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Virus

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smallest/simplest bio entities
* depends on host cell for replication and metabolism

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Bacteria

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Unicellular
* free-living (own metabolism etc.)
* simple morphologies conceal complex biochem and interactions

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Fungi

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Eukaryotes
* uni or multicellular
* macro and micro
* fruiting body vs. spores of mushrooms.

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Protists

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Eukaryotes
* Protozoa: animal-like (predatory)
* diverse, hard to classify (polyphiletic)

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Algae

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Eukaryotes
* plant-like protists
* photosynthetic

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Algae or Protozoa?

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Euglena
* photosynthetic processes AND
* hunt down prey

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Robert Hooke 1664

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Describes microscopic structure of blue moulds, using a 30x magnification microscope
* drawings

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1684

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develop powerful microscope (300x)
* first evidence of bacteria and protists

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Louis Pasteur 1861

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disproved the theory of spontaneous generation

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Spontaneous Generation

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the idea that non-living objects can give rise to living organisms

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Robert Koch pioneered

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  • staining methods for microscopy
  • use of solid growth media (agar)
  • “Germ theory”
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Koch 1876

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Definitive proof that microbes cause disease (i.e. germ theory)

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Koch’s postulates

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An organism that causes a disease must :
* Be found in all cases of the disease
* Be isolated from the diseased host in pure culture
* Produce same disease in experimentally-infected host
* Be re-isolated from the experimentally-infected host

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Alexander Fleming 1928

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Found mould growing on a petri dish that killed the bacteria (Staphylococcus) around it
* bacteria causative agent for pneumonia etc.

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Howard Florey and Ernst Chain 1935-45

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Purified penicillin and developed mass production methods
* first effective antibiotic
* helped Allies win WWII

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Normal Flora

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  • Found at specific sites
  • Specialised
  • Mostly bacteria
  • Acquired at birth, diet, environment
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Positive effects of Normal Flora

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  • ‘prime’ the immune system
  • provide nutritional benefits
  • compete with pathogens
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Negative effects of Normal Flora

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  • Can cause disease if moved to wrong location
  • Can cause disease even in normal location: if the habitat changes
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obligate pathogens

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are always harmful

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opportunistic pathogens

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cause disease in specific conditions
* Numbers – abnormally high cell density
* Location – wrong place
* Host health – immune system compromised
* Virulence factors – e.g. gain antibiotic resistance

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One Health concept

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consider animals, plants, and the environment when managing disease

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MDR-TB

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Multidrug resistant TB = bad

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XDR-TB

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Extensively drug-resistant TB = very bad

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24
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Microbes in food production

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  • Rumen microbes help cows digest grass
  • Symbiotic fungi enhance plant growth
  • Soil microbes recycle wastes into nutrients
  • Decomposition
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Microbes in food processing

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Many foods require fermentation - flavour, preservative step etc.

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Microbes in retail/restaurants

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Some microbes are food sources
* (fungi, algae)
* Yeast
* Kelp, seaweed

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27
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microbes when eating

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Gut microflora beneficial to health
* GI tract

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Bad microbes in production

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  • Pathogens infect animals and plants
  • Post-harvest contamination can ruin crops
  • Irrigation water can be contaminated with pathogens
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bad microbes in processing

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Factories can be contaminated

30
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bad microbes in distribution

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Refrigeration needed to stop microbial growth

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Bad microbes in restaurants

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Poor hygiene > food poisoning

32
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bad microbes while eating

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Poor gut microbiome causes poor health

33
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Microbes maintain soil health by

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  • Fixing nitrogen (N2 -> NH 4+)
  • Breaking down organic wastes > inorganic nutrients
  • Suppressing pathogens
  • Breaking down toxins e.g. pesticides
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Microbes enable animals to digest…

35
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Cellulose

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a sugar polymer, abundant in plants, carbon-rich, but difficult to digest

36
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Microbes promote plant growth via

37
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Mutualism

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Ecological interaction where both partners benefit

38
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Mycorrhizal fungi

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enhance water + inorganic nutrient uptake > receive sugars from plant

