SAS#1 Flashcards

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microbiology includes the study of certain non living entities as well as certain living organisms collectively this non living entities and living organisms are called

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MICROBES

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2
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Means of very small

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MICRO

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3
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Anything so small that it must be viewed with a microscope

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MICRO

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4
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An optimal instrument used to observe very small objects

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MICROSCOPE

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5
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Can be defined as the study of microbes

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MICROBIOLOGY

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6
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Microbes are said to be______, meaning they are virtually everywhere

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UBIQUITOUS

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7
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Two major categories of microbes are

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ACELLULAR MICROBES
CELLULAR MICROBES

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8
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Acellular microbes also called
Cellular microbes also called

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INFECTIOUS PARTICLES
MICROORGANISMS

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9
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Acellular microbes include

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VIRUSES AND PRIONS

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10
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Cellular microbes include

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ALL BACTERIA, ALL ARCHAEA, SOME ALGAE, ALL PROTOZOA AND SOME FUNGI

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11
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Disease causing microorganisms are technical known as_____, also referred to as

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PATHOGENS
INFECTIOUS AGENTS

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12
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Only about____often known microbes are capable of causing disease

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3%

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13
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The vast majority of no microbes are ______ - microbes that do not cause disease

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NON-PATHOGENS

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14
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Microbes that help us____
Microbes that harm us______

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MICROBIAL ALLIES
MICROBIAL ENEMIES

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15
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It has been estimated that perhaps as many as 500 to 1,000 different species of microbes live on and in us. Collectively these microbes are known as our

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INDIGENOUS MICROFLORA or indigenous microbiota

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16
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Microbes that colonized or inhabit in our body are known as

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OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS

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17
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Do not cause disease under ordinary conditions, but have the potential to cause disease should the opportunity present itself

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OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS

18
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Mini microbes are involved in the decomposition of dead organisms and the waste products of living organisms, collectively, they are referred to as

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DECOMPOSERS OR SAPROPHYTES

19
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Is an organism that lives on dead or decaying organic matter

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SAPROPHYTES

20
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Some microbes are capable of decomposing industrial waste. Thus we can use microbes genetically engineered microbes, in some cases to clean up after ourselves. The use of microbes in this manner is called

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BIOREMEDIATION

21
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The study of the relationship between microbes and environment is called

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MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

22
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Serve as the starting point of many food chains

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PLANKTON

23
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Tiny marine plants and algae are called ______, whereas tiny marine animals are called

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PHYTOPLANKTON
ZOOPLANKTON

24
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The use of living organisms order derivatives to make or modify useful products or processes is called

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BIOTECHNOLOGY

25
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One of the most studied of all microbes

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INTESTINAL BACTERIUM E COLI

26
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Microbes cause to categories of diseases

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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
MICROBIAL INTOXICATIONS

27
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For many years microbes have been used as

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CELL MODELS

28
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A pathogen colonizes a person’s body

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INFECTIOUS DISEASE

29
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A pathogen produces a toxin in vitro

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MICROBIAL INTOXICATION

30
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The pathogen causes a disease

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INFECTIOUS DISEASE

31
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A person ingest the toxin. The toxin causes a disease

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MICROBIAL INTOXICATION

32
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The first microbes on earth

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ARCHAEA AND CYANOBACTERIA

33
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Learn that the following diseases have been around for a very long time

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TUBERCULOSIS
SYPHILIS
PARASITIC WORM INFECTIONS

34
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Occurred in egypt 3180 BC
First recorded epidemic

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PESTILENCE (PLAGUE)

35
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Occur in 1900 BC near the end of trojan war
Greek army experience epidemic

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BUBONIC PLAGUE

36
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Discovered in a tomb in Thebes, egypt at 1500BC

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EBERS PAPYRUS (EPIDEMIC FEVER)

37
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Occurred in china at around 1122 bc

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SMALLPOX

38
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Occurred in rome in 790, 710 and 640 bc
Occurred in greece around 430 bc

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EPIDEMIC OF PLAGUE

39
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First appearance in europe in 1493
Carried by native american (as what europeans believe) by christopher columbus
Neapolitan disease, french disease, french pox
Your name was a spanish, german, polish, turkish pocks

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SYPHILIS

40
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Tapeworm infections

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PESTILENCE
BUBONIC PLAGUE
EBERS PAPYRUS
EPIDEMIC OF PLAGUE
SYPHILIS