Lesson 1 Flashcards
Study of living organism
Biology
Refers to living organism
Bio
Refers to “study of”
Logy
The study of non-living entities as well as certain living organisma
Microbiology
Study of microbes
Microbiology
Microbes are said to be _______, meaning they are everywhere
Ubiquitous
Two major categories of microbes
Acellular microbes
Cellular microbes
Called infectious particles
Acellular microbes
Microbes that include all bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa, and some fungi
Cellular Microbes
They are called microorganisms
Cellular microbes
These microbes include viruses and prions
Acellular microbes
Disease causing microorganisms are known as
Pathogens
Microbes that do not cause disease
Non-pathogens
Microbes that help us
Microbial allies
Microbes that harm us
Microbial enemies
The microbes that lives on and in us
Indigenous microflora
Example of opportunistic pathogens
E. Coli
An organism that lives on the dead or decaying organic matter
Saprophyte
The study of relationships between microbes and the environment is called
Microbial ecology
Tiny marine plants and algae
Phytoplankton
Tiny marine animals
Zooplankton
The use of living organisms or their derivatives to make or modify useful products or processes
Biotechnology
A substance produced by a microbe that is effective in killing and inhibiting the growth of other microbes
Antibiotic
A gene or genes from one organism is inserted into bacterial or yeast cell.
Genetic engineering
