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Microbiology
Chapter 1
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Biology
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02/10/2009

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bacteria
Definition
no nucleus, cell wall peptidoglycan, no membrane enclosed organelles
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fungi
Definition
multi or uni-cellular - non motile, absorb nutrients, cell wall chitin
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protozoa
Definition
uni-cellular - motile, ingest or absorb phagocytose nutrients, no cell wall; multi-cellular - cell wall made of cellulose
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algae
Definition
photosynthetic, some motile, cell wall cellulose
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virus
Definition
only living thing not to be based on cell structure, no cell membrane, no ribosomes
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microbes
Definition
bacteria, fungi, protozoa, algae, viruses
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multi cellular organisms
Definition
arthropods, helminths, roundworms, flatworms
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arthropods
Definition
some are vectors or human disease; ticks, fleas etc
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eukarya
Definition
all have eukaryote cells
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animalia
Definition
multi-ceullular, ingest nutrients, no cell wall
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plantae
Definition
multi-cellular, true tissues, photosynthetic, cell wall of cellulose
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archaea prokaryote
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cell wall not peptidoglycan, cell membrane, ribosomes and gene architecture different from Eubacteria
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eubacteria
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prokaryote, cell wall of peptidoglycan
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immunology
Definition
study of host defense against foreign agents
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epidemology
Definition
study of transmission of disease
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decomposers
Definition
return the elements back to the environment for the next generation
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normal flora
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aids in digestion, helps prevent infections, provides nutrients
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recombinant DNA
Definition
manipulation of microbes to take on a human gene
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gene therapy
Definition
for curing genetic disease
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bio remediation
Definition
sewage, toxic waste
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Robert Hooke
Definition
invents compound light microscope
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Definition
1st to describe major classes of bacteria, discovery of microbes
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spontaneous generation
Definition
the now discredited idea that living things can arise from non-living material
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theory of biogenesis
Definition
current belief that all living things are derived from pre-existing living things
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Edward Jenner
Definition
first to develop vaccine
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Joseph Lister
Definition
first to develop aseptic surgical technique
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bacillus thuringiensis
Definition
a soil bacteria used as a natural insecticide
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germ theory of disease
Definition
theory that microbes cause disease
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Francesco Redi
Definition
disproved spontaneous generations
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Louis Pastuer
Definition
ended debate about spontaneous generation by swan necked flashs
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nitrogen fixation
Definition
nitrogen is changed from the elemental form to a compound that can be used by other living things
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saccharomyces
Definition
a yeast used for making bee, wine and bread
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