How About Bacteria as Memory Card for Data Storage

Abstract

The word “bacteria” comes from the Greek word “Bakteria” which means “little sick”. The word was first used by German naturalist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. In fact, he was the first person who coined the term. Bacteriuma basically is a biological cell, mostly prokaryotic microorganisms in nature, having a few micrometers length and, different shapes like sphere, rods, spirals, etc. Bacteria can be found in the soil, water, hot springs, Chernobyl zone (radioactive waste), deep trenches of the earth, everywhere, etc. The study of bacteria is known as bacteriology. It has been found that the bacteria exist in the Mariana trench which is 11 km deep inside the ocean and is said to be the deepest part on the earth present. Bacteria can be found inside the rocks up to a level of 580 meters according to the scientists. According to the scientist, approximately 39 trillion bacterial cells can be found inside the human body of a man weighing 70 kg and 170 cm in length. The earlier ancestors of the bacteria were of unicellular origin and which appeared on the earth in the form of the first form of life when earth came into existence. Data can be stored in the bacteria which can helpful for the scientist in future. Bacteria will be used to share the data instead of pen drive and memory cards. 64 GB memory card will be a thing of past in few next years.