Chapter 1 Flashcards
Acellular, parasitic particles composed of a nucleic acid and protein
Viruses
Light fueled conversion of carbon
dioxide to organic material
Photosynthesis
Production of foods, drugs, and vaccines
using living organisms
Biotechnology
Using living organisms to remedy an
environmental problem
Bioremediation
________ _______ is an early belief that some forms of life could arise from vital forces present in nonliving or decomposing matter
Spontaneous Generation
Louis Pasteur eventually disproved spontaneous generation
and proved the _____, which is the idea that living things can only arise from other living things
Theory of Biogenesis
a viable explanation of why things happen which is yet to be disproved by scientific methods
Theory
Accurate mathematical representations of a theory becomes ____ or _____
Law or principle
requires the elimination of all life forms including endospores, viruses and prions
Sterility
Who was the doctor that observed that mothers of home births had fewer infections than those who gave
birth in hospitals?
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Who was the doctor that correlated infections with physicians coming directly from the autopsy room to the maternity ward?
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis
Who introduced aseptic techniques to reduce
microbes in medical settings and prevent wound infections?
Joseph Lister
Who were the two major contributors of the germ theory of disease?
Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch
Who was responsible for showing microbes caused fermentation and spoilage,
Disproved spontaneous generation of microorganisms, and
Developed pasteurization?
Louis Pasteur
organizing, classifying, and naming living things is known as…
Taxonomy
