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Microbiology 2460 Examubiquitous - ANSWER meaning everywhere
What are the profound impacts that bacteria has on the earth? - ANSWER
Temperature, weathering, mineral extraction, soil formation
Alexander Michaud - ANSWER separated hailstones by diameters and examined the
layers as they melted
Pseudomonas syringae - ANSWER - species of bacteria that implicates an infection
in plants and cause postharvest rots
- also was found in the layers of the hailstones
J Craig Venter - ANSWER Came up with the Human Genome Project that's plan was
to identify all genes in the human being
discovered 1.2 million new genes and 1800 new species
heads an organization called the institute for biological energy alternatives
- goal of the organization was to create synthetic organic tailor made for a specific
purpose, such as synthesizing chemicals, degrading waste products, or producing
energy
Microbiology - ANSWER Study of organisms that require magnification to see
Microorganisms belong to each of these five kingdoms: - ANSWER 1) Monera
2) Protista
3) Fungi
4) Plantae
5) Animalia
Prokaryote - ANSWER - have no nucleus
- include bacteria and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
Archaebacteria - ANSWER - oldest living organism known to earth
- prokaryotic and unicellular
- found in very harsh conditions
Eubacteria - ANSWER - More complex and common than archaebacteria
- found in more neutral conditions
Eukaryote - ANSWER -complex cellular structure
- contain membrane bound organelles
- include algae, fungi, helminths, and protozoa
Bacteria - ANSWER - Prokaryote that includes archaebacteria
- no nucleus
- reproduce asexually
- seven basic shapes
, - contain peptoglycan within there cell walls that determines if the cell is gram (+) or
gram (-)
Fungi - ANSWER - Eukaryote
- have a nucleus
- obtain food from other organisms
- have a cell wall
- include mold and yeast
Penicillium chrysogenum - ANSWER mold that produces penicillium
saccharomyces cerevisiae - ANSWER causes bread to rise and produces alcohol
from sugar
candida albican - ANSWER causes yeast infection in woman
algae - ANSWER - eukaryote
- photosynthetic organisms
make there own food from CO2 and water using energy from sunlight
Protozoa - ANSWER - single celled eukaryote that's cell wall is similar to animals in
their nutritional needs and cellular structure
- Greek for "first animal"
viruses - ANSWER - not considered cells
- neither prokaryotic or eukaryotic
- considered particles
Helminths - ANSWER -Greek for worm
- include tapeworms, flukes, and roundworms
- rely on a host to survive
Medical Microbiology - ANSWER branch that deals with MO's that cause disease in
humans and animals
Public Health Microbiology and Epidemiology - ANSWER branch that monitors and
controls the spread of disease in communities
immunology - ANSWER branch studies the complex web of protective substances
and cells produced in response to infection
industrial microbiology - ANSWER branch safeguards our food and water
agricultural microbiology - ANSWER branch is concerned with the relationship
between microbes and domesticated plants and animals
environmental microbiology - ANSWER study the effect of microbes on the earths
diverse habitats
- includes: Aquatic, soil, geo, astrobiology
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