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BacteriaSingle-celled prokaryotes with cell walls — the oldest widespread life form, and both partners and pathogens.VirusesPackets of DNA or RNA that are not cells — they replicate only inside living hosts.FungiA eukaryotic kingdom of yeasts, moulds and mushrooms — chitin walls, external digestion, partners of plants.ArchaeaA prokaryotic domain that is not bacteria — methanogens, extremophiles and no known human pathogens.BacteriophagesViruses that infect bacteria — Earth's most abundant biological entities, and a concept-level idea in medicine.ProtozoaMotile unicellular eukaryotes — a teaching grade that includes pond ciliates and a minority of serious parasites.
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Influenza
A winter respiratory virus of drift and rare shift — surveillance and vaccines, not a cartoon villain.
Familiarity 93Tuberculosis
An airborne bacillus of latency and long care — programmes and air, not a drug recipe.
Familiarity 70Escherichia coli
Usually a gut resident; a minority of STEC pathotypes drive foodborne headlines.
Familiarity 82Staphylococcus aureus
A common skin neighbor and a resistance story called MRSA — not scare porn.
Familiarity 78Norovirus
A very-low-dose gut virus of schools and ships — soap and bleach surfaces, not alcohol-gel faith.
Familiarity 80Helicobacter pylori
A gastric spiral that rewrote the ulcer textbook — Nobel 2005, Korea's high historic prevalence, no recipes.
Familiarity 68