Introduction To microbiology Flashcards
Branches of study within microbiology
Immunology
Public health microbiology & epidemiology
Food, dairy, and aquatic microbiology
Biotechnology
Genetic engineering and recombinant DNA technology
Studies the behavior of diseases, natural cycle and how it affects the population
Public health & epidemiology
Microorganism for Genetically modified products
Bacillus thuringiensis
Microbes are involved in
Nutrient production & energy flow Decomposition Production of foods, drugs & vaccines Bioremediation Causing disease
Any process that uses microorganisms to return the natural environment altered by contaminants to its original condition
Bioremediation
How many microorganisms are truly pathogenic
100
List pathogen accdg to distribution
- Bacteria
- fungi
- Helminths
- Virus & prions
- Protozoans
Under microbiology
Bacteria
Fungi
Virus & prions
Under parasitology
Helminths
Protozoans
Diseases which were previously unknown
Emerging diseases
Diseases whose prevalence have been minimal in the past but suddenly increasing in number
Re-emerging diseases
Multicellular organisms
Helminths
Fungi
Greenish growths seen un old bread
Penicillium / aspergillus
Unicellular
Yeast
Trichomonas tenax
Microorganism - tartar from a tooth
Trichomonas tenax
Cytopathic effect
Effect of virus in the tissue that determines their presence
Smallest virus
Picorna virus
10nm
May contain only DNA or RNA
Viruses
Pieces of proteins capable of inducing diseases
Prions
Diseases that wreaked havoc to the world
Respiratory infections aids Diarrheal diseases Tuberculosis STI
Simple celled organisms
Prokaryotic
Cells of human body, fungi and helminths
Eukaryotic