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Intro To Microbiology Flashcards

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Why are microbes important in soil?

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It is important in decomposition of organic matter

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What is ubiquity?

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Everywhere

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What are two microbes found in soil?

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Saprophytes and acids

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What are the recycler microbes?

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Saprophytes

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What are saprophytes?

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They convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form that can be used by plants

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What would happen without saprophytes?

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Plants would deplete nitrogen from the soil

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What makes dirt?

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Acids produced my microbes aid in dissolving rocks and helps form new soil

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What is an important source of photosynthesis?

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Water

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What are microbes considered as in terms of the food chain?

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The beginning

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What is Unpurified water considered as?

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A vector or reservoir for diseases

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Why are microbes beneficial for sewage treatment?

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They decompose organic matter

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What are three classifications of microbes?

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Beneficial, opportunistic, pathogenic

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What are four ways humans have utilized microbes?

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Food production
Engineered products
Genetic engineering
Research tools

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What are three types of microorganisms?

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Bacteria
Fungi
Protozoan

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What are two types of bacteria?

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Procaryotes

Archaea

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What do prokaryotes have that archaea lack?

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Prokaryote cell walls have peptidoglycan

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What are prokaryotes?

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Normal flora can be found on skin and GI tracts. Usually beneficial or harmless.

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What are pathogens?

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Microbes capable of causing disease

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Where can archaea be found?

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In deep seas in hydrothermal vents and mountain tops (glacier surface, active to just below freezing)

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What are three types of fungi?

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Yeast, dermatophytes, mushrooms

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What are two examples of Protozoa?

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Giardiasis sp. and babesia spp.

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What are algae important for?

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Photosynthesis

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What type of medication is the most prescribed?

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Antibiotics

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