chap 1 Flashcards

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1
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study of microbes

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microbiology

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2
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extremely small living and certain non-living entities

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microbes

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3
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they are said to be ubiquitous

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microbes

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4
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two types of microbes

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cellular and acellular

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5
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living microbes

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cellular

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6
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prokaryotes are what type of microbe

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cellular

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7
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eukaryotes are what type of microbe?

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cellular

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8
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give examples of cellular microbes

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fungi, bacteria, virus, algae, protozoa, archaea

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9
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non living microbes

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acellular

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10
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are prokaryotes unicellular or multicellular?

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unicellular

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11
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are eukaryotes unicellular or multicellular?

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multicellular

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12
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infectuous particles

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acellular microbes

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13
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give examples of acellular microbes

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viroids, HIV/AIDS virus, prions

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14
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microbes that causes disease

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Pathogens

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15
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give examples of pathogens

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virus, algae, bacteria, protozoa, fungi

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16
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microbes that do not cause disease

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non pathogens

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17
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microbes that live on and in the human body

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indigenous microflora

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18
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microbes that do not cause disease but have the potential

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opportunistic pathogens

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19
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decomposers

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saprophytes

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20
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capable of decomposing industrial wastes

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bioremediation

21
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microbe that lives in the intestinal tract

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e. coli bacteria

22
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what do e. coli bacteria produce and how does it help the body?

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produces vit. K and B1
aids in digestion

23
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produced by a microbe that kills or inhibits the growth of other microbes

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a gene/genes from one organism to another through insertion

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genetic engineering

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two major types of diseases caused by pathogens
infectious diseases microbial intoxication
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colonizes a body
infectious disease
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pathogen that causes a disease
infectious disease
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produces a toxin in vitro
microbial intoxication
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the toxin causes a disease when ingested
microbial intoxication
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first two microorganisms on earth
archaea cyanobacteria
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earliest known infectious diseases
pestilence bubonic plague syphilis
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pioneers in the science of microbiology
anton van leeuwenhoek louis pasteur robert koch
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father of microbiology
anton van leeuwenhoek
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simple single lens microscope
anton van leeuwenhoek
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animalcules
anton van leeuwenhoek
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two types of animalcules
bacteria and protozoa
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french chemist
louis pasteur
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fermentation products
louis pasteur
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pasteurization process
louis pasteur
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discovered anaerobes
louis pasteur
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exists without oxygen
anaerobes
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developed vaccines
louis pasteur
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german physician
robert koch
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germ theory of disease
robert koch
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bacillus anthracis produces spores
robert koch
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developed fixing, staining, and cultivating bacteria
robert koch
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koch's postulates
robert koch
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involves the study of pathogens
medical microbiology
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nitrogen fixation
nitrogen goes through soil, bacteria fixes nitrogen, dumi from bacteriw will become pataba, nitrogen returns to surface