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