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1
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The study of small living things
called microorganisms?

A

Microbiology

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Microbiology derived from three Greek words:

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Micros - study
Bios - life
Logus - study

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Too small cannot be seen by the naked eye?

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Microbiology

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Its broadest meaning is the science which deals
which the study of all kinds of microorganisms

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Microbiology

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Examples of microorganisms?

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True bacteria, Mycoplasma, Archaea,
Microscopic Fungi (Yeasts and Molds), Protozoa,
Microscopic Algae, Virus, Viroids, Prions and
Microscopic Worms (eg. Nematodes)

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6
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Usually applied to pathogenic forms of any
microorganism but especially to disease producing
bacteria?

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Microbe and Germ

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7
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Synonymous with bacterial
infection?

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Microbe and Germ

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Single celled (unicellular), prokaryotic
microscopic organisms

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BACTERIA/
Eubacteria (True Bacteria)

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9
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Basic shapes of Bacterial Cell

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Cocci-Spherical
Bacilli-Ros-shape
Spirillium-Spiral

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Arrangememts of Cocci

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Coccus
Diplococci
Staphylococci
Streptococci
Sarcina
Tetrad

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11
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Shape of Bacillus subtilis

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Rod- shape

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12
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Shape of Escherichia coli

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Rod-shape

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13
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Shape of Streptococcus aures

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Spherical

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Shape of Leptospira enterrogans

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Spiral- spirillum

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15
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Are also single celled (unicellular)
prokaryotic microorganisms but live in
extreme/harsh environments

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Archaea/
Archaeobacteria

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16
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Extreme/harsh environments ( are also called?

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Extremophiles

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17
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Methane gas producing bacteria?

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Methanobacterium

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18
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Examples of eubacteria (true bacteria)?

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B. subtilis
E. coli
S. aures
L. enterrogans

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Examples of Archea/ Archeobacteria?

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Methanobacterium
And Halobacterium

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Eukaryotic, unicellular, microscopic microorganisms

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Protozoa

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Examples of Protozoa?

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Amoeba
Paramecium
Trypanosoma

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• Eukaryotic
• unicellular, colonial or multicellular

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Microscopic Algae

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23
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Example of microscopic algae?

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Navicula(diatoms)- unicellular
Volvox- unicellular but colonial
Spirogyra - multicellular

24
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It belongs to microscopic fungi, eukaryotic
and unicellular?

25
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–Eukaryotic but multicellular microscopic fungi.

26
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Sexual spore of molds?

27
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Asexual spore of molds?

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Sporangium with sporangiospore

28
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Species of yeast that has been instrumental in winemaking, baking, and brewing since ancient times.

A

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

29
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Parts of molds such as Rhizopus?

A

Sporangium with sporangiospore
Germinating spore
Stolon
Rhizoids
Zygospore

30
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feathery filaments that make up multicellular fungi.

31
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spores are formed by the fusion of two haploid nuclei and result in gametangia. The gametangia produce a zygote and later the zygote forms the ________

32
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• Noncellular/acellular
• Ultramicroscopic
• obligate parasites

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Viruses,
Viroids and
Prions

33
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Contain nucleic acid, either DNA or RNA (but not both), and a protein coat, which encases the nucleic acid.

34
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Contains single stranded RNA/composed entirely of RNA?

35
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• Noncellular/acellular
• obligate parasite

And it contains a modified protein (PrPSc).

36
Q

Units used in microscopic
measurement?

A

Micrometer and Nanometer

37
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Units used in microscopic
measurement used for molds, yeasts, true bacteria

A

Micrometer

38
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Units used in microscopic
measurement used foro smaller bacteria,
phytoplasma, viruses and viroids.

39
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Causal organism of Bubonic Plague
Black Plague/Black Death in Europe

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Caused by bacteria
Yersenia pestis.

40
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Casual organism of smallpox

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Caused two airborne virus variants, (Variola
major) and (Variola minor).

41
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Casual organism of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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Caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

42
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Causal organism of hepatitis B?

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Caused by Hepatitis B virus

43
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Causal organism of Ebola virus disease

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Ebola virus

44
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Causal organism of SARS-COV-2 ( COVID- 19)

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SARS-COV-2 ( COVID- 19) virus

45
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Symptoms of covid-19

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• Fever
• Dry cough
• Tiredness
• Loss of smell and taste
• Sore throat
• Diarrhea in some
• Pneumonia

46
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Beneficial microbes in medicine (molds)

A

Penicillium spp. and Cephalosporium
and actinomycetes

47
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Beneficial microbes
in agriculture

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• Nitrogen fixing bacteria
Rhizobium
• Microbial antagonists of plant
pathogens- eg. Trichoderma
spp., Bacillus subtilis, etc.
• Rumen microorganisms
• Mycorrhiza

48
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Beneficial microbes
in the environment

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–eg.Decompose organic waste, bioremediation

49
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Beneficial microbes in food
and industry

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• Yeasts used in the
leavening of bread
• Lactobacillus spp. in
yoghurt and yakult
• Yeast in alcohol production
• M.o. and biofuels

50
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Examples of Microorganisms in biotechnology
and genetic engineering

A

Bt.Corn
production

51
Q

Who discovered that Bacteria as the source of
gene/genome editing system CRISPR-
CAS9

A

German scientist
-Emmanuelle Charpentier and
American scientist-Jennifer Doudna)-
current Nobel prize awardee

52
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Father of Microbiology

A

Louis Pasteur

53
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Study of Fungi?

54
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Study of algae?

55
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Types of viruses and organic molecules

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Viruses:

1.Mimivirus
2.Herpes simplex
3.Rabies
4.HIV
5.Influenza
6.Adenovirus
7.T2 bacteriophage
8.Poliomyelitis
9.Yellow fever

Organic molecules
10.Hemoglobin molecules

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