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Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
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Study of living organism

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Biology

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2
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Refers to living organism

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Bio

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3
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Refers to “study of”

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Logy

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4
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The study of non-living entities as well as certain living organisma

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Microbiology

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5
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Study of microbes

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Microbiology

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6
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Microbes are said to be _______, meaning they are everywhere

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Ubiquitous

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7
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Two major categories of microbes

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Acellular microbes
Cellular microbes

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8
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Called infectious particles

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Acellular microbes

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9
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Microbes that include all bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa, and some fungi

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Cellular Microbes

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10
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They are called microorganisms

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Cellular microbes

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11
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These microbes include viruses and prions

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Acellular microbes

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12
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Disease causing microorganisms are known as

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Pathogens

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13
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Microbes that do not cause disease

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Non-pathogens

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14
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Microbes that help us

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Microbial allies

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15
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Microbes that harm us

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Microbial enemies

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16
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The microbes that lives on and in us

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Indigenous microflora

17
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Example of opportunistic pathogens

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E. Coli

18
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An organism that lives on the dead or decaying organic matter

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Saprophyte

19
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The study of relationships between microbes and the environment is called

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Microbial ecology

20
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Tiny marine plants and algae

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Phytoplankton

21
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Tiny marine animals

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Zooplankton

22
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The use of living organisms or their derivatives to make or modify useful products or processes

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Biotechnology

23
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A substance produced by a microbe that is effective in killing and inhibiting the growth of other microbes

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Antibiotic

24
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A gene or genes from one organism is inserted into bacterial or yeast cell.

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Genetic engineering

25
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It has been used as cell models

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Microbes

26
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It is one of the most studies microbes

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E.coli

27
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Microbes causes two categories of disease

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Infectious disease
Microbial intoxication

28
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The first microbes on the earth

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Archaea and Cyanobacteria

29
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The earliest known diseases

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Tubercolosis
Syphilis
Parasitic worm infection

30
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2 types of parasitic worms infection

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  1. Schistosomiasis
  2. Dracunculiasis
31
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Known as the snail fever

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Schistosomiasis

32
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Guinea worm infection

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Dracunculiasis

33
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First recorded epidemic

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Pestilence (plague)

34
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Epidemic fever

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Ebers papyrus

35
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Where was the first appearance of Syphilis

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Europe

36
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This disease occured in china

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Small pox

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