TYPES OF MICROORGANISMS

1. Microorganisms are very tiny living things.
2. They are found almost everywhere around us.
3. Most of them cannot be seen with the naked eye.
4. They only can be seen through a microscope.
5. Bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa are various types of microorganisms.

Bacteria

• come in a variety of shapes and colours.
• can be found in the air, water, soil and on the surfaces of objects and living things.

spherical

rodlike

 

 

spiral

 Viruses

• the tiniest of the microorganisms.
• can infect some bacteria, fungi, protozoa, plants, animals and humans. 

 
Fungi

• can be found on trees, in the soil and even on food such as mouldy bread and rotten oranges.
• Yeasts and moulds are examples of fungi.

mould

yeast

 

 

 Protozoa

• found mainly in ponds, lakes and rivers.

Oxytricha.sp

 

 

Amoeba.sp