In science there is a vast field of unknown. Organisms, big or small, inhabit the earth and sometimes live on each other.

In the original article, it was discussed that humans cohabit with the unseen microbes. Microbes, visible using digital student microscopes, are said to inhabit any place. They could live on forests, soils, vents, ocean floors and even human skin. Microbes are still considered to be a mystery even among scientists. There is still a lot to be learned about them.

The American Academy of Microbiology, according to the original article, is a collection of many researchers in different fields like marine science, microbiology, pathobiology, medicine, engineering, and other fields who discuss different ways in building and extending scientific successes in microbiology.

Microbes play various roles in our life and in the environment. They are behind the global biogeochemical cycle which releases oxygen into the atmosphere and also absorbs greenhouse gases. Microbes are also considered as recyclers. They convert dead materials into nutrients needed for new growth. They are also behind bioenergy, food webs, waste management and treatment, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, etc, according to the original article.

More research studies are needed in order to tap the potential help microbes can do to us and the environment. With the use of digital student microscopes, researchers can study the complex microbial environment as well as the microbes themselves.

The articles also enumerates the different recommendations like methods to imitate the microbial environments or their natural habitats, appreciation of mixed communities of microbes not just one or isolation of pure organisms, enhanced technologies  for making measurements at the microscale, and collaboration across different scientific specialties.
Microbes live in a variety of habitats. Research studies should also center in imitating extreme conditions and how nutrient and oxygen gradients form at surfaces. Using digital student microscopes, students and professionals alike can capture images and videos from the sample they are viewing directly into a computer or projector. Real-time videos of the samples can be saved into a computer for further observation and/or editing.

More research is also needed in miniaturizing scanning electron microscopy and other microscopic tools, according to the article. A miniaturized digital student microscope could also be recommended. A tool for improving the ability to make environmental measurements is needed to standardize these measurements.

A positive direction into these recommendations would result into creative approaches, new perspectives, and fruitful dialogues on future researches.

Collaboration among microbial studies, according to the original article, is a challenge because of the differing structures in different academic departments. These departments and scientific fields should agree on some rules and regulations in order to maintain “homeostasis” or to even out each field.

For the success of these recommendations, improved training centers are being called upon in microbiology in order to boost creative and critical thinking on hypothesis building. These training centers could begin at the K-12 levels, where students using digital student microscopes could be initiated to the wonderful discovery of microbiology. Here is a link to the article