instead. But the real problem with radiation is that it rips apart DNA. NOAA, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain image. The Hawaiian bobtail squid has an interesting use for luminescent bacteria. Magnetic bacteria, also called magnetotactic bacteria, detect and respond to the Earth's magnetic field (or to the field created by a magnet placed near them). Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidothiobacillus thiooxidans dine on minerals containing sulphur or iron, such as pyrite ("fool's gold"). Share on LinkedIn. Bacteria, plants, and animals (including humans) produce electrons during metabolic reactions. It's nice to meet you! P. luminescens can get into human wounds, but it usually doesn't cause disease. Learn. Great job, keep up the good work. C. crescentus can live in fresh water, salt water and even tap water (don't fret, it doesn't typically cause disease). Scientific Reports , 2021; 11 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80034-5 Cite This Page : Rebecca Mealey from Northeastern Georgia, USA on July 03, 2013: Goodness, how informative and thorough! A bacteria called Wolbachia gets weird when it invades gonads of butterflies and other insects. It's nocturnal and spends the night buried in sand or mud. Thank you so much for the comment, Bill! Hi, Elias. Thanks for bringing so much information into our lives. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you gave an elephant too much LSD, or if you cut the head off an animal and put it on another animal? The high pressure prevents the water from boiling. I appreciate your visit. Answer: Nostoc is a genus of organisms known as cyanobacteria. Bacteria are tiny organisms and live in many different habitats. Thanks for the visit. The extremophiles, in particular, are quite fascinating as they inhabit environments that are so extreme for any other form of life on the planet. Archaeons look similar to bacteria under a microscope… The list of bacteria known to produce an electric current (or a flow of electrons) is growing. Hi, anatomynotes. Both the bacteria and the squid benefit from their relationship. Step outside on a rainy morning, and you'll likely notice the earthy smell of wet soil. :). Strange but true: the brain is shaped by bacteria in the digestive tract. Magnetospirillum carries a compass. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Weird and Dangerous Bacteria Found Inside the Air Conditioner of an Operating Room. An enzyme called luciferase is necessary for the reaction to happen. This corkscrew-shaped bacterium, and others such "magnetotactic" species, align themselves to Earth's magnetic field. The bacterium was discovered in 1956, by scientists trying to sterilise canned food with radiation. Glowing Orange Toes | Erythrasma, Strange Bacteria Infection. You have opened a whole new world to me, thanks so much for the education. Even if radiation shatters its DNA, the bacterium can glue the bits back together, or copy sequences from the backups. I appreciate the share, the pin and the vote, too. Thanks for the visit and the comment, Rebecca, as well as the congratulations! If a sufficient number of bacteria are present, however, they produce enough of the molecule to trigger a specific response. I appreciate the fact that you are the first commenter on my hubs very much!! For example, pathogenic bacteria (ones that cause disease) often have an improved ability to attack the body when they coordinate their behaviour. Several kinds are predators that attack other bacteria. Linda Crampton (author) from British Columbia, Canada on June 18, 2013: Hi, pinto2011. This is the only species of bacteria that has been found in the organ. Writers like you keep HubPages in business. Like the creature from The Blob, the swarm preys on everything in its path. The squid likes Aliivibrio too, because it provides camouflage so the squid can cruise the night-time ocean undetected by predators. It's scary to … Microbes known as archaeons frequently live in extreme conditions. C. crescentus doesn't spend all its life stuck down. They're too small to see with the naked eye, but these microbes have abilities that put superheroes to shame. Its presence in foods like raw milk or soft cheeses can cause food poisoning, with flu-like symptoms or diarrhoea. It was inhabited by a reddish organism. Humans can pick it up at concentrations as low as five parts per trillion. A CU-Boulder-led team has discovered some rare, primitive microorganisms on high volcanoes in … I enjoy creating fiction and poetry, too. I appreciate your support here and on my Facebook page! By Well That's Weird Join us on a descent into the underbelly of society to uncover the wild world of weird. Thank you for the comment. Your office desk contains 400 times more viruses than a toilet. Since magnets are attracted to each other via their opposite poles, the magnetic crystals in the bacteria are attracted to the Earth's magnetic field. For example, fungus-farming ants and beetles use them to protect their crops from other kinds of bacteria. The newest additions – which haven’t yet been licensed – are perhaps the strangest of all, such as the disembodied tails of bacteria and … They grow a flagellum and swim around seeking any metal, dissolved or solid. Gary Martinez fishing for trout at Silver Lake, on