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study of living and non-living organisms called microbes

microbiology

it is ubiquitous; virtually everywhere

microbes

Two Major Categories of Microbes

acellular microbes and cellular microbes

infectious particles. eg. viruses and prions

<p>acellular microbes</p> Signup and view all the answers

living cell

<p>cellular microbes</p> Signup and view all the answers

bacteria and archaea

<p>prokaryotes</p> Signup and view all the answers

protozoa, algae, fungi

<p>eukaryotes</p> Signup and view all the answers

disease causing

<p>pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

do not cause diseases

<p>nonpathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

potential to cause disease when the host immune system is weak

<p>opportunistic</p> Signup and view all the answers

lives in different parts of the human body and protects

<p>indigenous microbiota</p> Signup and view all the answers

makes the decomposition happen

<p>saprophytes</p> Signup and view all the answers

will turn the dead organism into nitrates, phosphates, and other chemicals that are necessary for plant growth back to the soil

<p>saprophytes</p> Signup and view all the answers

organism that lives on dead or decaying organic matter

<p>saprophytes</p> Signup and view all the answers

process of breaking down substances into simpler forms

<p>decomposition</p> Signup and view all the answers

this is the process of naturally breaking down substances into harmful ones.

<p>bioremediation</p> Signup and view all the answers

study of the relationship between microbes and the environment

<p>microbial ecology</p> Signup and view all the answers

serve as food for tiny animals then they will be eaten by larger animals and so on

<p>algae and bacteria</p> Signup and view all the answers

microbes in ocean

<p>plankton</p> Signup and view all the answers

tiny marine plants and algae

<p>phytoplankton</p> Signup and view all the answers

tiny marine animals

<p>zooplankton</p> Signup and view all the answers

use of living organisms to make useful products or process.

<p>biotechnology</p> Signup and view all the answers

substance produced by a microbe that is effective in killing or inhibiting the growth of other microbes

<p>antibiotic</p> Signup and view all the answers

engineered bacteria and yeast to produce a variety if growth hormones, interferons, and materials for use as vaccines.

<p>microbiologist</p> Signup and view all the answers

microbes cause two categories of diseases

<p>infectious diseases and microbial intoxication</p> Signup and view all the answers

pathogen colonizes (inhabits) the body and subsequently causes disease

<p>infectious diseases</p> Signup and view all the answers

cause by ingested toxin (poisonous substance) that has been produce by a pathogen in vitro (outside the body)

<p>microbial intoxication</p> Signup and view all the answers

First microbes in the Earth:

<p>archaea and cyanobacteria</p> Signup and view all the answers

First microbes to be observed by human:

<p>bacteria and protozoa</p> Signup and view all the answers

father of microbiology

<p>anton van leeuwenhoek</p> Signup and view all the answers

single lens microscopes

<p>anton van leeuwenhoek</p> Signup and view all the answers

first to see bacteria and protozoa

<p>anton van leeuwenhoek</p> Signup and view all the answers

a theory that life can develop spontaneously from nonliving materials (decaying corpses, soil, and samp gases)

<p>spotaneous generation or abiogenesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

produces different fermentation products

<p>louis pasteur</p> Signup and view all the answers

converts the glucose in grapes to ethyl alcohol (ethanol)

<p>yeast</p> Signup and view all the answers

convert glucose to acetic acid (vinegar)

<p>acetobacter</p> Signup and view all the answers

what theory did louis pasteur disagree with?

<p>spontaneous generation</p> Signup and view all the answers

organisms that require oxygen

<p>aerobes</p> Signup and view all the answers

organisms that do not require oxygen

<p>anaerobes</p> Signup and view all the answers

louis pasteur introduced these words

<p>aerobes and anaerobes</p> Signup and view all the answers

what process did louis pasteur develop?

<p>pasteurization</p> Signup and view all the answers

kills microbes that were causing wine to spoil; kill pathogen in different types of liquid

<p>pasteurization</p> Signup and view all the answers

what are the 2 germ theory of disease

<p>anthrax and tuberculosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

specific microbes cause specific infectious diseases

<p>germ theory of disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

Developed vaccines against chicken cholera, anthrax, swine erysipelas and rabies.

<p>louis pasteur</p> Signup and view all the answers

He discovered: Bacillus anthracis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Vibrio cholerae

<p>robert koch</p> Signup and view all the answers

Developed bacterial fixation, staining and photographing methods

<p>robert koch</p> Signup and view all the answers

Developed bacterial cultivation methods

<p>robert koch</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prove that a specific microbe is the cause of a specific infectious disease

<p>koch's postulates</p> Signup and view all the answers

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