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Ch. 1 History of Microbiology Flashcards

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list six reasons why microorganisms are important

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  1. most populous and diverse group of organisms
  2. found everywhere on the planet
  3. play a mjor role in recycling essential elements
  4. source of nutrients and some carry out photosynthesis
  5. benefit society by production of food, beverages, antibiotics, and vitamins
  6. some cause disease in plants and animals
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what defines a member of the microbial world?

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organisms and acellular entities too small to be clearly seen by unaided eye

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how large are MOST microorganisms?

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less than 1mm, but some can be macroscopic

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are microbes usually simple or complex?

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relatively simple in their construction and lack highly differentiated cells and distinct tissues

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what are the two types of microbes?

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cellular and acellular

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list 4 types of cellular microbes and give an example of each

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  1. fungi: yeast molds
  2. protists: algae, protozoa, slime molds
  3. bacteria: E. coli
  4. archaea: mathanogens
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list 4 types of acellular microbes and what they are composed of

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  1. viruses: protein and nucleic acid
  2. viroids: RNA
  3. satellites: nucleic acid, often RNA
  4. prions: protein
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list the 2 types of microbial cells

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  1. prokaryotic

2. eukaryotic

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define prokaryotic cells

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lack a membrane-delimited nucleus

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define eukaryotic cells

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have a true membrane-enclosed nucleus, are more morphologically complex and are usually larger than prokaryotic cells

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describe the classification scheme of microorganisms

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3-domain system based on a comparison of ribosomal RNA genes

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what are the 3 classifications of microorganisms

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  1. bacteria (true bacteria)
  2. archaea
  3. eukarya (eukaryotes)
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decribe domain bacteria (4)

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  1. usually single-celled
  2. majority have a cell wall with peptidoglycan
  3. most lack a membrane-bound nucleus
  4. ubiquitous and SOME live in extreme environments
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what distinguishes domain archaea from domain bacteria

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unique RNA gene sequences

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describe domain archaea (4)

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  1. LACK peptidoglycan in cell walls
  2. have unique membrane lipids
  3. some have unusual metabolic characteristics
  4. many live in extreme environments
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give 2 members of domain eukarya

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  1. protists

2. fungi

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describe the general size of protists

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generally larger than bacteria and archaea

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list 4 protists and give a feature of each

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  1. algae: photosynthetic
  2. protozoa: may be motile “hunters, grazers”
  3. slime molds: 2 life cycle stages
  4. water molds: devastating diseases in plants
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list 2 fungi and their amount of cells (general)

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  1. yeath: unicellular

2. mold: multicellular

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what do acellular infectious agents need to survive and live

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a host

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list 3 acellular infectious organisms

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  1. viruses
  2. viroids and virusoids
  3. prions
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what is the smallest of all microbes?

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viruses

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what do viruses require to replicate?

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host cell

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what do viruses cause?

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a range of diseases and some cancers

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what are viroids and virusoids?

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infectious agents composed of RNA

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what are prions?

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infectious proteins

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what did Antony von Leeuwenhoek do?

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was the first person to observe and describe microorganisms accurately

28
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what is spontaneous generation?

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the idea that living organisms can develop from nonliving or decomposing matter

29
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what did Francesco Redi do?

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discredited spontaneous generation by showing that maggots on decaying meat came from fly eggs (covered and uncovered meats experiment)

30
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describe John Needham’s experiment to see if spontaneous generations could be true for microbes, include results

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put mutton broth in flasks, boiled the flasks, then sealed them
results: broth became cloudy and contained microorganisms

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describe Lazzaro Spallanzani’s experiement to see if spontaneous generation could be true for microbes, include results

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put muttom broth in flasks, sealed them, and then boiled them
results: NO growth of microorganisms

32
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describe Louis Pasteur’s experiments concerning spontaneous generation, include results

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  1. placed nutrient solution in swan-neck flasks (long curved necks)
  2. boiled solutions
  3. broke neck of one flask, left other intact, exposed both to air
    results: no growth of microorganisms in intact flask, grwoth in broken flask
33
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what was the importance of Pasteur’s experiments?