the June Lake Loop in the Sierra Nevada. According to WHO data, most of the cases are reported from developing … Thank you very much for the congratulations , Kawi! Alcaligenes faecalis: As its name implies, it was first discovered thriving in feces. Eventually it will build a ladder out of those actin bits, and ride the top of the ladder to move around the cell. Hoping to create a vaccine that would ward off all existing variants of Streptococcus equi (S. equi), the bacteria that causes strangles, … Keywords: career, quirky, work; Asked by zambiekittehcatt to Ian on 17 Mar 2014. I think that the living world is fascinating and I love to write about it at HubPages. Some of the facts are really new to me. For these gooey bacteria, home sweet home is a deep, dark cave dripping with acid. It is interesting to read about the mutually beneficial relationships between bacteria and other organisms. That tradition goes back to 1928, when Alexander Fleming discovered the very first antibiotic, penicillin; bacteria-killing mold was growing in an open petri dish that had been accidentally exposed to the air. Bacteria are single-celled organisms, but that doesn't mean they have to live and work alone. ARS, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain license. Thank you very much, Cynthia. But thanks to Aliivibrio, the squids glow blue-green, so they blend right in with the moonlight. The acid dissolves limestone, which creates tiny gypsum crystals. However, it probably evolved its defenses for a more terrestrial threat: dehydration, which slices up DNA just like radiation. The exploration of electricity production by intestinal bacteria may also be helpful. It thrives in places where there's almost nothing for it to eat. Having taught science I knew about a couple of these things, but a great amount of it I did not. There are a number of different kinds of flashlight fish, all belonging to the same family (the Anomalopidae). Their idea of "fresh air", then, is a place with lots of dissolved metals like iron or manganese, or even uranium or plutonium. It attaches the pilus tip to another bacterium, or to the surface it's crawling on. Some strains of this bacterium make us sick, and others make useful substances in our intestine. So-called hot tub lung is a rare condition caused by bacteria that can thrive in warm water. They are also protected while they are inside the squid. Congratulations on the Hub of the Day...well-deserved with this article. Thank you, Bill. When night arrives, the bacterial population is once again sufficiently concentrated to produce light. Hi, drbj. This week, researchers detailed their finding of relatively mammoth bacteriophages, viruses … Related Stories. In the latter classification scheme, archaeons (members of the Archaea domain) aren't considered to be bacteria. Share on Reddit. \"Extreme\" environments (by human standards) include those with a very high or very low temperature, those with a high pressure, salinity, acidity, alkalinity, or radiation level, or those with no oxygen. You did a lot of research on this one, and your time and effort has resulted in a great Hub about unusual bacteria. They say that the only thing that would survive a massive nuclear explosion would be cockroaches and twinkles (weird american sponge rolls filled with ‘cream’ that last forever – I presume that one is a joke but cockroaches are indeed very tough). But it's not really the soil you're smelling: it's the Streptomyces living in it. Thank you, DDE. Some are harmful, but others support life. Usually it isn't serious, but listeriosis can cause pregnant women to miscarry, and it can be dangerous for people with weakened immune systems. "Normally, Bacillus is rod-shaped; but the starved bacteria shrank until they were almost spherical." Additionally, biofilms grown during spaceflight had a greater number of live cells, more biomass, and were thicker than control biofilms grown under … The animals have a bean-shaped light organ, or photophore, below each eye. The result was the growth of a new species of bacteria: Sulfurimonas marinigri. "All kinds of processes that are normally active in the bacterium were altered. During the American Civil War, soldiers called it the "Angel's Glow". Thermophilic bacteria live around the Champagne Vent in the Marianas Trench. Question: What is the strangest virus/ bacteria you have seen in your career? Cholera. Eleven days later, she watched anxiously from the Kennedy Space Center in the dead of night as her bacteria returned safely. A lot of the medications that we depend upon today were discovered in some distinctly yucky places. Photo by George Poinar, Jr., courtesy of Oregon State University [CC BY-SA 2.0] Another question is could an early form of this plague have been partially responsible for the extinction of the … The bacteria use amino acids and sugars in the light organ as food. Hi, DreamerMeg. Some can survive in extreme environmental conditions that would kill humans; some can produce light or electricity; and some can detect and respond to magnetic fields. Drinks From around the World! P. luminescens spews toxins that kill the insect, enzymes that liquefy it, and antibiotics that prevent any other microbes from getting in on the feast. The world's strangest natural wonders. Linda Crampton (author) from British