Some Germs Are Harmful 


Did you know that germs can be harmful and helpful? Harmful germs aren't good germs.
 
 

There are good bacteria and bad bacteria. First, for the bad news.

  • Harmful bacteria can cause a lot of diseases such as tetanus (an infection of the nervous system), septicemia (blood poisoning), pneumonia(a lung infection), tonsillitis (infected tonsils), impetigo (skin rash), earaches and strep throat, and many others.
  • Germs that attack your body are harmful germs, and I don't like harmful germs because they make you sick.


 

  • E. coli live in  humans and are necessary. The worst kind  of E. coli bacterium, is the E. coli 0157:H, which was discovered  in 1982 it has least 62 subtypes.
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