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What are some examples of fermented foods

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beer, wine, bread, yogurt, cheese and pickled veggies

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how long have people been making fermented beverages

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as early as 7000 BC

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what is microbial fermentation

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a process that uses bacteria, mold, or yeast to convert sugars to alcohol,gases and organic acids

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who is otzi the iceman

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a 5300 year old mummy found frozen in the otzal alps in 1991

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what is the significance of the otzi iceman

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he was infected with parasite eggs that caused abdominal pain and nausea, as well as Lyme disease.

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how did Otzi try and treat himself

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With a fungus with laxative and ABX properties, and tattoos made of cutting incisions and filling with herbs then burning the herbs,

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how did ancient people attempt to stop disease

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the Bible refers to quarantining people showing they know disease can be communicable

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what did the ancient greeks attribute disease to

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bad air, they developed hygiene proctices to combat odors (malaria)

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how did ancient romans fight disease

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created a complex sanitation infrastructure to deal with sewage and aqueducts to bring in fresh water, helped with waterborne illnesses

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When did hypocrites live

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460-370BC

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what is Hippocrates considered

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the father of western medicine

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what did Hippocrates believe about disease

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it had natural causes from within patients or their environments

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when did Thucydides live

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460-395BC

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what is Thucydides considered

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the father of scientific history

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what idid Thucydides advocate for

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evidence based analysis of cause and effect reasoning

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what is Thucydides most important contribution

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observed that those who survived the Athens plague did not get reinfected with the disease even near actively sick people showing immunity

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what did Marcus terenjtius Varro propose

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the concept that things we cannot see (microbes) can cause disease

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when did Marcus terenjtius Varro live

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116-27BC

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what did Antonio van Leeuwenhoek develop

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a lens powerful enough to view microbes

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what did Leeuwenhoek see in the water droplet

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single celled organisms, bacteria and protists

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what did Louis Pasteur and show

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individual microbial strains had unique properties and demonstrated that fermentation is caused by microorganisms responsible for spoilage

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what did Pasteur create

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vaccines for rabies

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what did rober koch demonstrate

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a connection between a single isolated microbe and a known human disease (anthrax, cholera, TB)

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What is taxonomy

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classification, description, identification and naming of living organisms

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what 3 kingdoms did Linnaeus divide the natural world into
animal plant and mineral
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what is the taxonomy order
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
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what are phylogenies
taxonomies that looks into evolutionary relationships,
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what were the two main branches in Linnaeus Tree of life,
animal and plant
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what did Ernst Haeckel add too the Tree of life
at first Protista for unicellular organisms and the miners for unicellular organisms whose cells lack a nuclei (bacteria)
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what did Robert Whittaker propose to add to the tree of life
fungi and a categorization above kingdom level to distinguish between organisms that have a membrane bound nuclei and those that dont
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what does modern taxonomy rely on
comparing nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) or proteins from different organisms, the more similar the more they are related
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what did carl worse and George fox discover
certain bacteria (archaebacteria) were significantly different from other bacteria and eukaryotic
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what is binomial nomenclature
a two word naming system for naming organisms
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what is the first word in binomial nomenclature
genus
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what is the second word in binomial nomenclature
specific epithet
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how big must an object be to visible without a microscope
100 micrometers (UM)
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how big is an atom
0.1nm (nanometer)
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how big is a lipid
3-5nm
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how big is a protein
5-10nm
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how big is the flu virus
100nm
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how big are mitochondria and bacteria
2um micrometer
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what do microbes in the domains of bacteria and archaea have in common
they are all prokaryotes (lack a nucleus)
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how are microbes in eukaryotic different from bacteria and archea
they are eukaryotes (have a nucleus)
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wherever bacteria found
nearly every environment on earth
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what are pathogens
disease causing
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what is the cell wall of most bacteria contain
peptidoglycan
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What do archaea cell walls contain
pseudopeptidoglycan
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what is included in the domain eukarya
protist fungi plants animals
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what are protists
informal grouping of eukaryotes that are not plants animals or fungi includes protozoa
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what are algae
mostly made up of protists that can be either unicellular or multicellular
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what is the cell wall of algal protist made of
cellulose,
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how do algae get energy
photosynthesis
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what is an example of a bacterial algae
cyanobacteria
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why is algae important
other organisms can use its waste products for energy
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what is agar
a gel derived from algae that is mixed with nutrients and used to grow microorganism
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what are some uses of algae
carrageenan, alginic acid found in ice cream, salad dressing, beverages, lipstick and toothpaste
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what are protozoa
protist that make up the backbone of many food webs by providing nutrients for other organisms
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how do protozoa move
with cilia, flagella, or pseudopods
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what are cilia
hair like structures
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what are flagella
whip like structures
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what are pseudopods
(false feet) cytoplasmic extensions
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are protozoa harmless
some are others are pathogens
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how do protozoa live
some are free living others are parasitic
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what are fungi cell walls made out of
chitin
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what do fungi look like
plants
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are fungi photosynthetic
no
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what are unicellular fungi
yeast
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what are some benefits of yeast
cause bread to rise and beverages to ferment
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what are some bad uses of yeast
cause food to spoil or cause disease such as vaginal yeast infection or oral thrush
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what is a modl
multicellular fungi made of long filaments that form visible colonies
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what do molds play a role in
decomposition of dead plants and animals
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what are mycotoxins
disease causing metabolites produced by mold
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what are hlminths
multicellular parasitic worms
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why are helminths studied in microbiology
diseases caused by helminths involve microscopic eggs and larvae
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what does the guinea worm cause
dizziness vomiting diarrhea and painful ulcers on the legs and feet when the worm works its way of out of the skin
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when does infection with guinea worm happen
when drinking water containing water fleas infected by the guinea worm disease
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What are viruses
acellular microorganisms that consist of proteins and genetic material DNA or RNA but never both that are inert outside of a host organism
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What is germ theory of disease
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What is pasteurization
using heat to destroy microbes in a liquid
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what is spontaneous generation
the theory that living matter generated from non-living matter
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what is biogenesis
theory that life comes from preexisting life
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what's the difference between disinfectants and antiseptics
disinfectants is used on objects, antiseptic is used on living tissue
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