Columbia, Canada on June 16, 2013: Hi, Martie. As might be expected, scientists are investigating bacteria that emit an electric current in the hope that they can help us. Keywords: career, quirky, work; Asked by zambiekittehcatt to Ian on 17 Mar 2014. This is somewhat like plants, which also get their food from the air, but unlike humans, who have to eat other plants and animals to survive. Michael Daly and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, via Wikimeda Commons, public domain image. Bacteria are single-celled, prokaryotic organisms that come in different shapes. All the nearby Myxococcus slurp up the resulting slurry. And how can we blame people with phobic fears of bacteria. The C-shaped Caulobacter crescentus uses its glue to attach to surfaces in the watery environments where it lives. How does D. radiodurans do it? This strategy works well when the bacteria are patrolling well-stocked hunting grounds. They remind me of aliens, although aliens are a production of human imagination. Agricultural use. They are microscopic in size and lack membrane-bound organelles as do eukaryotic cells, such as animal cells and plant cells.Bacteria are able to live and thrive in various types of environments including extreme habitats such as hydrothermal vents, hot springs, and in your digestive tract. In the morning, the squid carries out a process called venting. ! 0. You have make this topic alive by writing a whole lot of info about bacteria. Gravity. The light emitted by the bacteria helps to prevent the squid's silhouette from being seen by predators swimming below the squid. View image of A dead moth grub infected by Photorhabdus (Credit: Dante Fenolio/SPL), View image of Listeria monocytogenes can commandeer a cell's "skeleton" (Credit: Michelle Rengarajan), View image of Myxococcus xanthus spores (Credit: Eye of Science/SPL), View image of Deinococcus radiodurans can withstand lethal radiation (Credit: Michael J. Daly/SPL), View image of Snottites, home to Acidithiobacillus (Credit: Thierry Berrod, Mona Lisa Production/SPL), View image of Atlantic bobtail squid (Sepiola atlantica) carry Aliivibrio (Credit: Angel Fitor/SPL), View image of Caulobacter crescentus is distinctly sticky (Credit: Martin Oeggerli/SPL), View image of Geobacter metallireducens breathes electricity (Credit: Derek Lovley/SPL), View image of A Magnetospirillum bacterium (Credit: Dr Terry Beveridge/Visuals Unlimited/SPL), View image of Streptomyces bacteria living among soil particles (Credit: Hildgund Schrempf), View image of Streptomyces bacteria live in the soil (Credit: Eye of Science/SPL). At any point An old mine is ideal. Dense populations of archaeons may develop in these habitats. Question: What is the strangest virus/ bacteria you have seen in your career? Bacteria are interesting creatures but we always think of them as causing disease but some can be very helpful. A flashlight fish is an interesting example of an animal containing luminescent bacteria. Scientists aren't sure why P. luminescens glows. He also observed that if he placed a magnet next to a slide, certain bacteria always moved towards the north end of the magnet. As a former Medical Technologist who worked with bacteria in humans, I learned a lot here today. This apparently simple question turns out to have an unexpected answer. Flashcards. Although most bacteria are made of a single microscopic cell, they are not as simple as was previously believed. It uses its light to communicate with other fish and to attract prey. Secondly, I am totally speechless. Let me be one of the first to congratulate you - HOTD. The real problem with radiation is that it rips apart DNA. Kawi. Different kinds of Aliivibrio inhabit different squids in different oceans. Jim Peaco, National Parks Service, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain image. They prefer very specific oxygen levels: some, but not too much. I'll look out for it. I knew very little about bacteria and this is amazing. The possibility extraterrestrial life has been discovered came after living bacteria was found on the surface of the space station. While it's true that some of them can make us sick, many are harmless or even beneficial. I appreciate your visit very much. Each magnetic crystal is a tiny magnet that has a north pole and a south pole, just like other magnets. This is an amazing, insightful article filled with valuable information about bacteria. Thanks! They are the actual invisible churner of this world. Another now-important antibiotic, vancomycin, was first … ... thanks to various species of bacteria, its deep blue waters are surrounded by successive bright green, yellow and orange bands of water. Halophilic archaeons often contain pigments called carotenoids. AliciaC , this is a wonderful hub! They use their cellular skeleton to arrange the crystals in a neat line. This microorganism is an autotroph, which means it gets its carbon (food) from carbon dioxide in the air. We still have much to learn from microbes. The bacteria contain a molecule called luciferin, which releases light when it reacts with oxygen. Researchers are discovering that they are widespread in aquatic habitats and in soil. Samples of bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa were cultured for three days in space, and formed a column-and-canopy