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34 Cards in this Set
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Microorganism is?
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Any minute living thing you can't see without a microscope
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Germs are?
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a rapidly growing cell
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Pathogen
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a disease causing microogranism
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Microbes function in our lives
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decompose organic waste
photosynthesis produce ethanol and acetone fermented foods cheese, bread, vinegar insulin |
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knowledge of microorganisms
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prevents food spoilage and disease occurrence
led to aseptic techniques |
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Carlos Linnaeus
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invented system for naming microbes
genus name species name description, researcher, or habitat |
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Carl Woese
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3 Domains System
Bacteria Archae Eurkarya |
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Types of Microorganisms
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Bacteria
Archae Fungi Protozoa Algae Viruses Multicellular animal parasites |
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Archae
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Prokaryotic
No peptidoglycan wall Extreme Methanogens halophiles thermophiles |
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Bacteria
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Prokaryotes
Peptidoglycan Binary fission Use for energy organic and inorganic or photosynthesis |
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Fungi
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Eukaryotes
Chitin Organic chemicals for energy molds and mushrooms multicellur |
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Protozoa
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Eukaryote
Absorbs or ingest organic chemicals Moves by motile via psuedopods, cilia, or flagella |
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Algae
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Eukaryotes
Cellulose cell walls photosynthesis |
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multicellular animal parasites
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Eukaryotes
Multicellular animals parasitic flatworms helminths |
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Rudolph Virchow
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cell theory
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Biogenesis
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Life from existing life
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fermentation
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pasteur
sugar to alcohol |
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chemotherapy
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treatment with chemicals
synthetic drugs or antibiotics by bacteria |
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Paul Erlich
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Magic Bullet
Synthetic treament salvarsan for syphilis |
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Alexandar Fleming
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Penicillin
Antibiotics discoverd |
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Immunology
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Study of immunity by vaccines
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Immunology
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Identify Bacteria by
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Rebecca Lancefield
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Serotype identify bacteria
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Recombinant DNA
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Dna made from two different sources
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Genomics
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Study Organisms Genes
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Molecular Biology
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Study how DNA directs protein synthesis
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Microbial genetics
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How microbes inherit traits
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Normal Microbiota
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Microbes found on and in human body
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peptidoglycan is made of
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protein and carbohydrate
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Eukarya
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Protists, Fungi, Plants, Animals
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Protists
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slime molds, protozoa, multicellular molds and mushrooms
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Fungi
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unicellular yeasts, multicellular molds and mushrooms
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Plants
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mosses, ferns, conifers, and flowering plnats
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animals
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sponges, worms, insexts and vertebrae
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