HOT ZONE PART ONE
The conversation between Preston and Karl Johnson was mainly about how the Ebola strain was threatening to become a serious problem if not figured out. Karl Johnson talked to Preston about how he isn’t worried a virus would wipe an entire population and says if anything, about 90% of the population would be the most to perish. Johnson said he actually thinks the virus would be doing us a favor by “thinning out a species” if it came to that then proceeded to explain how he thinks viruses are beautiful and have pureness to them.
Microorganisms can maintain or decrease the health of an ecosystem or the organisms living within. Some ways microorganisms can maintain the health is by decomposing dead remains or waste. Examples of these microorganisms would be fungi, or certain bacteria. These types will provide nutrients for the soil when they decompose bodies, or waste, and help with the growth of organisms, and a healthy ecosystem. When microorganisms harm a certain organism or ecosystem they create disease, viruses, and spoil needed food. These types of microorganisms would be salmonella bacteria, parasites, pathogenic bacteria, etc. These microorganisms can majorly harm an ecosystem and organisms, by infection. If an organism is infected with a deadly airborne virus one individual after another will catch the virus, causing a decline in population and an unstable ecosystem. Ebola bacteria in this book would be a great example of a microorganism that would harm organisms and their environments by decreasing populations, and disrupting the balance of species in an ecosystem.