structure not previously observed on Earth. This microorganism is an autotroph, which means it gets its carbon (food) from carbon dioxide in the air. When it lands in a cell, Listeria immediately starts collecting bits of the cellular skeleton, called actin, around itself. Some of these habitats are inhospitable to humans or difficult for us to explore. Elias Zanetti from Athens, Greece on June 16, 2013: Informative and well researched hub, Alicia. Voted up and shared. Saved by Utah Valley … Clostridium sordellii infection. A. fischeri likes warm water, and tends towards the Pacific, while cold-loving A. logei prefers the Atlantic. The … The bacterial cells produce a signaling molecule known as an autoinducer. The researchers also performed additional … These bacteria, which grow in long filaments in the earth worldwide, exude a chemical called geosmin. Who knew that bacteria could be so fascinating? Share on Twitter. The Myxococcus release antibiotics and digestive enzymes to paralyse the unlucky victim and break it down. Together, in a pili network pulsing with electricity, they work together to stay alive. Acidithiobacillus also makes caves sparkle. Thank you so much for the comment, Mary! The other might have nothing to eat, but the right wires to dispose of electrons. Yes, although some bacteria are dangerous, others are very useful! The bacteria can be found in soil and water or on plants, but it really shows its stuff when it lands in an animal or person. Uniquely, these small, freshwater invertebrates reproduce entirely asexually and have avoided sex for some 80 million years. Bacteria communicate with each other via the transmission of signaling molecules between different cells. In the body, bacteria are always interacting with liquids like blood, mucous or stomach fluid. Anthony Watts. In The Lego Movie, the good guys fear a superweapon called the "Kragle" – which turns out to be a tube of glue. One special population of this "bold traveller" has turned into a bit … STUDY. Thank you for the visit and the comment, queerlyobscure! She finds the study of microorganisms fascinating. Under a microscope, the bacterium looks like the head of a comet with an actin tail trailing behind it. Thank you for the very kind comment. In the year 2007, there were 13.7 million chronic active cases in which 9.3 million were new cases and 1.8 million resulted in deaths. Scientists have theorised that humans and other animals might appreciate it because it helped our ancestors seek out wet soil, and thus water to drink. Microbes living within the slimy biofilms of some coral species may help protect the coral against excess nitrogen levels, according to new research. -Rose. drbj and sherry from south Florida on June 14, 2013: It seems, Alicia, that some types of bacteria may not be as simple as we once thought. Their ability to survive and thrive in such hostile environments is amazing! rose-the planner from Toronto, Ontario-Canada on July 03, 2013: First of all congratulations on HOTD and secondly, WOW! Key Concepts: Terms in this set (19) Explain the idea that "life relies on death" Living things can only be made by the remain of dead things. If you love money … They can survive surrounded by toxins like arsenic and mercury. Granuloma Inguinale. It's very possible that there are amazing abilities of bacteria still to be discovered and that some of these abilities may improve our lives. Aliivibrio likes that environment just fine. Very informative and detailed article on bacteria. Scientists didn't realize that certain bacteria could detect magnetic fields until a 1975 discovery by Richard P. Blakemore, a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The squid is camouflaged when it's active. Halophilic bacteria live in salty environments. Archaeons look similar to bacteria under a microscope, but they are very different genetically and biochemically. Magnetotactic bacteria collect iron from their environment, and make magnetite nanocrystals in little sacs. The light is produced by bacteria living in the light organ. Myxococcus xanthus bacteria travel in a wandering, rippling swarm that some scientists refer to as a "wolf pack". Fortunately for us, its victims are insects. It is this we recognise in a freshly-turned field. Magnetospirillum travels back and forth along the magnetic line. They tend to live in brackish water, like bogs, or the sediments at the bottom. Subhas from New Delhi, India on June 18, 2013: Hi AliciaC! In 2006, Cheryl Nickerson sent a culture of salmonella bacteria for a ride on the space shuttle Atlantis. In 2013, scientists discovered a bacterium called. I never knew that bacteria could communicate with each other. Thank you very much for the kind comment, Bill. Thermophilic bacteria live in hot environments. D. radiodurans' amazing resilience has led some scientists to suggest that it came from outer space, where cosmic radiation is high. The newest additions – which haven’t yet been licensed – are perhaps the strangest of all, such as the disembodied tails of bacteria and “ bacterial ghosts ”, made from their empty skins. Bacteria are single-celled organisms that exist in their millions, in every environment, inside or outside other organisms. The cause is unknown, but one theory is brain inflammation triggered by a rare strain of streptococcus, the