What do germs and bacteria eat?

Moment of Um

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Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

There are billions of bacteria on Earth, and they’re everywhere. Bacteria are on every surface on the planet, and even live in the soil underground. Most bacteria are actually quite harmless to humans. They spend all of their time eating, resting, and making copies of themselves. But when bacteria decide it’s time for lunch, what do they eat? We asked microbiologist Daniel Bond to help us find the answer.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind Brainson, this is the moment of um.
0:03.0	Moment of um, um, um, um, um.
0:08.2	Moment of um comes to you from a PM studios.
0:11.1	I'm Shay La Farzon.
0:12.3	Um. I'm Shay La Farzan. Hey there, Palsan.
0:13.0	Hey there, Pals, sorry about this big mess.
0:18.0	It's a Friday and that means I'm reorganizing all of my cookbooks.
0:22.0	I've got a big collection because I love to try new things
0:25.6	and make food for my friends. Some people might say that one person doesn't need
0:30.2	837 cookbooks but I say that's not nearly enough.
0:35.0	Hmm, okay, last time I organized my books by the author's last name.
0:41.0	I know, playing it safe.. Today I want to try something a little more
0:45.9	creative like oh what about sorting by what my guests like best.
0:53.2	Like if I had my friend Molly over for dinner,
0:55.8	I'm definitely going to use my cottage cheese cookery
0:58.7	compendium cookbook, because cottage cheese is her favorite food.
1:03.0	Or if my pal Mark is visiting,
1:05.0	I'm gonna dust off my 99 Nifty Nachos cookbook.
1:09.0	And wait, hold on, what's this cookbook? I don't remember seeing this year before.
1:15.0	Baking for bacteria? Huh? Well, now that I think about it, I don't really know what germs and bacteria eat.
1:25.0	Maybe I should lend this book to my friend Adeline who asked us this question.
1:29.0	Hi, my name is Adeline, and I'm from New York City. My question is, what do germs and bacteria eat?
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