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

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  • 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.

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