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What types of orgs are included in the study of microbio?
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prions, virus, fungi, parasites, and bacteria
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What other areas besides pathogenesis, are included in the study of microbio?
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biotechnology, gene therapy
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Distinguish among food microbio, biotechnology, and genetic engineering technology.
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food mb- productions of cheeses, wine, beer, and bread, prevention of food spoilage
biotechnology- use microbes to solve bio probs, produce mass quantities of useful items. genetic engineering tech- uses microbes to produce substances like human insulin or to isolate individual genes |
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Diff between parasites and hosts
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Parasites are orgs that live in or on host.
Hosts are orgs that become infected with parasites or other microorgs. |
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Where do we find microorgs?
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Microorgs are everywhere x specifically sterilized surfaces
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Major Contrib: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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invention of the microscope, first to observe animalcules, or microbes
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Major Contrib: Edward Jenner
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small pox vaccine
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Ignaz Semmelweis
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handwashing
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Louis Pasteur
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disproved spontaneous generation, developed vaccines for anthrax and rabies, father of microbiology
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Robert Koch
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Koch postulates
-microorg must satisfy four requirements in order to establish that an organism is the cause of the dz |
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What was the basis for the belief in spontaneous generation?
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Cultures left out overnight were always contaminated. Pasteur proved that this contamination came from air.
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