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Undergraduate 1
04/10/2008
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Microbiology refers to what?
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The branch of biology that studies microscopic organisms.
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Name 5 familiar microbes
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Virus, bacteria, protozoa, algae & fungi
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In the 1870's what 2 things did Koch prove?
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That anthrax was caused by a bacteria & specific microbes caused specific diseases.
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What illness is the result of a bacterial infection of the uterus following child birth?
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Puerperal fever
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