Our Best View Of Bacteria Is...From Space?!

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Microbe - an organism (such as a bacterium or protozoan) of microscopic or ultramicroscopic size. Remote sensing - the scanning of the earth , especially by satellite or high-flying aircraft, in order to obtain information about it. Pathogen - a bacterium, virus, or other microbe that can cause disease. Chlorophyll - a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis. Phytoplankton - photosynthesizing microscopic biotic organisms that inhabit the upper sunlit layer of almost all oceans and bodies of fresh water on Earth. Cholera - an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhea. Evaporite - a natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of water. Microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) - primary sedimentary structures formed by the interaction of microbes with sediment and physical agents of erosion, deposition, and transportation. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC ⁠https://neptunestudios.info⁠ If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: ⁠https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth⁠ - Buy our merch: ⁠http://dftba.com/minuteearth⁠ - Buy our book: ⁠https://minuteearth.com/books⁠ - Sign up to our newsletter: ⁠http://news.minuteearth.com⁠ - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices