Chapter 1 Flashcards
Specialized area of biology that deals with living
things too small to be seen without magnification
Microbiology
Microbes that cause disease
Pathogens
The system used to name all living things
Binomial Nomenclature
The first name designates the ______ of an
organism and its first letter is capitalized
Genus
The second name is the ______, and it is lowercase
Epithet
Together genus + epithet = _______
Species
A subgroup of a species with one or more
characteristics that distinguish it from other
subgroups of the same species.
Strain
Circular bacteria are known as having ______ morphology.
Coccus
Rod like bacteria are known as having ______ morphology.
Bacillus
Bacteria with a clustered grape like arrangement
Staphylo
Bacteria with a chain arrangement
Strepto
Curved rod like bacteria are known as having ______ morphology.
Vibrio
Spiral shaped bacteria are known as having ______ morphology.
Spirillum
The belief that invisible life forces present in
matter led to the creation of life
Spontaneous generation
States that microorganisms can invade other
organisms to cause disease
Germ theory of disease
The first person to challenge the theory of
spontaneous generation by demonstrating that
maggots came from eggs of flies
Francesco Redi
Used Swan-necked flask experiments to
disprove abiogenesis/Spontaneous generation
Louis Pasteur
Manufactured simple microscopes and Observed
“animacules”
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Father of aseptic surgery techniques
Joseph Lister
Created first immunization.
Edward Jenner
Used chemotherapy to kill bacteria and prevent
disease.
Paul Ehrlich
A series of logical steps that establish whether or
not an organism is pathogenic and which disease it
caused.
Koch’s Postulates
Microorganisms that live on or in our body and do not cause us harm are known as
Normal Biota
His best-known discoveries are lysozyme and penicillin
Alexander Fleming
Viruses that infect and kill bacteria
Bacteriophages
