Microbes live in a damp area in order for them to grow and reproduce. If the habitats of microbes get dry, their body has the tendency to get dry out too. Thus, microbes develop a hard coating and turn into an inactive dust. Although in this form, some of them could survive. However, as soon as microbes immersed in water again, their body rehydrate and begin on their new life cycle again.

Finding the Microbes

If you want to observe how microbes go on with their lives, you will have to provide these microorganisms some liquid place to live. With the use of a jar that has a screw top, get a sample preferably from stagnant puddles and ponds.It would be interesting if you added some bits of water plants and bottom mud. Fish tank and water from the flower vase would also be a good source of your sample. These two will give you some promising results.After you collect water from different sources, label the jars to help you remember where each sample came from.

The most important thing you need to do is to always wash your hands thoroughly after handling some water infected by microbes.Though some of the microbes are harmless, others are equally dangerous too. When preparing a slide, do not rub your eyes or touch your mouth and nose.And most of all, avoid eating while you are dealing with the specimen with microbes.