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Chapter 1: Intro to Microbes

Chyanne Holth, Mariel Ringelstein, Emily Gott, Meghan Peters, Monae Pryor, Kyla Bell
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Developed from viruses to enable a human to be resistant to that certain virus
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Composed of fatty acids and glycerol
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Role in understanding how germs caused disease; ended child bed fever; started aseptic technique
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Eukaryote; unicellular; can be mobile via psudeopods;
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Tested multiple times and has not been disproven - assumed to be true
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Combination of carbon and water; formed from sugars
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An area of biotechnology that manipulates the genetics of microbes, plants, and animals for the purpose of creating what new products and GMOs
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Bacteria that is lacking peptidoglycan - has a thin outer membrane instead
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Prokaryotic; similar in cell structure to eukaryote; .121 micrometers
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Contributed to germ theory, helped with cultivation of bacteria and staining and fixing them
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A theory; accumulation of changes that occur in organisms as they adapt to their environments
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Spread disease; not independently living cellular organisms; 200-300 micrometers
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Discovered fermentation; and disproved spontaneous generation; studied how wine gets contaminated
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In form of yeast or mold; eukaryotic; saphotrophs that break down dead materials; 2-10 micrometers
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Prokaryotic; no nucleus, no organelles, cell wall (gram positive or gram negative); .2210 microns
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Took semmelweis's work and applied it to his own - listerine!!
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Forming families of _____ includes: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids
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DNA and RNA
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Worms; visible to the naked eye; includes tapeworms
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Natural component of certain seaweeds
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Two words; when a bacteria has a thick peptiodglycan cell wall
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Made best microscopes; first to see microbes
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The science of classifying/naming living beings
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A theory; many diseases caused by microorganisms rather than spontaneous degeneration
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Accumulation of bacteria and other microbes
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Made up of amino acid