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an area of biology that deals with living things ordinarily too small to be seen without magnification |
Microbiology |
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classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationship |
Taxonomy |
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Who's experiment is known as 'the first biological experiment? |
Francesco Redi |
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Who coined the term cell |
Robert Hooke |
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Who is the first person who discovered and described bacteria? |
Anton von Leeuwenhoek |
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Micrographia is written by |
Robert Hooke |
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Animalcules is written by |
Anton von Leeuwenhoek |
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Heated gravy experiment |
John Needham |
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Boiled gravy experiment |
Lazzaro Spallanzani |
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Contagion |
Girolamo Fracostoro |
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smallpox vaccination |
Edward Jenner |
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London Cholera outbreak |
John Snow |
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Virus |
Martinus Beijerinck |
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Staining Method |
Christian Gram |
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Chlorine water |
Ignaz Semmelweis |
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Used phenol |
Joseph Lister |
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Biochemistry and Metabolism |
Eduard Buchner |
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Anthrax P or K |
Koch |
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Chemistry P or K |
Pasteur |
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Confirmed germ theory P or K |
Koch |
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Nobel prize P or K |
Koch |
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Pure culture P or K |
Koch |
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Rabies vaccine P or K |
Pasteur |
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Solid media P or K |
Koch |
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Tuberculosis bacteria
P or K |
Koch |
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Wine P or K |
Pasteur |
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1. Microorganisms must be found in abundance in all organisms suffering fro the disease, but should not be found in healthy organisms 2. Microorganism must be isolated from a diseased organism and grown in pure culture 3. The cultured microorganism should cause disease when introduced into a healthy organism 4. Microorganism must be preisolated from the inoculated, deceased experimental host and identified as being identical to the original specific causative agent |
Koch's four postulates |
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What is the function of Koch's postulates? |
narrow down which microorganism is causing disease |
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Size of Cells: Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes |
Prokaryotes- small Eukaryotes- Large |
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Presence of nucleus Pro/Euk |
Pro- NO Euk- Yes |
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Presence of ribosomes P or E |
P- yes E- yes |
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Presence of complex organelles P or E |
P- no E- Yes |
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study of bacteria |
bacteriology |
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study of algae |
phycology |
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study of virus |
virology |
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study of fungi |
mycology |
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Griffiths experiment microorganism used? Conclusion of experiment? |
Microorganism- streptococcus pneumonia Conclusion- transforming principle |
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Avery's experiment Microorganism used? Conclusion of experiment? |
Microorganism- streptococcus pneumonia Conclusion- DNA is genetic material in cell |
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Hershey and Chase's experiment microorganism used? Conclusion of experiment? |
microorganism- virus and E. coli conclusion DNA is genetic material not protein |
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Compared to conventional microscopes, electron microscopes differ in? |
1. Light source-electrons 2. high magnification |
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The term 'Antibiotic' was coined by who? |
Selman Waksman |
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Classes of protista are? |
protozoa and algae |
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5 characteristics of living organisms |
1. DNA as genetics of living organisms 2. Metabolisms 3. Responds to stimuli 4. Reproduction 5. Adaptation |
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Lab cultured E. coli has no more pathogenic function since it has grown in the optimal conditions such as nutrients and temperature and it has adjusted to the environment. What is the term explaining this type of adaptation process of organisms? |
Associative learning |
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Living organism has the ability to maintain balanced/equilibrium condition against fluctuating environments such as internal temperature, pH and ionic concentration. What do you call this property of organism? |
Homeostasis |
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Among infectious diseases __________ diseases are known for their high fatality. |
Respiratory |
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_______diseases are a group of prevalent infectious diseases, but relatively easy to control |
Diarrheal |
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Among infectious diseases, the threat of ______ is constantly present through the history especially among the populations of poverty or low income |
tuberculosis |
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What are the two taxonomic groups of prokaryotic organisms? |
Bacteria and Archae |
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What are the 4 taxonomic groups of eukaryotic organism? |
Plant Animal Fungi Protists |
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__________is a way that microorganisms can communicate each other through the density of chemicals. Chemicals may work as an ________or repellants. |
Quorum sensing attractant |
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Cell Theory |
1. All living organisms are composed of one or more cells 2. Cell is the basic unit of all organisms 3. All cells come from preexisting cells |
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What are some common characteristics of living cells? |
1. DNA 2. plasma membrane 3. metabolism 4. protein synthesis-ribosomes (protein production) |
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components of endomembrane system |
nuclear envelope lysosomes cell membrane |
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shape of prokaryotes |
circular |
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shape of eukaryote |
linear |
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location where ATP is produced in prokaryote |
cytoplasm |
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location where ATP is produced in eukaryote |
mitochondria |
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presence of cilia in prokaryote |
no |
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presence of cilia in eukaryote |
yes |
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use of endomembrane system in prokaryote |
no |
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use of endomembrane system in eukaryote |
yes |
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function of smooth endoplasmic reticulum |
production of lipids |
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function of golgi apparatus |
sorting proteins |
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function of lysosomes |
digestion of foreign material |
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function of mitochondria |
production of ATP |
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function of chloroplasts |
photosynthesis |
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function of cytoskeleton |
provides structural framework to the cell |
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function of cell wall |
provides rigidity to the cell |
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function of ribosomes |
production of proteins |
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Flagella, cilia, and pseudopodia are involved with cells ______________ |
motility |
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Explanation of mitochondria and chloroplasts as the organelles that are included bacterial cells through evolutionary process is called _________ |
Endosymbiosis |