ch1 Flashcards

(42 cards)

1
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: The study of living things too small to
be seen without magnification

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Microbiology

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2
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germs, viruses, agents…” but not all
cause disease and many more are useful or essential for human life ✅❌

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3
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Major Groups of Microorganisms

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Bacteria, algae, protozoa, helminthes
(parasitic invertebrates), and fungi

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4
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noncellular, parasitic, protein-coated
genetic elements that can infect all living things,
including other microorganisms

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Viruses

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5
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organisms without a true nucleus)-

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prokaryotes

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6
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(organisms with a true nucleus)

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eukaryotes

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7
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  • when humans manipulate
    microorganisms to make products in an industrial
    setting
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Biotechnology

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8
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create new products and genetically modified organisms

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Genetic engineering

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9
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allows microbes to be engineered to synthesize
desirable proteins (i.e. drugs, hormones, and enzymes)

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Recombinant DNA technology

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10
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replaces missing parts of defective genes in human
cells through genetic engineering

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Gene therapy

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11
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use of microbes to
restore stability or
clean up toxic
pollutants

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Bioremediation

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12
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emerging diseases

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SARS, AIDS, hepatitis C, viral encephalitis

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13
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Other diseases previously not linked to microorganisms now are

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gastric ulcers, certain
cancers, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, obsessive
compulsive disorder, coronary artery disease

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14
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all microbes are associated with disease ✅❌

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15
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Gastic ulcers cause by
( قرحة المعدة )

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Helicobacter

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16
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diseases linked to chronic infections with microbes or viruses

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Mult Sclerosis, OCD, coronary artery disease and obesity

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17
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Infertility – linked to

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Chlamydia infection

18
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The longer you live, the more likely your immune system is to weaken =

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opportunistic infections

19
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prokaryotic have some organelles ✅❌

20
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all eukaryotes are microorgansims ❌✅

21
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All prokaryotes are microorganisms ❌✅

22
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who is harbored and nourished by other living organisms, hosts

23
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Not independently living cellular organisms

24
Q

Early scientists tended to explain natural
phenomena by a ___|___|___

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mixture of belief, superstition, and argument

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When did scientific thinking develop?
during the 1600s
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Most use the ______ (using accepted general principles to explain observations) to apply the scientific method
deductive approach
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Discovering general principles by careful observation of specific cases is ——
inductive
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Experimentation, analysis, and testing leads to ___
conclusions
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tentative explanation that can be proven or disproven, can eventually become theories
Hypotheses
30
can eventually become laws or principles
Theories
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Key to the study of microorganisms was
the development of the microscope
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Earliest record of microbes was from the work of
Robert Hooke in the 1660s
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who is created the single-lens microscope?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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worked with infusions in the mid-1800s
Louis Pasteur
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showed evidence that some microbes have very high heat resistance and are difficult to destroy
John Tyndall
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- discovered and described endospores, term “sterile” was introduced to mean the complete removal of all like forms, including endospores
Ferdinand Cohn
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-introduced aseptictechnique in 1860s– carbonic acid, achemical antiseptic, to prevent surgical wound infections
Joseph Lister
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1876 - Robert Koch provided proof that a bacterium causes anthrax using experimental steps now called the
Koch’s Postulates
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He was the first to use agar as solid culture medium in bacteriology.
Robert Koch
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Originated over 250 years ago with the work of
Carl von Linné
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- discovering and recording the traits of organisms so they can be named and classified
Identification
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- the degree of relatedness between groups of living things
Phylogeny