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Microorganisms were the first living creatures on earth. It is estimated there are a total of 5 nonillion microorganisms on earth (5x1020). You will find nearly 10 million a millilitre of ocean water and 40 million in a gram of soil. They are also ubiquitous on the human body.
Microorganisms are found in every environment on the planet-even in the stomachs of cows and your own intestines! Try this quiz to see what you know about these tiny living organisms. In order to see a microbe (a single microorganism), you would need to use a .......You can see colonies of microorganisms with the naked eye, but you would not be able to see a single microbe without a microscope. 1  telescope.enicillin, yeast and mould are examples of ....... Fungi include single-celled microbes such as yeasts and moulds (including penicillium, which provides us with penicillin) as well as multicellular organisms such as mushrooms, which are not microorganisms. 1  fungi. 2  viruses.