Tec Ten Ter Teu TEU Twenty-foot equivalent unit It is a means of measuring the carrying capacity of container ships; e.g., a ship can be said to be capable of 3000 TEUs, which roughly equivalent to saying it could carry 3000 standard containers.
Two types of microbes are bacteria and viruses. Youâre surrounded by microbes all the time, and normally co-exist peacefully. Some types help you, like the bacteria in your digestive tract that help break down food. There are, however, some types of bacterium and viruses that can make you ill.
Pathogens, on the other hand, are bacteria, germs, parasites and viruses that cause infections and diseases. However, since the late 19th century, there has been a debate on how harmless some nonpathogen microbes really are. According to BMC Biology, the same microbe may exist in pathogenic and nonpathogenic states. In an individual with a deficient immune system, a nonpathogenic microbe may become an opportunistic pathogen, activating the bad genes in microbes that may then cause serious disease.