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Rhizobium bacteria

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fix nitrogen > receive sugars in return

40
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Tobacco mosaic virus

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simple (3 genes)
* infect tobacco, tomato, cannabis
* cross-contamination

41
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Animal and plant pathogens impact

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  • impact ~30% of total yield
  • impact ~20% animal production
42
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Foot-and-Mouth-Disease (FMD)

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infect livestock
* UK outbreak: pigs fed waste products incl. meat illegally imported from infected animals

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Zoonosis

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Human infection arising from animals

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how zoonosis cause disease

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  • Microbe may be pathogenic to both animal and human hosts
  • Human pathogen may be normal flora for the animal
  • Animal is a ‘vector’ for disease
45
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Fermentation

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  • microbial transformation of foods by fungi or bacteria
  • anaerobic metabolism of sugars alcohols, acids, CO2
46
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Microbial food spoilage

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the growth of fungi or bacteria, and/or due to enzymes that these microbes make and secrete

47
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Food-borne infection

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microbes grow in gut

47
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Food-borne intoxication

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microbes make toxins in food

48
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Food ‘poisoning’ risk factors

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  1. origins of food
  2. storage and prep
  3. human factors
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Gut microbiome depends on diet

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  • High fibre diet: ↑ Bacteriodetes
  • High protein & fat diet: ↑ Firmicutes
50
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Healthy microbiome important for

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  • Proper food digestion
  • Resistance to pathogens
  • Immune functioning
  • Mental health
51
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The vast majority of all biodiversity is

52
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The 4 laws of Ecology

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  1. Everything is connected
  2. Everything must go somewhere
  3. Nature knows best
  4. There’s no such thing as a free lunch
53
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Autotroph

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“Self-feeder” – uses CO2 as carbon source
* algae
* sinks for CO2

54
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photoautotrophs

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use light as energy source

55
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chemoautotrophs

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use chemical energy sources

56
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Methanogens

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Consume CO2 and H2, produce methane (CH4)
* archaea
* anaerobic
* bad

57
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Methanotrophs

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Consume methane, produce CO2
* good
* heterotrophs
* bacteria
* degrade TCE

58
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Heterotroph

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“Other-feeder” – needs to eat other organisms, or other organic carbon sources; these also supply energy
* SOURCES of CO2

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Decomposers

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Recycle dead cells back to CO2
* heterotrophs
* fungi

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Predators

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Protozoa
* motility
* Amoebae engulfing bacteria

61
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Pollutant degraders

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Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria (including methanotrophs) are very useful for “bioremediation”

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Bioremediation

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the cleanup of pollution by microbes

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Coral symbiosis

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  • algae (photoautotrophs)
  • coral (heterotrophs)
64
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Lichen symbiosis

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  • Heterotrophic fungus: Helps feed algae with inorganic nutrients , anchor
  • Autotrophic algae
65
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Cellular biotechnology

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  • Need some biology skills (esp. microbiology)
  • Don’t need understanding of DNA, RNA, proteins
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Molecular biotechnology

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  • Need high-level biology skills (esp. microbiology)
  • AND need understanding of DNA, RNA, proteins
67
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Biotech processes - what do we need to provide?

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The host cell factory needs instructions or a blueprint to tell it which products to make
* instructions = add DNA !

68
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Plasmids

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circular DNA elements found in microbes; replicate independently of the chromosome(s)
* Vectors

69
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Key features of plasmids used for biotech

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  • ORI: Replication functions. Ensures persistence in host
  • amp: Selectable marker. Enables us to force cells to take up plasmid
  • lacZa: Cloning site. Add foreign genes here
70
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Tools needed for DNA cloning

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  • Copying: Thermostable polymerase
  • Cutting: Restriction enzyme
  • Joining: T4 ligase
71
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Vaccines may consist of…

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  1. Live attenuated microbes - No longer causes serious disease - Risks
  2. Killed microbes - Not as pure
  3. Antigens (proteins) produced in a GMO host
  4. mRNA coding for antigens - Developed in the last two years

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