All 5 Uses of
bacteria
in
The War of the Worlds
- A cankering disease, due, it is believed, to the action of certain bacteria, presently seized upon it.†
Chpt 2.6 *
- Now by the action of natural selection, all terrestrial plants have acquired a resisting power against bacterial diseases—they never succumb without a severe struggle, but the red weed rotted like a thing already dead.†
Chpt 2.6
- —slain by the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared; slain as the red weed was being slain; slain, after all man's devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth.†
Chpt 2.8
- But there are no bacteria in Mars, and directly these invaders arrived, directly they drank and fed, our microscopic allies began to work their overthrow.†
Chpt 2.8
- At any rate, in all the bodies of the Martians that were examined after the war, no bacteria except those already known as terrestrial species were found.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
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(bacteria) microorganisms (living creatures so small it takes a microscope to see them) that can both cause disease and be beneficial.
(Bacteria are different and larger than viruses.)editor's notes: A single bacteria is called a bacterium and consists of a single cell that reproduces by splitting. (This is unlike a virus that uses cells in the body to reproduce.)
Bacteria are found virtually everywhere. For example, there are typically 40 million bacterial cells in a gram of soil and a million bacterial cells in a milliliter of fresh water. Many bacteria reside on our skin and in our bodies. For example, bacteria in the stomach help animals digest food.