Hot springs tell otherwise

Going through research on microbes, one can think that microbes came from one type of microbes that evolved into the many types that are found to today and many that have yet to be discovered. Little do we know that each microbe can change each generation. The fact that they are able to migrate from habitat to habitat and suite it self with with what it needs to survive in such environment. A quote that many biologist live by and follow is, "everything is everywhere."

A microbiologist by the name of Rachel J. Whitaker from the university of California was doing discoveries to prove the quote wrong. Yet in fact, it is so true it was almost impossible for her to back her theory up with facts. Then she asked herself, "why not check the hot springs?" That place is so dangerous, one bad step and it could cause serious harm. So as she was stepping on top of the geyser, she had a stick to grab some samples and move fast while still being careful to take the sample to the lab as soon as possible and found extraordinary things. The fact that the microbes that live in hot springs have adopted to the extreme hot environment, they also move to slow to migrate to other habitats; which shows that if they leave for a couple of minutes even seconds they could die.
The idea that many scientists believed that all organisms are simple one, she showed that to be not so true as many thought it was. It shows that there is so much diversity between each microbe, by the time we even get to half, we would go back down to a quarter or less.

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article url: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/26/science/microbes-in-hot-springs-test-notion-of-global-travel.html?action=click&module=Search&region=searchResults%230&version=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Fsitesearch%2F%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSearchSubmit%26contentCollection%3DHomepage%26t%3Dqry23%23%2Fmicrobes

Attacking todays microbes!

      

      In today’s world, everyone knows that microbes can go back millions of years ago. They are known to be, “Our old friends.” The researcher under the name of Graham Rook investigated why many humans are known to have really different immune systems and why each person is known to get sicker than others.

            This article attacks the fact that many people are grown by treating small diseases with countless medications. Yet they grow up thinking that it will be the answer for the rest of their lives. Little do they know that, microbes are smart as well and are able to change and evolve into more suitable organisms for their habitat. This means if you grew up treating small and even big sicknesses, the medication used maybe ten years ago won’t help after those ten years. Those microbes are more adapted and need to be treated differently. Knowing that this article would seem bias to most. I am all forward with the fact that medication should be our last form of treating sicknesses especially if it’s not to big of a problem. Tests were shown that by changing diets and exposing to the environment; meaning you are more outside then inside. Would help kill many microbes that are present as of today. Many of these forms are helpful all around. The helpful microbes are not killed in the process and one his helping them and their health by changing their diets and becoming more healthier.

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Article: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/27/are-americans-too-obsessed-with-cleanliness/some-microbes-may-be-our-old-friends?action=click&module=Search&region=searchResults%230&version=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Fsitesearch%2F%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSearchSubmit%26contentCollection%3DHomepage%26t%3Dqry269%23%2Fmicrobes

Ancient Microbes

            Many research on microbes have shown that they have been living ever since life existed on earth. Those microbes are found on top of the surface and in the water. Some are even thought of being ancient. Microbes are shown to start new and fascinating things. One of those is drilling deep from land and even in the seas. Dr. David R. Boone is a environmental microbiologist from Oregon and his team of 4 other scientists are going with a program that drills in the earth and helps find microbes that are cut out from life above the surface.

            “Many scientists have theorized about it.” As they kept moving forward with the search and they have found a little over 5,000 kinds of microbes. The problem This article faces right away is the fact that its trying to persuade the reader in one single thought. Thus making the article really bias from the get go. Not looking too deep into the microbes found. Most of them could have already been found, but they have migrated deep down. Knowing that many microbes found to this day for example, the niche is known to live where light is barely visible. Maybe these searches could have a flaw that the article did say. Just to keep the point and making it effective. The searches are really interesting that they catch the readers thought. Don’t get me wrong; it’s a good article. Who knows what type of microbes live under us?

Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/04/science/drillers-find-lost-world-of-ancient-microbes.html?action=click&module=Search&region=searchResults%230&version=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Fsitesearch%2F%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSearchSubmit%26contentCollection%3DHomepage%26t%3Dqry263%23%2FMicrobes

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