Microbiology Flashcards
What is microbiology
Study of small forms of life
Who discovered bacteria
(“Plaque”)
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Recognized existence of tiny living particles that cause catching diseases
Girolamo Fracastoro
Concept of immunizations
Cowpox / small pox
Edward Jenner
Father of immunology
Louis Pasteur
John Tyndall
Tyndallization
Need for heat to destroy bacteria
Airborne MO’s
Phenols/carbolic acid
Joseph lister
Handwashing importance
Ignaz philipp Semmelweis
Can live and multiply only inside a host
Virus
Barge group of one celled mos
Bacteria
Range from single celled to multi
Seaweed kelp
Most do not produce disease
Algae
Primitive cells, no internal membrane and no nucleus
Prokaryote
Example of prokaryote
Bacteria
Complex cells with internal membrane and have nucleus
Eukaryotes
Examples of eukaryotes
Protozoa fungi algae
MO that is not prokaryote or eukaryote
Virus
Hair like projections with fine short appendages that allow bacteria to adhere
Fimbriae/pili
Mesosomes are mostly present in
Gram positive bacteria
What protects from drying and is a gelatinous covering produced by the cytoplasmic membrane in prokaryotic cells
Capsule
Granules in prokaryotes are considered
Energy reserves
Plasmids in prokaryotes are
Extra chromosomal dna
Resistant to physical and chemical agents
Vacuoles in eukaryotic cell gather
Food
Vesicles in eukaryotic cells surround
Proteins
Gram positive is what colour
Cell walls are?
Blue/ purple
Thick cell walls
Gram negative colour?
Cell walls?
Pink/red
Thin cell walls
Binary fission
Each cell divides into two daughter cells
5 growth requirements of bacteria
Temperature
Acidity
Nutrients
Oxygen metabolism
Water
Bactericidal agents
Kill bacteria
Bacteriostatic agents
Inhibits growth but do not kill
Sequence of viral replication
Attachment/absorption
Penetration
Uncoating
Replication
Assembly
Release