# Bacteria: Friend and Foe

Some lab shots, some microcinematography, some reenactments of Pasteur peering into his microscope. Shows the importance of bacteria in our everyday life. Animated drawings and live action scenes show bacterial growth and reproduction, and ways in which bacteria may be grouped for systematic study. Contributions of Leeuwenhoek, Pasteur and Koch are noted.

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1953
- By: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/0595_Bacteria_Friend_and_Foe)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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