beware of the bacterial invasion
Was watching the beakman show on TV with my younger brother the other day. There was this piece of information that was totally icky. One kid asked why does our mouth smell so badly and the answer is…hmmm…the mouth is like a tropical rainforest. it has 100 percent moisture and it’s damp with very little (almost none) sunlight., it’s temperature is around 35 degrees Celsius. And just like a rain forest…the mouth has over 400 species of bacteria and the population of these bacteria is larger than the population of the world. And here comes the reason why it smells.. Living organism produces waste and therefore the smell in our mouth…that’s cause by the bacteria shitting in our mouths..Eppss!
It’s not that I don’t know this earlier but the way beakman said it…it was just plain disgusting. One thing that got me thinking was if the amount of bacteria in each of our mouths itself is larger than the population of the world. ..could they mutate and devise some plan to take over the world?? Pretty dumb question but… COULD IT?
Talking about bacteria reminds me of this experiment we did in school last time when I was in form 5. It was to find out if eating guava leaves does help stop diarrhea. Well…When u were purging did ur mum or granma ever tell you or force you to eat guava leaves? (daun jambu batu). Well it is supposed to help so we wanted to find out if it was true..so we reared some bacteria in a few petri dishes. Once the jelly in the dish was completely covered with bacteria…we dug a small hole in it and filled it with 1. water( control experiment) 2. guava leaf juice 3. some other juice.
We left it for a few days and later we saw the petri dish with water and the other one with some other juice..the jelly was still covered with bacteria and looked as revolting as ever.. and for the one with guave leaf juice..the area around the hole..well guess what…there was no bacterial growth anywhere near the hole filled with the guave juice..experiment successful!! We presented the experiment to najib (education minister that time) during our science fair and he was pretty impressed. I thought I would be elected as the royal bacteriologist. Too bad fate has written the word IT on my forehead..sob sob!
On lighter note..thanks guys (especially shanks,kameeni and sa) for commenting on my page..it was fun reading your comments..continue commenting;)
It’s not that I don’t know this earlier but the way beakman said it…it was just plain disgusting. One thing that got me thinking was if the amount of bacteria in each of our mouths itself is larger than the population of the world. ..could they mutate and devise some plan to take over the world?? Pretty dumb question but… COULD IT?
Talking about bacteria reminds me of this experiment we did in school last time when I was in form 5. It was to find out if eating guava leaves does help stop diarrhea. Well…When u were purging did ur mum or granma ever tell you or force you to eat guava leaves? (daun jambu batu). Well it is supposed to help so we wanted to find out if it was true..so we reared some bacteria in a few petri dishes. Once the jelly in the dish was completely covered with bacteria…we dug a small hole in it and filled it with 1. water( control experiment) 2. guava leaf juice 3. some other juice.
We left it for a few days and later we saw the petri dish with water and the other one with some other juice..the jelly was still covered with bacteria and looked as revolting as ever.. and for the one with guave leaf juice..the area around the hole..well guess what…there was no bacterial growth anywhere near the hole filled with the guave juice..experiment successful!! We presented the experiment to najib (education minister that time) during our science fair and he was pretty impressed. I thought I would be elected as the royal bacteriologist. Too bad fate has written the word IT on my forehead..sob sob!
On lighter note..thanks guys (especially shanks,kameeni and sa) for commenting on my page..it was fun reading your comments..continue commenting;)
posted by BluePixie @ 1:36 PM
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