- Bacteria (singular: bacterium) constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. Bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats. Bacteria inhabit soil, water, acidic hot springs, radioactive waste, and the deep portions of Earth’s crust. Bacteria also live in symbiotic and parasitic relationships with plants and animals. They are also known to have flourished in manned spacecraft.
- Beid (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
BEID (Omicron-1 Eridani). In the middle of the first southerly turning of Eridanus (the River) lie a seeming pair of fourth magnitude stars, Beid and Keid, which Bayer placed far down in the Greek alphabet as Omicron-1 and Omicron-2.