What happens when big trucks roll over bacteria on roads?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Bacteria are everywhere. At the top of Mount Everest. At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. There are millions on your hands and TRILLIONS in your gut! So what happens when a truck rolls over bacteria on the road? Do they get squished? We asked microbiology professor Daniel Bond to help us find the answer.

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0:54.0	From all the braids behind braids on,
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1:07.0	Mm.
1:08.0	Mm. comes to you from 8.m. studios.
1:11.2	I'm Brad the Bacteria.
1:13.0	I'm surfing on asphalt as per yuge, with billions of my best friends.
1:21.0	Us germs are riding the waves, man. Waves of wastewater. When a storm passes through and the highway is flooded with water from the sewers, that's the stuff that goes down the drain when you wash dishes or flush
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