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disproved spontaneous generation

34
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was the role of microorganisms in disease immedieately obvious (historically?)

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no

35
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what was infectious disease originally thought to be caused by?

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supernatural forces or an imbalance of the four bodily-fluuid humors

36
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what was needed to establish the connection between microorganisms and disease?

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development of techniques for studying microbes

37
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what did the earliest microbe studies focus on?

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plants and fungi

38
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what did Joseph Lister do?

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provided indirect evidence that microorganisms were causal agents of disease

39
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how did Joseph Lister provide indirect evidence that microorganisms were causal agents of disease?

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developed a system of surgery designed to prevent microorganisms from entering wounds and methods for treating instruments and surgical dressings

40
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what was the result of Joseph Lister’s new surgery system?

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his patients had fewer post op infections

41
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who provided the final, definitive proof of the role of microorganisms in disease?

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Robert Koch

42
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what did Robert Koch do?

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established the relationship between Bacillus anthracis and anthrax

43
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how did Robert Koch do his thing?

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using criteria deeloped by his teacher

44
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who was Robert Koch’s teacher?

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Jacob Henle

45
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what did Robert Koch’s criteria become known as, and what are they?

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Koch’s postulates: still used today to establish the link between a particular microorganism and a particular disease

46
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list Koch’s 4 postulates

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  1. the microorganism must be present in every case of the disease but absent from healthy individuals
  2. the suspected microorganisms must be isolated and grown in a pure culture
  3. the same disease must result when the isolated microorganism is inoculated into a healthy host
  4. the same microorganism must be isolated again from diseases host
47
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give Koch’s experimentation involving the first postulate

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developed a staining technique to examine human tissue; identified Mycobacterium tuberculosis in diseased tissue

48
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give Koch’s experimentation involving the second postulate

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grew M. tuberculosis in pure culture on coagulated blood serum

49
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give Koch’s experimentatio involving the third postulate

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injected cells from the pure culture of M.tuberculosis into guinea pigs, who subsequently died of tuberculosis

50
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give Koch’s experimentation involving the fourth postulate

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isolated M. tuberculosis in pure culture from the dead guinea pigs

51
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give 6 instances where Koch’s postulates would NOT be useful

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  1. subclinical diseases: no symptoms to track when inoculating host
  2. when genetics skews the disease: some symptomatic, some not
  3. for some microbes that can’t be grown in culture: like leprosy
  4. when the animal model is not effective or is not the same as human
  5. in the case of opportunistic agents or immunocomrpomised individuals
  6. if an organism gains virulens: process is changed
52
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list 4 things that Koch’s work led to the discovery or development of

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  1. agar
  2. petri dishes
  3. nutrient broth and nutrient agar
  4. methods for isolating organisms
53
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list 4 discoveries that came out of the golden age of microbiology ushered in

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  1. restriction endonucleases
  2. first novel recombinant molecule
    3, DNA sequencing methods
  3. bioinformatics and genomic sequencing and analysis
54
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what is medical microbiology?

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study of diseases of humans and animals

55
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what is public health microbiology?

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study of control and spread of communicable diseases

56
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what is immunology?

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study of how the immune system protects a host from pathogens

57
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what is microbial ecology?

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concerned with the relationship of organisms with their environment

58
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what percentage of the earth’s microbial population have been cultured?

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less than 1%

59
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what is agricultural microbiology?

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concerned with the impact of microorganisms on agriculture

60
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list two fields within agricultural microbiology

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  1. food safety microbiology

2. animal and plant pathogens

61
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when did industrial microbiology begin?

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in the 1800’s

62
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what does industrial microbiology include?

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  1. fermentation
  2. antibiotic production
  3. production of cheese, bread, etc.
63
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what is microbial physiology?

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studies metabolic pathways of microorganisms

64
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what is molecular biology, microbial genetics, and bioinformatics?

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study the nature of genetic information and how it regulates the development and function of cells and organisms

65
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what is a model system of genetics?

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microbes

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