Bacteria, viruses, and parasites can cause a wide variety of illnesses, and can infect any of the organs of the body. Viruses are often responsible for respiratory illnesses (such as the common cold) and digestive illnesses (such as diarrhea).Bacteria can infect any part of the body, but often cause diarrhea when they invade the digestive tract.almonella is a bacteria that infects the intestines and causes diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. Over 1 million cases of salmonella infection are reported in the United States each year.
A root vegetable is one that produces it crop below the ground. These would be vegetables like carrots, potatoes, and beets to name a few.oot vegetables are vegetables that grow in dirt. Green vegetables are like broccoli, spinach, or celery. + 5 others found this useful. Mary Loff-Monjar. Edit. Share to: 1  Creating a Crudite Platter for a Dinner Party A good vegetable platter, otherwise known as a crudite platter, is a staple for many dinner parties.
Fruit is a botanical (scientific) term, vegetable is a culinary (cooking) term. There is no such thing as a vegetable in botany. In botany, pumpkin is a fruit because it is the 'fruit' of it's plant (produces the seeds) just like a pepper or corn.It's dissimilar to a carrot or beet which are 'roots' or celery which is the plant itself or lettuce which is the leaves of a plant. They are only called vegetables with respect to eating them.t actually has the properties of both fruit and vegetable. Anything that grows on trees and has seeds in them is called a fruit. Pumpkins come from the squash family of fruits.Some people use pumpkin for cooking also and that is why the confusion arises if it is a fruit or vegetable.