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First Lecture Flashcards

1
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Characteristics of life (8)

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Adaptation through evolution
Cellular organization
Growth and development
Heredity
Homeostasis
Metabolism
Reproduction
Response to stimuli

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2
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viruses and prions are also called _____

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agents

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Microbiology has fundamental research on these fields (5)

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Biochemistry
Physiology
Cell Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Clinical aspects

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4
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Microorganisms are usually less than ____

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1 mm

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Microbiology why? (2)

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BASIC Biological Science
-accessible research tools

APPLIED Biological Science
-deals with important practical problems, medicine, agriculture, industry
-biotechnology (genetic engineering + industrial microbiology)

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6
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BT corn is based on what bacteria?

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Bacillus thuringiensis

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Insulin is produced from a gene found in the ___ through a ____, producing in a fermentation tank, then purified

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Pancreas, recombinant bacterium

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8
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Microorganisms reach (3)

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Microorganisms are ubiquitous (everywhere)

High range of activity and diversity

Microorganisms greatly affect environment and other life forms

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  1. Microbiology divides into (2)
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Basic research microbiology
Applied microbiology

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  1. Basic research Microbiology divides into (3)
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By Kind of organism

By process

In relation to disease

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  1. Basic research Applied Microbiology divides into (3)
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Disease-related
Environmental
Industrial

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  1. By Kind of Organism (6) [Basic research]
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Bacteriology
Phycology
Mycology
Protozoology
Parasitology
Virology

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  1. By process (3) [Basic research]
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Microbial metabolism
Microbial genetics
Microbial ecology

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  1. In Relation to disease (3) [Basic research]
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Immunology
Epidemiology
Etiology

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  1. Disease-related (2) [Applied microbiology]
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Infection control
Chemotherapy

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16
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  1. Environmental (1) [Applied microbiology]
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Environmental microbiology

17
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  1. Industrial (2) [Applied microbiology]
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Food and beverage technology
Pharmaceutical microbiology
Genetic engineering

18
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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

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Medical Microbiology

Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Industrial Microbiology

Microbial biotechnology

Food Microbiology

Agricultural Microbiology

Water Microbiology

Aeromicrobiology

Environmental Microbiology

Geomicrobiology

Bioremediation

Astro microbiology

Nanomicrobiology

Predictive microbiology

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