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.
Plant associated bacteria may be beneficial or detrimental. All plant surfaces have microbes on them (termed epiphytes), and some microbes live inside plants (termed endophytes). Some are residents and some are transient. Bacteria are among the microbes that successively colonize plants as they mature.