bacteria responsible for many sore throats each year. In plants and animals, the electrons are accepted by oxygen in the mitochondria of cells. At night, it becomes active and feeds mainly on small crustaceans, such as shrimp. The lights, used 10 minutes a day, help reduce redness and kill the bacteria that cause pimples. Then it sucks back the pilus, dragging itself forward. Thanks for the enlightenment! Cool video from our clinic! This is one tough microbe, and it has an entry in Guinness World Records to prove it. 8 DECEMBER 2017 . This is an extremely interesting hub about unusual bacteria. (Research "The Humanure Handbook" by Joseph Jenkins.). A really interesting and informative hub! The last one, Aye-Aye (not to be confused with aye aye, captain), deserves a paragraph of his own, not only because it’s a weird animal, but also of its unique foraging method, called percussive foraging. 0. Linda Crampton (author) from British Columbia, Canada on June 17, 2013: Thank you very much, Sue. Home » Fish » Strange Bacteria Are Attacking California’s Trout Supply - The New York Times. Thanks for the comment, moronkee. The flashlight fish is nocturnal. In fact, having a wound that glows ghastly green is a good sign for recovery. Normally, a little bobtail squid would appear as an obvious shadow to anything lurking below. That means … I like the video and the little Hawaiian squid - I always speared it's grand daddy - never saw these little guys while diving. Quorum sensing allows bacteria to coordinate their actions and produce a stronger effect on their environment. The resistant bacteria reproduce quickly, and the resistance spreads. PLAY. These groups are known as the kingdoms Eubacteria and Archaebacteria or as the domains Bacteria and Archaea. In the newly discovered process that occurs in gut bacteria, a molecule called flavin seems to be essential for the flow of electrons. I really liked biology when I was in High school. Bill De Giulio from Massachusetts on June 15, 2013: Hi Alicia. Researchers are discovering that some bacteria have amazing abilities that are interesting in their own right and may be helpful to humans in the future. Nickerson theorizes that a force called "fluid shear" can explain many of the odd changes. Thanks for the visit and the comment. The bacteria benefit from living in the light organ by receiving nutrients and oxygen from the fish's blood. Bacteria get dangerously weird in space. For instance, one might be able to eat the surrounding nutrients, but have nowhere to dump its electrons. In a battle that draws in most of the town, he struggles to prove that the strange happenings on the estate have all been the doings of harmful bacteria. From the University of Colorado at Boulder, proof that life can inhabit just about anywhere. Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious infection most often caused by Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria.S. Deinococcus radiodurans in a tetrad form. There is so much there to discover! Within a week, they had their answer: lactococcus garvieae, a rare bacterial infection. Weird bacteria facts show that the amount of bacteria present in your mouth is much greater than the amount of people living in this world. The bacteria indirectly detect their population density and change their behaviour when a "quorum" is present. All the bacteria then respond in the same way at the same time. Match. It uses the "bones" of a cell to build itself a comet tail and rocket around inside. Photorhabdus luminescens does something similar to its victims, and it glows an unearthly green while doing it. To transfer their electrons to solid metals, they grow nanowires called pili. Some researchers are investigating the possibility that predatory bacteria could be used to attack bacteria that are harmful to humans. The bacteria slow down and start to build a tower. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) / CC BY 2.0. Bioluminescent bacteria are found in sea water, in sediments on the ocean bottom, on the bodies of dead and decaying marine animals, and inside ocean creatures. But if they run out of prey, they tighten their belts. Pedobacter…. Explain how blowflies respond to the decay … By Yutat Kitat Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Fish. In the sediments, where oxygen is scarce, Geobacter is using electrical energy to breathe. Some halophilic archaeons survive very well in water that is almost saturated with salt, such as the Dead Sea, salt lakes, natural brines, and pools of evaporating sea water. The only … Dec 28, 2020. Researchers are discovering that many bacterial species are able to detect the amount of a specific signaling molecule that is present in their environment in a process called quorum sensing. Predatory bacteria attack and kill other bacteria. Bacteria - Bacteria - Bacteria in industry: Anaerobic sugar fermentation reactions by various bacteria produce different end products. When a team of biologists and physicists measured how much force it took to yank C. crescentus off a surface, it was about 5 tonnes per square inch. It splits in half, and the half that isn't stalked heads off as a new swarmer. Some of the bacteria in the fruiting body are special: they form round spores with a tough outer coat. 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