Chapter 1: Humans and the Microbial World
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Microbiology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Koch | Developed a set of steps to determine the causes of disease. |
| Nomenclature | -Naming -3 categories/domains -Bacteria, Archeae, and Eucarya |
| Bacteria | Living things without a nucleus. |
| Archeae | -Unusual -No nucleus |
| Eucarya | Everything living with a nucleus. |
| List the FIVE kingdoms developed by WHITTAKER | -Monera -Protista -Fungi -Plants -Animals |
| Monera | -No nucleus -Split in half -All bacteria |
| Protista | Single celled organisms with a nucleus. |
| Fungi | -Single or multicelled organisms -Have a nucleus -Cell walls made of CHITIN - "crunchy" |
| Algae | (Plants) Single or mulitcelled plants that live in the water. |
| Viruses | -Acellular particles -Not a complete cell -Can't grow on their own -Have to invade cell -particles/agents |
| Helminthes | -Worms -Big or small -Can or cannot infect |
| Tyndall and Cohn | -Discovered heat resistant forms of bacteria. -Endospores |
| Pastuer | Microbes can be destroyed or blocked. |
| Alexander Fleming | -Discovered first antibiotics (Penicillin) |
| Aseptic Techniques | Procedures that prevents contamination (sterile) |
| Virchow | All cells come from pre-existing cells. |
| Virulence | Strength of a microbe to cause a disease |
| Leeuwenhoek | -Discovered microbes. -examined pond water |
| Theory of Spontaneous Generation | Organisms can arise from non-living material. |
| Germ Theory of Disease | -Microbes cause disease -partly true |
| Pathogens | -Disease causing microbes |
| Jenner | -Idea of vaccination (small pox, cow pox) |
| Lister | Aseptic sterile techniques in medicine (Boiling instruments) |
| Antibiotics | Natural substances that are produced by bacteria and fungi to kill other microbes |
| MicroOrganisms | Living things too small to be seen without a microscope. (Germs, Microbes) |
| Robert Hooke | -Plant cells with microscopes -Looked like jail cells |
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