Microbes

Published on Nov 23, 2015

Microbes and the environment

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Microbes

and the environment
Photo by NIAID

10,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000

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10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
(That's all the stars times 100,000,000)

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MICROBES ARE EVERYWHERE

  • 1,000,000/drop seawater
  • 10,000,000/gram soil
  • 4,000,000,000 years
  • 1/2 all biomass is invisible
Photo by FlyingSinger

Evolution took place in a microbial world

Photo by APS Museum

8% of your DNA is viruses

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You are outnumbered
10 to 1
bacteria to human cells

Antibiotics kill indiscriminately

Hospitals are dirty

HAIs
2,000,000
100,000

Photo by Fulla T

Make it safe by changing the environment

Germicidal light

Reductions

  • C. diff: 53%, 45%, 75%, 56% & 40%
  • MRSA: 57%
  • MDROs: 20%
  • SSIs: 100% & 46%
Photo by Novowyr

300 hospitals
>60,000 rooms/month
$5-80,000/infection
5% mortality

Photo by ecstaticist

Thanks

  • Our customers
  • Xenex teams
  • Investors
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Fun Microbe Facts

  • The 100 billion bacteria on your skin fit into a pea
  • The 15 trillion bacteria in your digestive track fit into a 10 oz soup can
  • Each bowel movement has 100 trillion bacteria
Photo by NIAID

Mark Stibich

Haiku Deck Pro User