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Micro Bio Ch1

Terms in this set (17)

Classification
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum
Class, Order, Family
Genus, Species
(Don't lick Please Coz Old Folks Get Serious)
Scientific Method
1. Observation
2. Question
3. Hypothesis
4. Experiment
5. Accept or reject - if reject creat new hypothesis
(one question has every answer)
Biogensis
life coming from life
Abiogenesis
life coming from non-life
Pasturization
Killing microbes in H20 and heat
Biological Dark Matter
We know its out there, but can't grow it in lab
6 human uses for microbes
1. extract metal ore
2. beer, wine, bread making
3. clean up soil, eat jet fuel and tozic metals
4. Biomediation - use of living systems to clean toxins
5. Pharmaceuticals - making human insulin
6. Biofuels
Viruses
not alive, but not dead, like a molecule, not cells, 10x smaller than bacterial cells
Eucaryotes (age, structure, type)
-1.8 billion
-has organelles, nucleus, and DNA in nucleus
-only cells to form true form true multicellular organisms
-cells of fungi, plants, and animals, can be microbes and other things
Prokaryotes (age, structure, location of DNA, types)
-1st life on earth, 3 bill years old
-single cell bacteria, no nucleus, no organelles
-DNA flows freely in cytoplasm
-10x smaller than eukaryotes, they can only be microbes
Joseph Lister
aseptic techniques i.e. handwashing
Semmelweis
discovered baby deaths due to Dr's doing autopsies, then births.
Oliver Holmes
giving birth in hosp is deadlier than at home.
Robert Koch
Germ theory of desease (microbes cause diesease)
Louis Pasteur
pasturization, vaccines, beer and wine, disproved abiogenesis,
Antonie Van Leewehoek
Created first Microscope - through which he discovered protazoa, helped prove biogenesis and abiogenesis
Edward Jenner
discovered first vaccine, for small pox, with help of milk maids
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