First Lecture Flashcards
Characteristics of life (8)
Adaptation through evolution
Cellular organization
Growth and development
Heredity
Homeostasis
Metabolism
Reproduction
Response to stimuli
viruses and prions are also called _____
agents
Microbiology has fundamental research on these fields (5)
Biochemistry
Physiology
Cell Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Clinical aspects
Microorganisms are usually less than ____
1 mm
Microbiology why? (2)
BASIC Biological Science
-accessible research tools
APPLIED Biological Science
-deals with important practical problems, medicine, agriculture, industry
-biotechnology (genetic engineering + industrial microbiology)
BT corn is based on what bacteria?
Bacillus thuringiensis
Insulin is produced from a gene found in the ___ through a ____, producing in a fermentation tank, then purified
Pancreas, recombinant bacterium
Microorganisms reach (3)
Microorganisms are ubiquitous (everywhere)
High range of activity and diversity
Microorganisms greatly affect environment and other life forms
- Microbiology divides into (2)
Basic research microbiology
Applied microbiology
- Basic research Microbiology divides into (3)
By Kind of organism
By process
In relation to disease
- Basic research Applied Microbiology divides into (3)
Disease-related
Environmental
Industrial
- By Kind of Organism (6) [Basic research]
Bacteriology
Phycology
Mycology
Protozoology
Parasitology
Virology
- By process (3) [Basic research]
Microbial metabolism
Microbial genetics
Microbial ecology
- In Relation to disease (3) [Basic research]
Immunology
Epidemiology
Etiology
- Disease-related (2) [Applied microbiology]
Infection control
Chemotherapy
- Environmental (1) [Applied microbiology]
Environmental microbiology
- Industrial (2) [Applied microbiology]
Food and beverage technology
Pharmaceutical microbiology
Genetic engineering
Applied Microbiology (9)
Study of pathogenic microbes
Microbes related to production of medicine
microbes for industrial processes
Use of microbes to make products
Microbes and food spoilage
Agriculturally relevant microbes
Study of microbes in water
Study of microbes in air
Microbes in geological substances
Microbes cleaning
Microbes in space
Microbes on nano level
Quantification of factors
Medical Microbiology
Pharmaceutical Microbiology
Industrial Microbiology
Microbial biotechnology
Food Microbiology
Agricultural Microbiology
Water Microbiology
Aeromicrobiology
Environmental Microbiology
Geomicrobiology
Bioremediation
Astro microbiology
Nanomicrobiology
Predictive microbiology
