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Prokaryotes |
Simple cell |
Pre-nucleus |
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Eukaryotes |
Complex cells |
True nucleus |
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Photosynthesis |
Light ruled conversion of CO2 to organic material |
From sun |
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Decomposition |
Breakdown of dead matter and wastes into simple compounds |
Breakdown |
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Biotechnology |
Production of foods, drugs, vaccines, using living organisms |
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Genetic Engineering |
Manipulating the genes of organisms to make new products |
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Bioremediation |
Using living organisms to make new products |
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Parasites |
Live on or in body of a different organism and damages the host |
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Host |
Organism that a parasite lives on |
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Pathogen |
Microbes that do harm |
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Spontaneous generation |
Early belief some forms of life arise from vital forces present in non-living decomposing matter |
Flies from manure |
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Theory of Biogenesis |
Idea that living things can only arise from other living things |
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Endospores |
Heat resistant bacterial forms of some microbes |
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Sterility |
Requires the elimination of all life forms including endospores and viruses |
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Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Mother's of home births had fewer infections than those who gave birth in hospitals |
Pregnancy |
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Dr. Ignaz semmelweist |
Correlated infections with physicians coming directly from autopsy room to maternity ward |
Room to room |
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Joseph lister |
Introduced ascetic to reduce microbes in medical settings and prevent infection in wounds |
Clean |
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Aseptic techniques |
Disinfection of hands using chemical prior to surgery & use of heat for sterilization |
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Louis Pasteur |
Showed microbes cause fermentation and spoilage Developed pasturization Demonstrates what is now known as germ theory |
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Robert koch |
Established koch postulates Identified cause of anthray, tb, and cholera Developed pure culture methods |
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Kochs postulates |
Sequence of expirimental steps that verified gem theory |
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Taxonomy |
Organizing, classifying, and naming living things |
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Nomenclature |
Assigning names |
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Genus |
Capitalized |
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Species |
Lowercase |
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Phylogeny |
Natural relatedness between groups of organisms |
Basic family tree |
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Evolution |
All new species originate from preexisting species Closely related organism have similar features bc the evolve from common ancestral forms |
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Bacteria |
True bacteria |
3 domains of life |
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Archaea |
Odd bacteria that live in extreme environments high salt heat |
3 domains of life |
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Eukarya |
Have a nucleus and organelles |
Domains of life |
