what are micro-organisms
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ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍɪᴄʀᴏ-ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍs?
ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ sᴍᴀʟʟ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴏɴʟʏ sᴇᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴇǫᴜɪᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ (ᴀ ᴍɪᴄʀᴏsᴄᴏᴘᴇ)
ᴀ sᴜɪᴛᴀʙʟᴇ sᴛᴀɴᴅᴀʀᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇᴀsᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴍɪᴄʀᴏʙᴇs ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴄʀᴏᴍᴇᴛᴇʀ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪs sɪx ᴛɪᴍᴇs sᴍᴀʟʟᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀ ᴍᴇᴛᴇʀ (ᴏɴᴇ-ᴍɪʟʟɪᴏɴᴛʜ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴍᴇᴛᴇʀ). ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ 106 µᴍᴇᴛᴇʀs ɪɴ ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴇᴛᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴜɴɪᴛs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴀsᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴢᴇ ᴏғ ʙᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴀ. ᴛʏᴘɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ, ʙᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴀ ʀᴀɴɢᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 1 µᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 5 µᴍs.
ᴛʜɪs ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇs ʙᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴀ, ᴀʀᴄʜᴀᴇᴀ, ᴠɪʀᴜsᴇs, ғᴜɴɢɪ, ᴘʀɪᴏɴs, ᴘʀᴏᴛᴏᴢᴏᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟɢᴀᴇ, ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀs 'ᴍɪᴄʀᴏʙᴇs'. ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴍɪᴄʀᴏʙᴇs ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴋᴇʏ ʀᴏʟᴇs ɪɴ ɴᴜᴛʀɪᴇɴᴛ ᴄʏᴄʟɪɴɢ, ʙɪᴏᴅᴇɢʀᴀᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ/ʙɪᴏᴅᴇᴛᴇʀɪᴏʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴄʟɪᴍᴀᴛᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ, ғᴏᴏᴅ sᴘᴏɪʟᴀɢᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ᴏғ ᴅɪsᴇᴀsᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ʙɪᴏᴛᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢʏ.
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◗ The organisms which are minute and cannot be seen with our naked eye but can be seen only with microscope are called micro-organisms .
Ex :- Viruses , Algae , Fungi etc.