Bacteria Quotes

We mostly don't get sick. Most often, bacteria are keeping us well.

— Bonnie Bassler

Bacteria: The only culture some people have.

— Hesiod

“If you on't like bacteria, you're on the wrong planet.”

— Stewart Brand

I have no animals, unless you count my two kilos of bacteria.

— Pipilotti Rist

My bacteria glow in the dark - no human being doesn't like that.

— Bonnie Bassler

Microbes are doing things we didn't even know they could do 10 years ago.

— Robert Jackson

It is sometimes as dangerous to be run into by a microbe as by a trolley car.

— James Walsh

Happiness and bacteria have one thing in common; they multiply by dividing!

— Rutvik Oza

You cannot insert a gene you took from a bacteria into a seed and call it LIFE. You have not created life,…

— Vandana Shiva

It may be argued that to know one kind of beetle is to know them all. But a species is not like…

— E. O. Wilson

I don't get sick much because in the U.S. I always eat with my fingers, you know, to get used to the…

— Abbey Lee Kershaw

What we need is a full field guide to the microbes that live in and on people, so that we can understand…

— Jonathan Eisen

“The problem with killing 99.9 percent of bacteria is that most of them protect us from the few that can make us sick.”

— Sandor Ellix Katz

Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks…

— Nancy Gibbs

“Conquering the Galaxy is what bacteria with spaceships would do – knowing no better, having no choice.”

— Greg Egan

Every time someone uses a bathroom and they flush, all the bacteria is shot into the air.

— Megan Fox

If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand…

— Nathan Wolfe

“Brenda cared for our bacteria with a love and affection that some people don’t show their flesh-and-blood children. She would sneak in…

— Eileen Cook

I do definitely believe that there is life away from this planet. I mean, we've kind of established that with the fact…

— Corey Taylor

Once you have speech, you don't have to wait for natural selection! If you want more strength, you build a stealth bomber;…

— Tom Wolfe

A big tree seemed even more beautiful to me when I imagined thousands of tiny photosynthesis machines inside every leaf. So I…

— Cynthia Kenyon

Harmful bacteria, viruses, calcium-forming micro-organisms, and candida are part of our world. Unfortunately, so are toxic chemicals, including everything from pesticides to…

— David Wolfe

At the bottom of the ocean, bacteria that are thermophilic and can survive at the steam vent heat that would otherwise produce,…

— Harvey V. Fineberg

“…I learned in biology class that more bacteria live and work in one centimeter of my colon, than the number of people…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

In the beginning, there were bacteria… [A] nearly universal assumption is that all subsequent life descended from the original life form through…

— David M. Raup

“For people who study these domains, the difference is clear. Both the Bacteria and the Archaea do not have nuclei. Whereas, you…

— Bill Nye

“Each of us bears billions of one-celled creatures within us, and not just as free-riders. They are our best friends, and deadliest…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Intelligence is a valuable thing, but it is not usually the key to survival. Sheer fecundity ... usually counts. The intelligent gorilla…

— Isaac Asimov

“You could also ask who’s in charge. Lots of people think, well, we’re humans; we’re the most intelligent and accomplished species; we’re…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

... [I]nfectious disease is merely a disagreeable instance of a widely prevalent tendency of all living creatures to save themselves the bother…

— Hans Zinsser

Because we humans are big and clever enough to produce and utilize antibiotics and disinfectants, it is easy to convince ourselves that…

— Bill Bryson

“No one can practice the precepts perfectly, including the Buddha... Boiled vegetables contain dead bacteria. We cannot practice the First Precept or…

— Anonymous

“This is a miracle of coevolution—the bacteria that coexist with us in our bodies enable us to exist. Microbiologist Michael Wilson notes…

— Sandor Ellix Katz

“The bacteria don't physically reshape the gut themselves. Instead, they work via their hosts. They are more management than labour. Lora Hooper…

— Ed Yong

“For example, all three partners cooperate to make nutrients. To create the amino acid phenylalanine, they need nine enzymes. Tremblaya can build…

— Ed Yong

“John McCutcheon has worked out the origins of this weird hierarchy-and it's almost unbelievable in its twists and turns. It begins with…

— Ed Yong

“When microbiologists first started cataloguing the human microbiome in its entirety they hoped to discover a "core" microbiome: a group of species…

— Ed Yong

“We have already seen how pliable the microbiome can be. It can change with a touch, with a meal, with a parasitic…

— Ed Yong

“The gut is the seat of all feeling. Polluting the gut not only cripples your immune system, but also destroys your sense…

— Suzy Kassem

“The procedure works along the same principles as a probiotic, but rather than adding just one strain of bacteria, or even 17,…

— Ed Yong