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

  • Dec. 5, 2010 from Answers Magazine

    The Creator filled the earth with all the chemicals that living things could ever need. Bacteria play a special role in converting them into forms we can use.

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  • In-Depth Article
    The Genesis of Pathogenic E. coli
    Oct. 6, 2010 from Answers in Depth

    Even though some strains are pathogenic, most E. coli strains still show evidence of being one of God’s “very good” creations.

  • Bacteria’s Sense of Smell
    Aug. 21, 2010

    Bacteria may seem like senseless life-forms, but researchers have discovered that the tiny organisms have a sense of smell.

  • In-Depth Article
    Robert Koch, Creation, and the Specificity of Germs
    April 7, 2010 from Answers in Depth

    Microbiology is dominated by evolution today. Just look at any text, journal article, or the topics presented at professional scientific meetings.

  • Disinfectants Train Microbes
    Jan. 2, 2010 from News to Know

    We’ve responded to the claim that antibiotics cause microbes to “evolve” resistance. Is the idea that disinfectants “train” microbes to become resistant any different?

  • Simple is as Simple Does
    Dec. 5, 2009 from News to Know

    It could be “the most thorough study ever of a single organism,” and what is the unsurprising conclusion? “[E]ven the simplest creatures are more complex than scientists suspected,” reports Wired’s Brandon Keim.

  • In-Depth Article
    Microbiota
    Sept. 22, 2009 from Answers in Depth

    Through complex biochemical interactions, there is actual communication between the gut lining and the microbiota to establish a healthy equilibrium. Communication that reflects the Creator.

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  • In-Depth Article
    Creation and the Germ Theory
    July 29, 2009 from Answers in Depth

    Today, we take for granted that germs cause disease, and many people fear them. Yet for centuries, the concept of germs was virtually unknown.

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  • Rip van Microbe
    June 20, 2009 from News to Know

    After tens of thousands of years trapped in ice, an ancient species “wakes up.” Is it science news or the plot of a low-budget movie?

  • Technical In-Depth Article
    The Organosubstrate of Life
    May 20, 2009 from Answers in Depth

    Microbes and viruses were created as a link between macro-organisms and a chemically rich but inert physical environment.

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  • In-Depth Article
    Laminin and the Cross
    Oct. 29, 2008 from Answers in Depth

    Much has been made of laminin having a cross shape. But should we look for such “signs” to prove the accuracy of God’s Word?

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  • Microscopic Clutch Aids In Flagellum Mobility
    July 5, 2008

    Tiny bacteria-bound flagella have a clutch-controlled microscopic motor much like that of ordinary automobiles, according to research conducted at Indiana University–Bloomington and Harvard University.

  • Microbes from the Freezer - Still Alive
    Aug. 11, 2007

    Microbes thought by some to be as old as eight million years are now alive and well (along with their progeny) in a lab at Rutgers University, reports the BBC.

  • “Evo-devo” Devolves
    April 7, 2007

    Although Ernst Haeckel’s dishonest drawings of embryos, purported proofs of evolution, have long since been uncovered as frauds, the use of embryos in support of evolutionary theory continues to this day.

  • Book Chapter
    The Origin of Microorganisms
    March 29, 2007 from Evolution Exposed: Biology

    Evidence for the origin of life confirms the biblical account that God supplied the information for complex features when He created each kind.

  • Technical In-Depth Article
    Were Retroviruses Created Good?
    Dec. 20, 2006 from Answers in Depth

    Rather than being added on during evolution by accident, some endogenous retroviruses must have been incorporated into the initial design of eukaryotic life.

  • How Low Can You Go—Again?
    Nov. 8, 2006

    Two articles make claims of having sequenced even smaller bacterial genomes.

  • Magazine Article
    The Amazing Motorized Germ
    Dec. 1, 2004, pp. 24–25

    What do your skin, a compost pile and Lake Superior all have in common? Each of them is home to an abundance of microscopic germs, properly called bacteria.

  • Aren’t 250 Million Year Old Live Bacteria a Bit Much?
    Dec. 26, 2001

    We are being bombarded by numerous scientific reports describing the discovery of ‘living’ organisms or parts of organisms in ‘old’ rocks.

  • Magazine Article
    Salty Saga
    Sept. 1, 2001, pp. 15–16

    In October 2000, researchers led by Professor Russell Vreeland from Pennsylvania’s West Chester University claimed to have revived bacteria which had lain dormant, trapped within salt crystals s

  • The Amazing Cell
    Jan. 10, 2000

    As a microbiologist, the bacterial flagellum has always fascinated me.

  • Magazine Article
    God’s Micro World
    Sept. 1, 1992, pp. 10–13

    Microscopes are marvellous modern-day tools. You may not own one yourself, but they are used daily for many processes to help you live better.

  • Children
    It's all in the way we see things
    July 1, 1979, pp. 4–8

    Those who study biology may not believe in evolution, but they cannot find a way to say this or put it into practice since everything they read or think is done in evolutionary terms.

  • Magazine Department Article
    The Greatest Absence of Evolution Ever Reported
    Oct. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

    Can an organism survive billions of years of evolution without evolving?

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