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MICRO EXAM 1-THOLEN 2460 STUDY SET
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Microbiology - ANSWER The study of microbesUbiquitous - Answer Present or exist everywhere.
Opportunistic - ANSWER. If the correct conditions are met, they can cause
injury.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) was a Dutch linen merchant.
-Start by observing living bacteria.
-A single lens enlarged up to 300X.
ANSWER: Louis Pasteur was the first to show that strains were unique.
-Performed fermentation.
Developed pasteurization and vaccinations.
Robert Koch - ANSWER -Linked a specific germ to a specific disease.
Anthrax, Cholera, and Tuberculosis
Taxonomy: ANSWER The study of classifying organisms.
Carolus Linnaeus - Answer Developed binomial nomenclature.
,The original three kingdoms are: animal, plant, and mineral.
Sublevels: ANSWER Class, order, family, genera, and species
Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of a species or group of related species.
-How closely related?
Ernst Haeckel - ANSWER Included Protista and Monera Kingdoms
Robert Whittaker (1969) - Answer Added Fungi Kingdom (5th Kingdom).
Carl Woese and George Fox studied the tiny component of the ribosome.
- Used RNA Sequences
- Three domains: bacteria, archaea, and eukarya.
Binomial nomenclature is a classification scheme that assigns each species a
two-part scientific name.
- Genus and species
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology - ANSWER Guide for identifying
bacteria using various methods based on non-visual qualities
Prokaryotes (Cellular Microbes) - ANSWER: Cells without nuclei.
, -Bacteria and Archaea
Eukaryotes (Cellular Microbes) - ANSWER: Cells with nuclei
- Algae, protozoa, fungi, and helminths
Acellular Microbes: Viruses and Prions
Subfields in Microbiology - ANSWER Bacteriology.
-Mycology
-Protozoology
-Parasitology
-Virology
-Immunology
Wavelength - Answer the Horizontal distance between the peaks or troughs of
two adjacent waves.
Amplitude - Answer The elevation of a wave's peak
Frequency is the rate at which peaks occur over time.
Reflection - The wave bounces off the substance.
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