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agar
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a gelatin-like solidifying agent used in laboratory culture media, that contains nutrients for growth
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animalcules
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an older term used for a microscopic animal or protozoan
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biotechnology
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using microbes to solve biological problems
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gene therapy
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the insertion genes into an individual's cells and tissues to treat a disease, and hereditary disease in particular
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germ theory
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a theory that proposes that microorganisms are the cause of many diseases
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hypothesis
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a suggested explination of a phenemonon or a reasoned proposal suggesting a possible correlation between multiple phenomonons.
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Koch postulates
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criteria that must be present to demonstrate that organisms are the cause of disease.
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lysozymes
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an enzyme, that is referred to as the body's own antibiotic, since it kills bacteria.
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microbe
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an organism that is microscopic
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microbiology
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the study of microorganisms which are unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic organisms
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penicillin
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a group B-lactam antibiotic used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by suseptible, usually Gram positive organisms
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pure culture
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a population of identical cells originating from a single cell, obtained by working in aseptic conditions.
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scientific method
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using logic to arrive at a provable conclusion
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spontaneous generation
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the idea that microbes develop without any cellular percentage.
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