Introduction To microbiology

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Branches of study within microbiology

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Immunology
Public health microbiology & epidemiology
Food, dairy, and aquatic microbiology
Biotechnology
Genetic engineering and recombinant DNA technology

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Studies the behavior of diseases, natural cycle and how it affects the population

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Public health & epidemiology

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Microorganism for Genetically modified products

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Bacillus thuringiensis

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Microbes are involved in

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Nutrient production & energy flow
Decomposition
Production of foods, drugs & vaccines
Bioremediation
Causing disease

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Any process that uses microorganisms to return the natural environment altered by contaminants to its original condition

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Bioremediation

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How many microorganisms are truly pathogenic

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100

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List pathogen accdg to distribution

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1. Bacteria
2. fungi
3. Helminths
4. Virus & prions
5. Protozoans

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Under microbiology

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Bacteria
Fungi
Virus & prions

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Under parasitology

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Helminths

Protozoans

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Diseases which were previously unknown

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Emerging diseases

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Diseases whose prevalence have been minimal in the past but suddenly increasing in number

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Re-emerging diseases

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Multicellular organisms

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Helminths

Fungi

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Greenish growths seen un old bread

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Penicillium / aspergillus

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Unicellular

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Yeast

Trichomonas tenax

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Microorganism - tartar from a tooth

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Trichomonas tenax

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Cytopathic effect

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Effect of virus in the tissue that determines their presence

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Smallest virus

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Picorna virus

10nm

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May contain only DNA or RNA

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Viruses

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Pieces of proteins capable of inducing diseases

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Prions

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Diseases that wreaked havoc to the world

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Respiratory infections
aids
Diarrheal diseases
Tuberculosis
STI

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Simple celled organisms

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Prokaryotic

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Cells of human body, fungi and helminths

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Eukaryotic

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Father of public health

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Ignaz semmelweiss

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Best way of preventing infectious diseases

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Handwashing

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Used by semmelweiss for hand washing

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Chlorinated lime solution

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Microorganisms used for the germ theory of disease

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Anthrax | Tuberculosis

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Koch's postulates

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Organism id found in lesions of disease It can be isolated in pure culture Inoculation produces similar disease to exp. animal Organism can be recovered from exp. animal

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System of organizing, classifying and naming living things

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Taxonomy

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Naming microorganisms

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Binomial Genus species Italicized/underlined

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Levels of classification

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``` Domain Kingdom Phyllum Class Order Family Genus Species ```

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3 domains

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Eubacteria Archae Eukarya

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True bacteria, peptidoglycan, prokaryotic cell type

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Eubacteria

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Odd bacteria | Lives in extreme environments

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Archae

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With nucleus and orgnelles | Eukaryotic cell type

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Eukarya

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Stage in which the organism enters the body and starts to colonize

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Infection

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Father of microbiology

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Anton van leeuwehoek

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Contributions of Leeuwenhoek

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First person to see live bacteria & protozoa Simple microscope Animacules

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Hypothetical process by which living organisms develop from non living matter

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Spontaneous generation theory/ theory of abiogenesis

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Persons who prove/disproved the theory of abiogenesis

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Francesco redi John needham Lazaro spallanzani Louis pasteur

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Maggots arise from eggs of flies rather than directly from rotting meat

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Francesco redi

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Boiled broth in a flask,left it open to cool and sealed it,

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John needham

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Boiled 2 separate flasks

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Lazaro spallanzani

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Comtributions of louis pasteur

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``` Fermentation Anaerobes Pasteurization Silkworm diseases Vaccines Theory of biogenesis ```

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Process of pasteurization

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63-65 degrees for 30 minutes | 73-75 degrees for 15seconds

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Vaccines developed by pasteur

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Chicken cholera Anthrax Swine erysipelas Rabies

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Theory of biogenesis

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S-shaped flask kept microbes out but lets air in

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Developed methods if cultivating bacteria on solid media

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Robert koch

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Microorganisms discovered by koch

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M. Tuberculosis | Vibrio cholera

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Experimental procedure proving that specific microbe is the cause of a specific infectious disease

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Koch's postulates

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Discovered first effective treatment for syphillis

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Paul erlich

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Contributions of paul erlich

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``` Tx for syphillis True chemical reaction occurred in the staining of cells Acid-fast method of staining Magic bullet / side chain theory Field of chemotherapy ```

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Penicillin

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Alexander fleming

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Father of immunology

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Edward jenner

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Vaccinated people against small pox

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Edward jenner

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Father of antiseptic surgery

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Joseph lister

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The study of organisms too small to be seen without magnification

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Microbiology