Microbiology Flashcards
they created the first compound microscope with a magnification of 3x to 9x
Hans and Zacharias Janssen
he developed the categories of bacteria
Otto Muller
cloth merchant turned biologist.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek referred to bacteria as?
Animalcules
he developed the germ theory of disease
Friedrich Henle
they confirmed Henle’s theory
Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur
prokaryotic microorganism
Bacteria
divides by binary fission
Bacteria
has flagella for motility
Bacteria
cellwall composed of chitin
Fungi
obtains nutrients by absorbing organic material from their environment
Fungi
have filamentous tubes called hyphae that help absorb material
Fungi
unicellular aerobic eukaryotes
Protozoa
make up the largest group of organisms
Protozoa
obtains nourishment by absorption or ingestion
Protozoa