Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Micro organisms. they are the most ______ and ______ group of organisms

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populous and diverse

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where are micro organisms found

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everywhere on the planet

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3
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how can microorganisms benefit us

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with production of food, beverages, antibiotics, and vitamins

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what percentage of micro organisms are knwon to cause illness in humans

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less than 1% of known bacterial species

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Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek did what

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began making and using microscopes and examined water and visualized microbes

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Taxonomy def

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a system for naming plants and animals and grouping similar organisms together

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what are the 6 categories

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Bacteria, Archaea, fungi, protozoa, algae, small multicell animals

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eukaryotes

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fungi protozoa algae and small multicell animals

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prokaryotes

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bacteria and archaea

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prokaryotic traits

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no membrane bound nucleus
‘no membrane bound organelles and usually smaller in size

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eukaryotic traites

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yes membrane bound nucleus
yes membrane bound organelles
usually more complex and larger in size

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12
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are bacteria and archaea unicellular or multicellular

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unicellular and lack nuclei

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13
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where are bacteria and archaea found

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anywhere there is enough mositure

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14
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extremophiles

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some archaea that can survive in extreme environments like high salt or high heat

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15
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what cell walls contain peptidoglycan, what does not

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bacteria cell walls do, and archaeal cell walls do not.

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16
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fungi traits

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eukaryotic, yes cell walls, has two forms which are molds (multicelled) and yeasts (unicellular)

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protozoa traits

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single celled eukaryotes, similar to animals in nutrient needs and cell structure, some live freely in water, some live in animal hosts

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algae traits

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can be unicellular or multicellular, are photosynthetic, produce a majority of earth

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parasitic worms traits

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multicellular, and commonly infect intestines

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viruses traits

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not cells (acellular, require a host cell to replicate, obligate intercellular parasites, are made of DNA or RNA and a protein coat

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Are fungi mc or uc

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molds are mc and yeasts are uc

22
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are protozoa mc or uc

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are algae mc or uc

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they can be either

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are parasitic worms mc or uc

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are viruses mc or uc
they are not cells. Acellular
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golden age of microbio was when
late 1800s and early 1900s
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is microbial life spontaneously generated ?
no
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3 processes to create life
asexual, sexual, and non living matter
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redis experiments was what
the steak in a flask, sealed flask was no maggots
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lazzara spallanzanis experiments
boiled to kill microbes, but once seal was broke then microbes appreared
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louis pasteurs experiments
performed swan necked flask experiments. the air flowed in , but the microbes stayed in the bottom of the swan neck
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what casues fermentation ?
yeast
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what were the ideas of what caused fermentation
spontaneously, then air, then bacteria, then yeast
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pasteurization def
process of heating liquid just enough to kill most bacteria
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Grams stain def
the most widely used staining technique, one of the first steps to identify a bacterium
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how can we prevent infection and disease ?
hand washing, antiseptic, clean hospitals, spidemiology, vaccines, chemotherapy
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