Mystery MicroorganismsMicroorganism Clues

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the Interior

Zion National Park

Mystery Microorganism #1

HIV/AIDSCDC

Mystery Microorganism #1

The common cold is caused by this microorganism (antibiotics do not help cure colds)ROBIN S

Mystery Microorganism #1

Chicken poxCDC

Mystery Microorganism #2

Yogurt contains a healthy type of this microorganism.

NPS/BRYANNA PLOG

Mystery Microorganism #2

E. coli is usually good for helping us digest food in our intestine, but a bad strain (type) can be lethal when transmitted from contaminated food.

NIH

Mystery Microorganism #2

Streptococcus is a type of this microorganism that lives in your mouth and converts sugars to acids, causing cavities.

CDC

Mystery Microorganism #3

Malaria is transmitted by diseased mosquitoes carrying the microorganism Plasmodium. There is no vaccine, but malaria can be prevented by the use of screens and nets.

CDC

Mystery Microorganism #3

Amoeba proteus

JOSEPH LEIDY

Mystery Microorganism #4

BRYANNA PLOG

A variety of molds help to decompose foods.

Mystery Microorganism #4

Penicillin and other drugs can attack harmful bacteriaUS NAVY

Mystery Microorganism #4

DARKONE

Mystery Microorganism #5

NPS/BRYANNA PLOG

Mystery Microorganism #5

These produce about half of the oxygen that we breathe!

PROYECTO AGUA