Some Ideas

[10825]

Here's just some ideas I had for new microbes. Toothache, and Croup (I hope I spelled that right!):confused: :)

[Tuburculosis]

What would toothache look like? There are lots of germs that could cause those.

[10825]

I couldn't find a picture of Toothache:( .

Here is Croup though:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Parainfluenza_virus_TEM_PHIL_271_lores.jpg

[Stomach Ache*Special]

What's a Croup?:confused:

[10825]

It's a bad cough. You can treat it best by sitting someplace cold. But you can't even talk for a while:eek: .

The only good thing about it is that it only lasts about two hours!:)

And it would look cute as a Giantmicrobe:D .

[Stomach Ache*Special]

Wow! That's CRAZY! I never heard of it! Neither have I heard of something last for only 2 hours :D!

Thanks!!!

[10825]

I forgot to tell you something else about Croup!

You can only get it if you are less than 7 years old!:D

[Stomach Ache*Special]

Ohhhhh.... I can't remember that far back.... ummmm..... I don't think I ever had it. But I guess that's a good thing :D! Unless I already had it but at a very young age.... Thanks again :D!

[supergerm]

Im finally back I have lots of school stuff:D and we just went on a trip:) and my sister got croup before:) :)

[10825]

I thought of another!:D

It's Waterbear! (Tardigrade)

Here's some pictures:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Waterbear.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Hypsibiusdujardini.jpg

[Stomach Ache*Special]

Waterbears are AMAZING!!! If the conditions are harsh, they will stay in a sort of hibernated state, where they even stop aging till the conditions are back to normal again!! I heard that scientists found a waterbear that was over 100 years old!! LOL!:D :D

[10825]

I thought of another! Elm Disease!;)

[Stomach Ache*Special]

Elm Disease? What does it do? :confused:

[10825]

Elm Disease was a disease that killed almost every Elm Tree along time ago.:)

[Stomach Ache*Special]

Really? Aww... poor Elm trees....:(

Sounds like a good idea for a microbe!:D

[10825]

It turns out that Elm disease is a beetle. Here is a photo:

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/trees/pp324-3.gif

[Stomach Ache*Special]

Cool beetle! looks like a good Critter addition!:D

[kskerr]

Dutch Elm Disease is spread by the beetle, which is called a vector, it is a fungal disease.

http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/FactSheets/dutchelmdisease/DED.htm

[Stomach Ache*Special]

Fungi? So then it wouldn't be under critters! :(

That's really sad!!! I hope Elm trees don't become extinct! :'(

[kskerr]

Correct, fungi, and no it would not be under critters. Elm trees are still around, I doubt they will go extinct and I think that maybe they have bred some resistance into them but am not sure.

[Stomach Ache*Special]

Maybe it'll go under Exotics, since half of them are types of fungi :rolleyes:.

Didn't they create a pesticide already? Well even so, you never know... what if the beetles themselves get immune to the pesticides, and suddenly there's an epidemic going on among the Elm trees? It's probably unlikely, but I don't know...

I guess the resistant Elms might hold them off... though what happens if the fungi mutates? Would the Elms be doomed by then?:(:confused:

[kskerr]

There are pesticides, as I recall there are still cases of the disease, I think it is at manageable levels so the Elms won't go extinct.

[Stomach Ache*Special]

Okay then...:)

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