September 17 is International Microorganism Day!
Back in 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek peered at his own teeth and discovered what he called “animalcules” (a.k.a. microorganisms today). From making sourdough bread to yummy yogurt, microbes are busy at work all around us.
Want to try some microbe-powered recipes? Visit internationalmicroorganismday.org and bring out your inner microbiologist!
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ID: Barbara is wearing a black long sleeve shirt with tan vest and a silver leaf earring standing in front of a white wall and a hanging plant from the ceiling. She signs as captions appear. Some visuals appear throughout the video, such as a photo of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek at 0:15, a photo of his drawing of teeth at 0:26, and some “animalcules” at 0:30. At 1:27, a blue box with website appears: internationalmicroorganismday.org. At 2:00, photos are shown of the Micropia museum, with different microorganisms in jars, a photo of Alicia and Barbara with stamped microorganisms in a white circle, various petri dishes, a close up through a microscope of something that resembles green grapes, another one looks like a sea animal, and another looking like red with spikes. The closing video shows white background with blue text: Enjoyed this video? Black text: Please consider donating; your support will help keep our content & resources FREE! Green button with black text: atomichands.com/donate. Image of an iPhone with Atomic Hands’ menu webpage shows with menu options: ASL STEM Storybooks, ASL STEM Videos, ASL STEM Resources, ASL STEM Dictionaries, ASL STEM News, ASL STEM Events, and Deaf STEMist Network.
Transcript: September is International Microorganisms Day, because on this day in 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek wrote to the Royal Society about his teeth being the home to “many very little animalcules!” Animalcules are now called microorganisms, which is defined as a living thing that is so small it must be viewed with a microscope. This includes bacteria, fungi, and viruses among many others! For example, microbes can make delicious sourdough bread! Bacteria can make yummy yogurt! Check interationalmicroorganismday.org for recipes to bring out your inner microbiologist. Here’s something cool: Alicia and I went to a museum in Amsterdam several years ago that was about microbes, called Micropia. Join the flashback with our younger selves through these pictures!