Introduction Flashcards
Microbiology came from these three words
• Micros - small
• Bios - life
• Logos - study
is an organism that is microscopic.
A microorganism or a microbe
is the study of all living organisms that are too small to be visible with the naked eye.
MICROBIOLOGY
MICROBIOLOGY is the study of the ff. MICROBES
• Bacteria
• Archaea
• Viruses
• Fungi
• Prions
• Protozoa
• Algae
make key roles in nutrient cycling, biodegredation/biodeterioration, climate change, food spoilage, the cause and control of disease, and biotechnology.
microbes
Microbes can be put to work in many ways. Such as the ff
• Making life-saving drugs
• Manufacturing of biofuels
• Cleaning up pollution
• Producing/processing food and drink
refers to the first step that occurs when bacteria, viruses, or other microbes that cause disease enter the body and begin to multiply.
Infection
occurs when the cells in the body are damaged as a result of the infection in signs and symptoms of an illness appear.
Disease
In response to infection, the _____springs into action - an army of WBCs, antibodies, and other mechanisms goes to work to rid the body of what is causing the infection.
immune system
- Almost swept the whole of human race
PATHOGENS
EPIDEMICS and its causes
Plague - Yersinia pestis
Cholera - Vibrio cholerae
Smallpox - Variola virus
BACTERIA
Singular: bacterium
- Relatively simple, single-celled (unicellular) organisms
- Their genetic material is not enclosed in a special nuclear membrane
- Bacterial cells are prokaryotes
Viruses are so small that most can be seen only with an electron microscope, and they are_____
acellular (not cellular)
Structurally very simple, a virus particle contains a core made of…
only one type of nucleic acid, either
DNA or RNA (but not both)
Virus
The core is surrounded by a protein coat, which is sometimes encased by a lipid membrane called______.
ENVELOPE
BENEFICIAL ASPECTS of MICROBIOLOGY
• Industrial (food & beverages)
• Decomposers
• Normal microbiota
• Producers of oxygen (algae & cyanobacteria)
• Food chain
• Microbial Ecology
• Genetic engineering; Pharmaceuticals (antibiotics)
Provides a first line of defense against microbial pathogens
it assists in digestion, plays a role in toxin degradation and contribute to maturation of the immune system
• Normal microbiota
• Make vital nutrients available to an ecosystem’s primary producers
Usually plants and algae
Decomposers
Generally exploit their natural metabolic capabilities
Manufacturing of food and production of antibiotics, probiotics, drugs, vaccines, starter cultures, insecticides, enzymes, fuels, solvents
Industrial (food & beverages)
Cause diseases when the host’s defenses are compromised/ when they grow in part of the body that is not natural to them.
OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS
MICROBIOLOGY
GENERAL
• Purpose:
Study & classification of microbes.
• Pathogens, diseases they cause & the body’s defenses against diseases.
MEDICAL
• Spread & control of diseases in animals.
VETERINARY
The role is in microbes in plants & livestock.
AGRICULTURAL
• Processing & disposal of garbage & sewage waste;
purification and processing of water.
SANITARY
• Production of beer, wine, alcohol, vitamins, antibiotics, etc.
INDUSTRIAL
• Genetic manipulation
MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY & GENETICS
• Cycling & recycling of elements by microbial, environmental & geochemical processes
ENVIRONMENTAL
Scope of microbiology
Medical
Microbial physiology & genetics
Agricultural
Sanitary
Environmental
Veterinary
Industrial
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF MICROBIOLOGY
(THE BEGINNING)
_______were the first living ancestors of the Earth.
For most of human history, people knew little about the true causes, transmission and effective treatment of disease.
Bacterial ancestors
1665, England, a British scientist
One of the earliest scientists to study living things under a microscope
ROBERT HOOKE
• Observed a thin slice of cork through a crude microscope
He was surprised to see what looked like a honeycomb.
ROBERT HOOKE
• The first time the word “cell” was used to refer to tiny units of light
ROBERT HOOKE
• 1673-1723, Delft, Holland, a Dutch merchant and Scientist
He wrote about the animalcules he saw through his simple single-lens microscopes
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK
He made detail drawings of organisms he found in the rainwater, feces, and materials scraped from teeth
These drawings have been since identified as representations of bacteria and protozoa
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK
• First to observe live microorganisms (animalcules) through the magnifying lenses of more than 400 microscopes he constructed.
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK
Single lens microscope
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK
Plant & animal life
Attempts for categorization of microbes
THE TRANSITION
1700s FOCUS
• Father of Taxonomy
CAROLUS LINNAEUS
System of classifying and naming organisms
Taxonomy
He developed a hierarchical system of classification of nature.
Carolus Linnaeus
8 taxa
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• Domain
• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Family
• Genus
• Species
• He devised the formal two-part naming system we use to classify all lifeforms.
Carolus Linnaeus
Genus
Species
Printed in italics or underlined in script
BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
-> A system of nomenclature in which each species of animal or plant receives a name of two terms of which the first identifies the genus to which it belongs, the second is the species itself.
BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
- The____ is the generic name, whereas the____ is the specific name
genus
species
• Ancient belief about the origin of life
that living organisms arise from nonliving matter
a “vital force” forms life
THEORY OF ABIOGENESIS
THEORY OF ABIOGENESIS also known as
The Theory of Spontaneous
Generation of Life