Ch.1 Microbial World and You Flashcards

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3 examples of eukaryotes are?

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  1. Fungi
  2. Protists
  3. Helminths
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What is Microbiology?

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The study of organisms too small to be seen without magnification.

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3 distinctive characteristics of viruses are?

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  1. Non-living
  2. Acellular
  3. Nanometers
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3 distinctive characteristics of prakaryotes?

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  1. Single-celled
  2. No organelles
  3. 0.2um to 10um (smaller than RBC’s)
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3 distinctive characteristics of Eukaryotes?

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  1. Single-celled
  2. Multicellular
  3. Organelles
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3 major groups of eukaryotic pathogens are?

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  1. Protists
  2. Fungi
  3. Helminths
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What is an infectious disease?

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A disease in which a pathogen invades a susceptible host in order to carry out a part or all of its life cycle & in the process tends to cause disease.

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What is a biofilm?

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A community of microbes attached to a surface.

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe what?

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Living microbes

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John Tyndall & Ferdinand Cohn each demonstrated the presence of what?

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Heat resistant forms of some microbes.

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Ferdinand Cohn discovered what?

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Endospores

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Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis (1847) discovered what?

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The correlation of infections with physicians not washing hands while transferring from the autopsy room to the maternity ward.

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Joseph Lister (1867) introduced what?

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Aseptic techniques to reduce microbes in medical settings to prevent infection.

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Louis Pasteur showed that microbes caused ____ and ____

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Fermentation; spoilage

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In 1861 Louis Pasteur disproved what?

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Spontaneous generation of microorganisms.

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In 1857 Louis Pasteur developed what?

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Pasteurization

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Louis Pasteur developed the ____ vaccine

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Louis Pasteur demonstrated what?

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Germ Theory of Disease

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Robert Koch established what?

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Koch’s Postulates

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What is Koch’s Postulates?

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A sequence of experimental steps that verified the germ theory.

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Robert Koch identified cause of ____, ____ and ______

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Anthrax; TB; Cholera

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Robert Koch developed what kind of methods?

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Pure Culture

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Koch’s Postulates is used to determine what?

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The causative or etiological agent of infectious disease.

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What is an etiological agent?

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Cause of infectious disease.

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What is the first step of Koch's Postulate?
Find evidence of a particular microbe in every case of a disease.
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What is the second step of Koch's Postulates?
Isolate that microbe from an infected subject and cultivate it artificially in the laboratory.
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What is the third step in Koch's Postulates?
Inoculate a susceptible healthy subject with the laboratory isolate and observe the same signs & symptoms of the disease.
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What is the fourth step of Koch's Postulates?
Re-isolate the agent from this subject & show that it is the same!
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What is Evolution?
- Descent with modification - All new species evolve from preexisting species - All life on earth shares a common ancestors and have similarities
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What are Adaptations?
Allow for survival and reproduction
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What are the step of the Scientific Method?
1. Observe 2. Question 3. Hypothesis 4. Prediction 5. Experiment 6. Confirm OR Refute hypothesis or prediction 7. Repeat and Communicate
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What is the Scientific Theory?
Explanation for natural phenomenas that has been tested many times, many different ways and not yet proven false.