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What is Abiogenesis
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The belief in spontaneous generation a a source of life.
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What is archaea?
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Procaryotic single cell organisms of primitive origin that have unusual anatomy, physiology & genetics & live in harsh habitats. When caps refers 2 3 domain of living organism as proposed Woese.
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What is Aceptic technique.
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Methods of handling microbial cultures, patient specimens, & other sources of microbes in a way that prevents infection of the handler & others who r exposed
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What is Bacteria
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Category of procaryotes w/ peptidoglycan in their cell walls & circular chromosomes, this group of small cells is widely distributed in the earth's habitats, When caps s/a bt containing non non-archaea procaryotes
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What is Bio Remediation
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The use of microbes to reduce or degrade pollutants, industrial wastes, and household garbage.
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What is Biogenesis
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The belief that living things can only arise from others of the same kind.
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Bionominal Scientific Names
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Biotechnology
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The use of microbes or their products in the commercial or industrial realm
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Decomposition
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The breakdown of dead matter and wasted into simple compounds, that can be directed back into the natural cycle of living things
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Eukarya
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One of the 3 domains (sometimes called super kingdoms) of livings organisms, all eucaryotic organism (Woese)
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Fungi
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Macroscopic and microscopic heterotrophic eucaryotic organism that can be uni-or multicellular
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Genetic engineering
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A field involving deliberate alterations (recombinations) of the genomes of microbes, plants and animals through special technological proceeses
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Geme Theory of diseases
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A theory 1st origination in the 1800 which proposed that microorganisms can be the cause of diseases. The concept is so well established in present time it is considered fact.
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Hypothesis
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A tentative explanation of what has been observed or measured.
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What are the levels of classification
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kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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What is LG
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Macroscopic
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Visible to the naked eye
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Microbiology
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A specialized area of biolgy that deals with living things ordinarily to small to be seen w/o magnification, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa and viruses.
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Microrganism
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A living thing ordinarily to small to be seen w/o magnification or organism of microscopic size
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Nomenclature
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A set system for scientifically naming organisms, enzymes, anatomical structures etc.
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Organelles
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A small component of eucaryotic cells that is bounded by a membrane and specialized in function
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Parasite
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An organism that lives on or w/i another organism (the host) from which it obtains nutrients & enjoys protection. the parasite produces some degree of harm in the host
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Pathogen
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Any agent (usually a virus, bacterium, fungus, protozoan, or helminth) that causes disease
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Photosynthesis
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A process occurring in plants, algae, & some bacteria that traps the suns's energy & converts it to ATP in the cell, This energy is used to fix co2 into organic compounds
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protozoa
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A group of single-celled, eucaryotic organisms.
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Recombinant
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A technology, a/k as genetic engineering that deliberately modifies the genetic structure of an organism to create novel products, microbes, animals, plants & viruses.
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Scientific Method
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Spontaneous Generation
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Early belief that living things arose from vital forces present in nonliving, or decomposing, matter
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Sterilization
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Any process that completely removes or destroys all viable microorganisms,including viruses, from an object or habitat. Material so treated is sterile.
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Taxonomy
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The formal system for organizing, classifying and naming living things
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Ubiquitous
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Present everywhere at the same time
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Viruses
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Microscopic, acellular agent composed of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat
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Discuss microbes in terms of # and range of distribution
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Microbes are the dominant organisms on earth.
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Discuss major groups of organisms
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They are bacteria, viruses, fungi,protozoa, algae, and helminths (parasitic worms)
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Describe the study of Microbiology
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Is one of the largest & most complex of the biological sciences because it includes many diverse biological disciplines. it studies every aspect of microbes
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Identify how microorganisms are essential to the operation of the Earth's ecosystems.
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Like photosyntheses, w/o this there would be no earth & decomposition & nutrient recycling.
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Discuss how humans use the versatility of microbes.
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w/ yeast & for breads & alcohols, or for mining precious metals & enzymes for laundry Genetic engineering and recombinant DNA & bioremediation.
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Discuss Howell
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Trace the history of microbiology
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From curiosity & devotion of many microbiologist over the last 300 years, experiments done in dimly lit laboratories/ crude tools, 2 the rise of scientific method, development of medical microbiology inclding germ theory
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Microbiology
Chapter 1 The main themes of Microbiology |
Microbiology
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Microbiology
Chapter 2 The Chemistry of Biology |
Microbiology
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