Microbiology

Life’s Support System

The Creator filled the earth with all the chemicals that living things could ever need. But special “go-betweens” were necessary to move these treasures from their safe hiding places and convert them into forms we can use. That’s where bacteria come in.

The Origin of Microorganisms

Evolutionists must explain how cells, once they emerged from lifeless matter, diversified into the many life forms we see today. It is supposed that some extinct ancestor of the archaebacteria and eubacteria developed the necessary biologic machinery to survive.

Microorganism Helps Develop Site-specific Drug Delivery

Who knew that a well-known parasite might lead to the next major breakthrough in medical treatment? Scientists are leading the way to understand how microscopic creatures (primarily Giardia lamblia) move through the bloodstream. The goal? Construct micro-robots that can navigate the dangerous twists and turns of the bloodstream.

Indestructible Microscopic Wonder

Scientists discovered that water bears can survive pressure up to six times the deepest ocean trench’s pressure. When subjected to the complete vacuum of space and direct radiation from the sun, they lived. Water bears can even survive for almost ten years totally dehydrated. To resurrect them, all you have to do is add water.

Articles About Microbiology

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Magazine Department Article
Complex Shape Found in Cells

Nov. 1, 2018 from Answers Magazine
The cells in your body don’t use just simple boxes to build things. Some appear to employ a surprisingly complex geometric shape.
In-Depth Article
The Coliform Kind: E. coli and Its “Cousins”

Oct. 3, 2018 from Answers in Depth
Even though some intestinal bacteria strains are pathogenic and deadly, most coliforms strains still show evidence of being one of God’s “very good” creations.
In-Depth Article
Serratia marcescens, the “Flame” Strain: The Genesis of a New Variant

June 19, 2018 from Answers in Depth
This article explains the mysterious origin of a new strain of Serratia marcescens that produces prodigiosin up to 40°C without any enrichment to media.
Magazine Article
DNA’s Hidden Codes

Jan. 28, 2018 from Answers Magazine
Scientists are now discovering that our DNA really does have hidden codes that have a practical function and purpose in our cells. Hidden codes pose a real problem for evolution.
Another ‘Twist’ on the Origin of Species

Jan. 9, 2018
Recently, a team of scientists from the United States, Canada, and Europe discovered a new species of unusual microbe.
In-Depth Article
Celebrating Over 60,000 Generations of Creation Science by an Evolutionist

Jan. 4, 2018 from Answers in Depth
With the correct biblical worldview in mind, Richard Lenski’s E. coli demonstrate an amazingly complex showcase for design by an all-knowing Creator.
In-Depth Article
Celebrate Your Inner Virus

Oct. 3, 2017 from Answers in Depth
Viruses are amazingly complex and beautiful machines. They exhibit all the hallmarks of being designed, though we often fail to recognize them as such.
In-Depth Article
Why We Help: Do Our Microbes Make Us Do It?

Sept. 15, 2017 from Answers in Depth
A group of scientists at Tel Aviv University propose that bacteria in our intestines may be responsible for human altruism.
In-Depth Article
The Design of Giardia and the Genesis of Giardiasis

July 19, 2017 from Answers in Depth
We read in Genesis 1:31 that God made everything “very good.” If everything that God made was good, where did Giardia come from?
Magazine Article
The Motor of Life

May 7, 2017 from Answers Magazine
Bacteria depend on tail-like structures called flagella to get around. But they’re not alone.
In-Depth Article
The Dirt Is Alive: God’s Design for Soil Microbiome

March 15, 2017 from Answers in Depth
While it’s often swept under the rug, we shouldn’t dismiss the amazing design found in soil particulates.
In-Depth Article
Staph Bacteria from First Breath

Jan. 25, 2017 from Answers in Depth
The emphasis of this article is to explain some of the “very good” design and purpose of Staphylococci and other good, beneficial bacteria of the nose.
In-Depth Article
How Did Infectious Diseases Get on the Ark?

Dec. 5, 2016 from Answers in Depth
Even though there are mostly good germs, many tend to focus on only the bad germs. So skeptics question whether pathogens were present on the Ark.
In-Depth Article
Eukaryote Without Mitochondria Is Not a Product of Evolution

June 2, 2016 from Answers in Depth
Named Monocercomonoides, this eukaryotic microorganism doesn’t have the slightest trace of mitochondria. How does it survive?
In-Depth Article
The Beneficial Functions of Endogenous Retroviruses

May 12, 2016 from Answers in Depth
The list of beneficial functions for Endogenous Retroviruses continues to grow. ERVs also promote healthy immune responses—another creationist confirmation.
How Bacteria Affect Your Everyday Life

April 13, 2016
We need to balance our understanding of the microscopic world because it is an essential part of and critically affects our everyday life.
Technical
Do Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs) Support Common Ancestry?

Dec. 10, 2015
ERVs are found in the same location in the genome across species, so evolutionists apply their ideas of common ancestry and say ERVs demonstrate evolution.
Book Chapter
Is Antibiotic Resistance Proof of Evolution?

July 3, 2015 from The Genesis of Germs
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most important topics that a beginning biology student going into medicine should learn and understand.
Magazine Article
Testing the Limits

July 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
Evolution would require an enormous amount of change. Modern laboratory experiments have tested bacteria’s ability to change. Is this ability truly unlimited?
Book Chapter
Microbes by Design, Example 2, Serratia marcescens

June 26, 2015 from The Genesis of Germs
Another example of design which can be seen in the microbial world is the production of a blood-red pigment made by Serratia marcescens.
Book Chapter
Bacterial Flagella—Icon of the Intelligent Design Movement

June 19, 2015 from The Genesis of Germs
There are many extraordinary examples of design in the microbial world. In this chapter, two examples are given.
Book Chapter
Microbes by Design

May 29, 2015 from The Genesis of Germs
This book will describe designed structures and purposeful functions in microorganisms, explain the origin of disease, and showcase Bible-believing scientists.
In-Depth Article
Endogenous Retroviruses: Key to Mammalian Brain Development?

Feb. 21, 2015 from Answers in Depth
Evolutionists credit endogenous retroviruses with making mammalian evolution possible, but scientists now show they play a critical role in brain development.
Book Chapter
What About Bacteria?

Jan. 23, 2015 from The New Answers Book 3
If God finished creation in six days and declared it “very good,” where did disease-causing designs come from?