Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Who established scientific nomenclature?

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Carolus Linnaeus

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Bacteria

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  1. prokaryotes
  2. peptidoglycan cell wall
  3. binary fission
  4. organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals, or photosynthesis
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Archaea

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  1. prokaryotes
  2. no peptidoglycan
  3. extreme environments
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Fungi

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  1. eukaryotes
  2. chitin cell wall
  3. eat organic chemicals
    molds mushrooms and yeasts
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5
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Who has mycelia?

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molds and mushrooms

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6
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What is mycelia?

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made of filaments called hyphae

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Protozoa

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  1. eukaryotes
  2. absorb/ingest organic chemicals
  3. can be motile:
    pseudopods, cilia, flagella
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Algae

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  1. eukaryotes
  2. cellulose cell walls
  3. use photosynthesis
  4. makes O2 and organic compound
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Viruses

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  1. acellular
  2. DNA or RNA core
  3. protein coat
  4. and a lipid envelope?
  5. replicate in a host
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Multicellular animal parasites

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  1. eukaryotes
  2. multicellular animals
  3. helminths=parasitic flatworms and round worms
  4. microscopic in life cycles
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What are the three domains of life?

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  1. bacteria
  2. archaea
  3. eukaryota
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What are the 5 kingdoms?

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  1. bacteria
  2. protista
  3. fungi
  4. plantae
  5. animalia
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13
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Who found that living cells were boxes?

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Robert Hooke

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“Cells come from preexisting cells” - ___________

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Rudolf Virchow

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What is cell theory?

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All living things are made of cells and come from cells.

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16
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Who made the 1st microscope?

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Antoine van Leeuwenhoek

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Living things come from nonliving things is called ______________

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spontaneous generation

18
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Living things come from living things is called __________

19
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What is fermentation?

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conversion of sugar to alcohol to make beer and wine.

20
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What is pasteurization?

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application of high heat for a short time?

21
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Ignaz Semmelweiss

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Do hand washing to prevent transmission of puerperal fever to prevent dead babies

22
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Joseph Lister

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Chemical disinfectant to prevent infection

23
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Robert Koch

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Bacterium causes anthrax

24
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Kochs Postulates

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A specific microbe causes a specific disease

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Edward Jenner
+cowpox=protection from smallpox
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Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming. It's a fungi that kills bacteria
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Who discovered that genes encode a cells enzyme?
George beadle and Edward Tatum
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Who discovered that DNA was the heredity material?
Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty
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Who discovered that mRNA made protein
Francois Jacob and Jaques Monod
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What is bioremediation?
Bacteria degrade sewage/ detoxify pollutants like oil
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Normal microbiota
1. prevent growth of pathogens 2. make folic acid and vitamin K 3. ward off disease
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Emerging infectious diseases
New diseases and diseases increasing in incidence
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West Nile
1. virus | 2. in Africa
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Bovine spongiform encehalopathy
1. prion | 2. holes in head
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e coli O57:H7
1. bacteria 2. make toxins 3. + diarrhea
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Invasive group A streptococcus
1. bacteria | 2. +tissue damage
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Ebola
1. ebola virus 2. fever, hemorrhaging and blood clotting 3. Africa
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Avian influenza A
1. influenza A virus (H2N2)
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Savere acute respiratory syndrom
(SARS) 1. virus, coronavirus 2. person to person
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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrom
(AIDS) 1. virus 2. STD 3. person to person
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Cryptosporidiosis
1. protozoa-cryptosporidium | 2. + diarrhea