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Bacteria: Friend or Foe?

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Students examine a variety of environmental and industrial roles of bacteria. explore where bacteria can be found and distinguish bacteria from other organisms.

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diseases, the immune system, aerobic exercise, anaerobic activity, respiration, antibiotics, bacteria, biomass, ecosystems, eukaryotes, fermentation, microbes, pathogens, prokaryotes, symbiosis, viruses

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aerobic, anaerobic, antibiotics, bacteria, bacteriophage, biomass, disease, ecosystem, eukaryote, fermentation, heterotrophic, immune system, intestinal flora, microbes, nitrogen fixation, pathogen, prokaryote, symbiosis, virus, science
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Grade
5th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Year
2003

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