Microbe says, "The Small Ones matter too"

Hello, guys this is your Angel, Thain. In this article, we will look at various methods for determining whether a bacteria is motile, or whether it can move, and why it is important for bacteria to be motile.

But first I have here some pictures I'd taken earlier.

So if you guys are not aware, these black pigments are not dust, they are molds. Molds are fungi, not bacteria, and they tend to grow in environments that are favourable, such as damp and moist ones.

Molds usually don't appear in a place for no reason. It cannot be magical. When you have mold in your indoor items or foods, it is because mold spores, which are airborne, are able to drop in that certain area. And when that area is favorable for a spore, it will eventually multiply.

Thus, the continuous study of microbial organisms, including molds, has no doubt led humanity to a more    progressive world. The constant interaction that occurs within species of these tiniest organisms    enables breakthroughs in different fields, lowering the gaps in existing literature and knowledge    about the human body.

Well, do molds reveal something in the human body? Well, some fungi that are pathogenic can be subjected to laboratory studies, which include their interaction with the human body and how they can trigger physiological mechanisms. 

 As time progresses, the number of diseases cured has shown a largely    significant increase. It was even calculated that by the mid-1960’s, following the strengthening of    germ theory, several scientists had already shifted to treating chronic illnesses as infectious    diseases had been uncovered. 

However, these took a lot of time to become possible, and it is realistic enough to say that within those years, several diseases have also come into    existence. Viruses have been given enough time to produce variants as well as become more resistant to the present drugs created to combat them.  

In order to better understand this, we need to realize the parts that these organisms use to get ahead—size and speed. In studying unicellular organisms like archea and bacteria, we    learned that they have these tails that enable them to transfer from one place to another, which    makes them present in areas they can penetrate. 

The size of these organisms has also played a    role in their presence everywhere. Because they are small, they can easily enter the    human body. Viruses, for instance, adapt to the process of molecular hijacking, where they take    over the host cell and start building new copies of their genetic material the moment they enter    a host. 

In the case of bacteria, which are organisms that do not exhibit variation in their genetic    material, they can grow in numbers as they are fast at creating colonies of identical cells. 

Relative to this, if a bacterium is pathogenic, then this implies danger and needs to be    eliminated. Conversely, if this bacterium is helpful, like Lactobacillus, then it needs to be    multiplied.

 Hence, the call for studying the morphological, cultural,    and physiological characteristics of microorganisms has been intensified. Moreover, the chances of    performing these observations while the organism is still alive are considered a top priority. 

To fully address this, appropriate techniques for observing these living microorganisms    should be integrated. Suspending them in a fluid such as water, saline, or broth as part of preparing a hanging drop or wet mount method is frequently done to ensure their suitability for the experiment to be performed.

Thus, it is important to note that these two, the hanging drop method and the wet mount method, are equally important    in laboratory settings and thus need to be carried out properly. 

In the next article, we will try to differentiate these methods for determining whether a bacteria is motile or not. Thank you for reading.