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viroids, prions, virusoids, and viruses are blank entities

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acellular

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study of biology of microorganisms

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microbiology

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blank and blank are cellular

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prokaryotes, eukaryotes

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protozoa, algae, fungi and worm larvae are blank

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eukaryotes

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study of form and structure

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morphology

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biochemistry, morphology, physiology, genetics, ecology, evolution are all covered in blank

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microbiology

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blank are good models for understanding processes in unicellular and multicellular organisms

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microbes

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microbes play an important role in blank and blank

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medicine, agriculture

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microorganisms are the blank form of life

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oldest

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microbes can live almost blank

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everywhere

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microorganisms are the largest blank of living material and is about blank of the entire biomass

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mass, 1/2

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microorganisms can also cause human and animal blank

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disease

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microorganisms cause most blank disease

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plant

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microorganisms are responsible for the blank of organic materials

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deterioration

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prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms consist of blank

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cells

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the microbial cell is blank and forms the fundamental structure and functional unit of life

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dynamic

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microbial cells are composed mostly of blank and have blank classes of cellular macromolecules

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water, four

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barrier that separates the inside of the cell from the outside environment

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cytoplasmic membrane

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present in most microbes, confers structural strength

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cell wall

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blank microbes have cell membrane

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all

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fluid that fills cells and all microbes have it

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cytoplasm

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stores information for structure of cells proteins

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genetic material

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sites of protein synthesis and all microbes have it

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ribosomes

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three types of this in microbes

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RNA

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Three domain system of classification for microbes

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Bacteria (prokaryote), Archaea (prokaryote), Eukarya (eukaryotes)

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Bacteria is usually blank celled

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single

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majority of Bacteria have cell wall with blank

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peptidoglycan

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Bacteria lack a blank

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membrane bound nucleus

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some Bacteria produce blank

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oxygen

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Archaea have unique blank sequences

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rRNA

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Archaea lack blank in cell walls

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peptidoglycan

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Archaea have unique blank lipids

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some Archaea have unusual blank characteristics

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Archaea live in blank environments

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generally larger than Bacteria and Archaea

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protists (eukarya)

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photosynthetic eukaryotes

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chemoheterotroph eukaryote

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chemeoheterotrophs with two life cycle stages eukarytoe

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slime molds

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chemoheterotroph agents

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smallest unit of all microbes

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aceullar and requires host to replicate and causes disease

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infectious agents composed of RNA and acellular

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viroids and virusoids

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infectious proteins and acellular

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yeast and mold are blank

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all living things undergo blank

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metabolism

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all life has the ability to blank

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science describes the world around us and tries to blank it

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science looks for patterns of blank and blank

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cause and effec

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malaria is caused by blank

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plasmodium

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microorganisms were first observed before they were connected to blank or blank spoilage

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disease, food

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first person to observe and describe microorganisms accurately in this year

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antony van leeuwenhoek 1660s

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living organisms can come from nonliving things

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spontaneous generation

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discredited spontaneous generation and showed that maggots on decaying meat came from fly eggs

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frencesco redi

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mutton broth in flasks experiement

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john needham

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broth in flasks and no growth of microorganisms because it was boiled

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Spalanzanni

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famous broth experiment with bent necks and boiled solutions

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louis pasteur

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pasteur also demonstrated alcohol blank by blank activity

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fermentation, microbial

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pasteur worked to blank wine

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pasteur also developed blank for some diseases

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belief that certain diseases were caused by microorganisms

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germ theory

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infectious diseases were believed to be caused by the blank

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supernatural

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provided indirect evidence that microorganisms were the causal agents of disease by developing a system of surgery to prevent microorganisms from entering wounds as well as methods for treating surgical tools

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joseph lister

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established relationship between Bacillus anthracis and anthrax

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robert koch

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anthrax microorganism

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Bacillus anthracis

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koch postulated that the microorganisms must be present in blank of the disease but absent from healthy organism

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every case

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koch’s postulate…. the suspected microorganism must be blank and grown in a pure culture

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koch’s postulated that the isolated microorganism must infect a healthy individual if the microorganism is blank

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inoculated into healthy person

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two types of microbiology

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applied, basic

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medical microbiology and immunology have roots in koch’s work and is blank microbiology

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agricultural, industrial, aquatic, and marine microbiology are all blank microbiology

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microbial systematics is a blank science microbiology

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the science of grouping and clasifying microorganisms

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microbial systematics

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study of microbial enzymes and chemical reactions

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microbial biochemistry

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study of heredity and variation in bacteria

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bacterial genetics

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study of viruses

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manipulation of cellular genomes

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biotechnology

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study of genetic material in microorganisms

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