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minute living things that individually are usually too small to be seen with the unaided eye

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microbes aka microorganisms

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what do microbes include

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bacteria, fungi, protozoa, algae, viruses

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are microbes beneficial

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yes the majority actually help maintain the balance of living organisms and chemicals in our environment

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these are disease producing

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pathogenic

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this is a system for naming organisms

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nomenclature

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this was established in 1735 by Carolous Linnaeus

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nomenclature

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how does nomenclature assign names

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genus (first name always capitalized) and species (follows and is not capitalized)

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these are simple, single celled(unicellular) organisms that do not have genetic material enclosed in a nuclear membrane

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bacteria

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what do prokaryotes include

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bacteria and archaea

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this is rodlike bacteria

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bacillus

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this is spherical/ovoid bacteria

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coccus

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this is corckscrew or curved bacteria

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spiral

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this is a carbohydrate and protein complex in cell walls that enclose bacteria

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peptidoglycan

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this is the main substance of plant and algal cell walls

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cellulose

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15
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bacterial reproduction that involves dividing into two equal parts

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binary fission

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16
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appendage bacteria use to swim with

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flagella

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these consist of prokaryotic cells, have cell walls but do not have peptidoglycan

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archaea

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these are a type of archaea that produce methane as a waste product from respiration

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methanogens

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these are a type of archaea that live in extremely salty environments

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extreme halophiles

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these are a type of archaea that live in hot sulfurous water

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extreme thermophiles

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these are not known to cause disease in humans

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archaea

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these are unicellular, eukaryotic, a variety of shapes and move by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia

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protozoa

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these move by using extensions of their cytoplasm

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amebae

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these live as free entities or parasites, some are photosynthetic and can reproduce sexually or asexually

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protozoa

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these are photosynthetic eukaryotes with a wide variety of shapes and are unicellular

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algae

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how do algae reproduce

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sexually and asexually

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what composes the cell walls of algae

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cellulose

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what do algae produce and why is it important

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oxygen and carbohydrates, important to the balance of nature

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these can only be seen with an electron microscope and are acellualr

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viruses

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what does acellualr mean

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not cellular

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what is the core of viruses made of

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nucleic acid(DNA or RNA) and surrounded by a protein coat(lipid membrane=envelope)

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are viruses considered living

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only when they multiply within the hose they infect(inert ourtide living hosts)

33
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what are animal parasites

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eukaryotic

34
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two groups of animal parasites are what

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flat worms and round worms(helminths)

35
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who devised a system based on cellular organization of an organism and when

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Carl Woese in 1978

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these have cell walls that contain peptidoglycan

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bacteria

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these have cell walls(if present) that lack peptidoglycan

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archaea

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what does eukrya include

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protists, fungi, plants and animals

39
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in 1665 he used compound microscope to see individual cells this marked the beginning of cell theory

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robert hooke

40
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all living things are composed of cells

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cell theory

41
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he observed live microbes between 1673-1723 and made detailed drawings of animalcules that represent bacteria and protozoa

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anton van leeuvenhoek

42
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belief that some forms of life could arise spontaneously from non living matter

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spontaneous generation

43
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he tried to demonstrate that maggots did not arise spontaneously in 1668

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francesco redi

44
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in 1745 he found that even after heating nutrient fluid the flasks held microorganisms

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john needham

45
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claim that living cells can arise fro preexisting living cells

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biogenesis

46
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in 1861 his curved neck trapped any airborne microorganisms that might contaminate the broth

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Louis Pasteur

47
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techniques that prevent contamination by unwanted microbes

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aseptic techniques

48
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when was the golden age of microbiology and what did it do

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1857-1914 and it established microbiology as a science

49
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yeast converts sugars to alcohol in the absence of air
used to make wine and beer
bacteria can change alcohol into vinegar

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fermentation

50
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reduce spoilage and kill potentially harmful bacteria in milk and some alcohols

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pasteurization

51
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principle that microorganisms cause disease

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germ theory of disease

52
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aka carbolic acid
kills bacteria
began being used in 1860s to treat surgical wounds

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phenol

53
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in 1876 he discovered bacteria actually causes disease

discovered bacillus

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robert koch

54
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chemicals produced naturally by bacteria and fungi to act against other microorganisms

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antibiotics

55
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chemotherapeutic agents prepared from chemicals in the lab

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synthetic drugs

56
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example of synthetic drug

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penicillin, antibiotic produced by a fungus

57
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study of bacteria

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bacteriology

58
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study of fungi

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mycology

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parasitology

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study of protozoa and parasitic worms

60
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the study of all of an organism’s genes

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genomics

61
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study of immunity

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immunology

62
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study of viruses

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virology

63
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showed that fragments of animal DNA that code for important proteins can be attached to bacterial DNA

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Paul Berg

64
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a DNA molecule produced by combining DNA from different sources

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recombinant DNA

65
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mechanisms by which microorganisms inherit traits

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microbial genetics

66
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studies how genetic info is carried in molecules of DNA and how DNA directs the synthesis of proteins

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molecular biology

67
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are microorganisms pathogenic

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only a small minority, most benefit humans and plants

68
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what is the only thing that can naturally convert atmospheric nitrogen to a form available to plants and animals

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bacteria

69
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inserting a missing gene or replacing a defective one in human cells

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gene therapy

70
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the ability to ward off disease

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resistance

71
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complex aggregation of microbes

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biofilm

72
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disease in which pathogens invade a susceptible host

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infectious disease

73
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diseases that are new and are increasing

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emerging infectious diseases (EIDs)

74
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disease that affects large number of individuals in a short period of time and occurs worldwide

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global pandemic disease

75
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what has become a global health crisis

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antibiotic resistant bacteria

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