Hip Hop Microbes

Anabaena: cyanobacteria known for nitrogen fixation
But toxic to wildlife and farms, which can mess up our bacon

Bacillus anthracis: The primary cause of anthrax
If your chili has some take the cans back.

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
digests that sugar all up in yo' bon bons.

If you're out camping and find ticks on your knees,
get checked for Borrelia burgdorferi, you might have Lyme disease.

Caulobacter crescentus is good at asymmetric cell division
one daughter keeps a stalk and the other keeps swimmin'

Deinococcus radiodurans: X-rays it can outlast
This tough bacterium isn’t phased by your blast.

Halobacterium archaea love brine
Levels of sodium that kill fish and swine.

Helicobacter pylori: Gastric acid can't keep them down;
ulcers and gastritis as they smoothly line the stomach and duodenum wall.

Magnetospirillum magneticum pivots and glides,
(with magnetic mineral crystals inside)
smoothly along magnetic field lines.

Prochlorococcus tiny cells in the ocean
Fix CO₂ and expel for us oxygen.

Pyrodictium: If you like extreme feats, this archaeon can't be beat
Ocean vents with supreme heat, quite salty water it repletes. Staphylococcus epidermis is a typical bacteria found on our skin,
but poor hygiene or a weak immune system can take health for a spin.

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Streptomyces make most of our antibiotics;
Without 'em medicine would be pretty chaotic.

Sulfolobus archaea swims in acidic volcanic spring
Tetraether lipids help them survive in extreme.

Vibrio cholerae make just a quick visit
From copepods, they bust through your gut in a minute.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa has multi drug resistance 😷,
can be a lot of trouble if you are susceptible to sepsis.