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2024/2025BIOL 207 - Chapter 1 Questions
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Microbiology
the study of microbes (bacteria, viruses; also includes protozoa, fungi, algae)
- heath (also known as germs)(microbiome)
- commercial use (yogurt)
- vital to health of all life on earth
- research tools
Why are microbes important?
Microbiome
all of the microorganisms that live in a particular environment, such as a human body; critical to
normal health
God
what did people think used to cause plagues and diseases?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
invented the first microscope
- there are living organisms smaller than the human eye can see
- these 'germs' dont just appear out of thin air
What are two things Anton van Leeuwenhoek established?
spontaneous generation
belief that living organisms arise from non-living matter
Louis Pasteur
sought to disprove spontaneous generation - "Everything comes from somewhere" - took a flask with
broth, boiled it to kill the organisms, left it completely sterile
- vaccination
- aseptic techniques
- Germ Theory of Disease
What are some microbiology/public health milestones?
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