RIP Mike Nichols. Thoughts and prayers are with you, @DianeSawyer, in memory of your beloved.... Today, @ABC celebrates the life of the mighty Mike Nichols. Our thoughts are w/ our friend @DianeSawyer & her family. Deepest condolences to @DianeSawyer on the passing of her amazing, talented husband Mike Nichols.
Bacteria break down (or decompose) dead organisms, animal waste, and plant litter to obtain nutrients. But microbes don't just eat nature's waste, they recycle it. The process of decomposition releases chemicals (such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) that can be used to build new plants and animals. That is, chemicals that used to be a flower or a vegetable will eventually become part of another living thing.
Microbes include bacteria and archaebacteria, protists, some fungi and even some very tiny animals that are too small to be seen without the aid of a microscope. Viruses and the recently discovered prions are also considered microbes.The term microbe is short for microorganism, which means small organism.or one thing, fungi cannot synthesize their own food via photosynthesis, like plants do, but instead they feed off of other organisms as do animals. Plants. Plants are organisms that can obtain energy from sunlight. All plants are relatively large, and hence none are generally considered microbes.