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Main Themes of Microbiology Flashcards

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Prokaryotes

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no nucleus, unicellular, no organelles

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Prokaryotes include

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bacteria and archaea

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Eukaryotes

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nucleus, uni/multicellular, organelles

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Kingdoms of eukaryotes

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plants, animals, fungi, algae, protazoa

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Earth formed…

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4.5 bya

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First life on earth appeared…

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4 bya
- prokaryotic life similar to archaea
- evolved underwater vents/volcanos

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Eukaryotes evolved…

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1.2 bya

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Unicellular/prokaryotic for…

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2 billion years

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Basic structure of microbes

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eukaryote, prokaryote, virus

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What is the smallest microbe which cannot be seen under a light microscope?

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virus

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Microbial habitats

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photosynthesis, ice, decomposition, soil formation

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Human uses of microbes

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extract ore, clean up soil (bioremediation), make chemicals, make beer, reduce pollution, biofuels, etc

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Antoine can Leeuwenhoek

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created the compound microscope observing many organisms in the process

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Scientific method

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  1. observation
  2. question
  3. hypothesis
  4. experiment
  5. conclusion
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Edward Jenner

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created the vaccine using his version of the scientific method

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Robert Koch

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provided the most evidence to support the Germ Theory of Diseases

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Louis Pasteur

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disproved life regenesis

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The Germ Theory of Diseases

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certain microbes can cause specific diseases

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Joseph Lister

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aseptic techniques

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Carl Woese

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The scientist(s) that proposed assigning organisms to one of three domains

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Pasteur used swan-neck flasks in his experiments to show

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dust in air was a source of living microorganisms

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The scientist that showed disease anthrax was caused by bacterium Bacillus anthracis

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Koch

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True or False: By the year 2010, scientists were able to develop a variety of strategies to grow laboratory cultures of a vast majority of the microbial strains on Earth

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false

21
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A unique characteristic of viruses that distinguishes them from the other major groups of microorganisms?

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no cell structure

22
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When assigning a scientific name to an organism…

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italicize both the genus and species

23
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Helminths are…

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parasitic worms

24
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All microorganisms are best defined as organisms that…

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are too small to see with the naked eye

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