Bacteria...eww

Bacteria has such a negative, nasty connotation. When I hear bacteria, I immediately think of germs, sneezing, green goo, and those high school biology videos you see that show a million little bacteria multiplying and swimming around under a microscope. I think of furry little gremlin-like germs hopping inside and having a party like on the Mucinex commercials; those commercials tend to make germs look more obese than disease-carrying. I think it is safe to say that the public perception of bacteria is not a positive one. I mean it does feel great to cloud the air with Lysol, or vigorously scrub some Scrubbing Bubbles into your bathtub, and even to douse yourself in Purell, because afterwards you feel pretty clean. It feels like a real accomplishment to have rid yourself of 99.9% of all that ungodly bacteria. In reality, though, sometimes bacteria helps us out. The drug penicillin was made out of mold, which is sort of bacteria, or close enough for the purpose of my blog. Even our own immune systems can't function or protect us properly without enough of certain bacteria in our bodies. Not to mention, the delicious food, yogurt, is made out of milk and two special bacteria. In case you are wondering exactly what those bacteria include, it is the streptococcus thermophilus and lactobacillus bulgaricus- compliments of "Wikianswers." So a little bacteria is actually good for us, but I would still Purell before every meal.