Microbiology: The Main Themes of Microbiology Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Eukaryotes

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True nucleus: Complex cell. Unicellular (microscopic) and multicellular, nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.

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Prokaryotes

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Pre-nucleus: simple cell. Microscopic unicellular organisms, lack nuclei and membrane-bound organelles.

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Viruses

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Acellular, parasitic particles composed of a nucleic acid and protein.

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Biotechnology

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Production of foods, drugs, and vaccines using living organisms.

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Genetic Engineering

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Manipulating the genes of organisms to make new products.

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Bioremediation

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Using living organisms ton remedy an environmental problem.

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Photosynthesis

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Light fueled conversion of carbon dioxide to organic material.

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Decomposition

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Breakdown of dead matter and wastes into simple compounds.

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Parasites

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Live on or in the body of another organism called the host and it damages the host.

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Pathogens

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Microbes that do harm.

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Antoine van Leeuwenhoek

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(1632-1723) Dutch linen merchant. First to observe living microbes. Single lens magnified up to 300X.

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Spontaneous Generation

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Early belief at some forms of life could arise from vital forces present in nonliving or decomposing matter. (Flies from manure, etc)

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Louis Pastur

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Disproved Spontaneous Generation and proved Theory of Biogenesis- the idea that living things can only arise from other living things.

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Hypothesis

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A tentative explanation that can be supported or referred.

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Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Observed that mothers of home births had fewer infections than those who gave birth in hospitals.

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Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis

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Correlated infections with physicians coming directly from the autopsy room to the maternity ward

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Joseph Lister

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Introduced aseptic techniques to reduce microbes in medical settings and prevent wound infections. Involved disinfection of hands using chemicals prior to surgery and use of heat for sterilization.

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John Tyndall and Ferdinand Cohn

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Demonstrated the presence of heat resistant forms of microbes. Cohn determined these forms to be heat resistant bacterial called endospores.

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Endospores

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Heat resistant microbes

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Sterility

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Requires the elimination of all life forms including endospores and viruses.

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The Germ Theory of Disease

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Many diseases are cause by the growth if microbes in the body and not by sins, bad character, or poverty, etc.

Major contributors: Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch

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Louis Pasteur

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(1822-1895)

Showed microbes caused fermentation and spoilage.

Disproved spontaneous generation of microorganisms.

Developed pasteurization.

Demonstrated what is now known as the Germ Theory of Disease.

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Robert Koch

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(1843-1910)

Established Koch’s postulates- a sequence of experimental steps that verified the grim theory.

Identified cause of anthrax, TB, and cholera.

Developed pure culture methods.

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Taxonomy

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Organizing, classifying, and naming living things.

Originated by Carl Von Linné

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Nomenclature
Assigning names
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Levels of classification
``` Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species ```
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Phylogeny
Natural relatedness between groups of organisms
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Evolution
All new species originate from preexisting species Closely related organisms have similar features because the evolved from common ancestral forms
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Archaea
Odd bacteria that live in extreme environments, high salt, heat, etc
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Eukarya
Have nucleus and organelles.
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Are protozoan considered microorganisms?
yes
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What is an area of microbiology that is concerned with the occurrence of disease in human populations?
Epidemiology
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What process involves the deliberate alternation of an organisms genetic material?
Recombinant DNA
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What part was absent from Leeuwenhoek's microscopes?
condenser
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Abiogenesis
theory that spontaneous generation of organisms from nonliving matter
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A hypothesis can best be defined as
a scientific explanation that is subject to testing.
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Which early microbiologist was most responsible for developing standard microbiology lab techniques?
Robert Koch
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Which scientist is most responsible for finally laying the theory of spontaneous generation to rest?
Louis Pasteur
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How would you categorize a virus?
as an Archeon not living and not alive
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What does it mean to say that microbes are ubiquitous?
Microbes are everywhere.