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Test 1

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Define Microorganism   too small to be seen with the unaided eye  
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Define Germ   rapidly growing cell  
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Carolus Linnaeus   Est. binomial nomenclature  
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Types of microorganism   Bacteria,archaea,fungi,protozoa,algae,multicellualr animal parasites, viruses  
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Bacteria   Prokaryotes- unicellular  
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Bacterial shapes   Bacillus,coccus,spiral,stella  
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bacterial cell wall   peptidoglycan  
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Archaea   Prokaryotes- non pathogenic  
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archaea wall   may or may not have a cell wall- no peptidoglycan  
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main archaea groups   methanogen,halophiles,thermophiles  
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Fungi   Eukaryotes  
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fungi groups   yeast (uni), mold, mushroom (multi)  
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Fungi cell wall   CHITIN  
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Protozoa   Eukaryotes- unicellular  
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Protozoa Moves   by pseudopods,flagella, or cilia  
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Algae   Eukaryotes- uni/multicellular  
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Algae Cell wall   Cellulose  
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Helminths   Eukaryotes- multicellular  
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Viruses   Acellular  
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Characteristics of Viruses   so small need an electron microscope to view, simple,core contain DNA or RNA  
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Virus Core   surrounded by protein coat  
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Virus protein coat   may be encased by an additional layer "envelope"  
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Carl Woese   devised the 3 domains  
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Domain System   Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya  
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Robert Hooke   reported things were composed of boxes or cells. Marked beginning of cell theory  
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Rudolf Virchow   Cells arise from preexisting cells "biogenesis"  
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Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek   1st to observe live microorganisms "animalcules"  
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Spontaneous Generation (abiogenesis)   form of life could arise spontaneously from non living matter.  
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Biogenesis   Living organisms arise from preexisting life  
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Francisco Redi   BG- maggots do not arise from decaying meat  
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John Needham   SG- uses nutrient broth poured into a covered flask = microbes  
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Spallanzani   BG- challenged Needham  
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Pasteur   BG- microbes can be present in non living matter, can be destroyed by heat, aseptic techniques can be used  
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Bassi   proved silkworm disease was caused by fungus  
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Semmelweis   demonstrated that hand washing prevented disease  
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Lister   Knew phenol killed bacteria  
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Koch   discovered the cause of anthrax- 1st to prove bacteria caused infections  
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Koch's postualtes   sequence of experimental steps to relate a specific microbe to a specific disease.  
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Ed Jenner   figured out that if you had cow pox you can't get small pox  
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Modern Chemotherapy   treatment of disease w/ chemicals  
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Snythetic drugs   Man-Made in a lab  
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antibiotics   prepared naturally by bacteria & fungi  
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P. Ehrlich   Magic bullet- hunt down and destroy pathogen w/o harming host.  
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1st synthetic drug   salvarsan (salva(salvation) + arsen(arsenic)  
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Salvarsan   used to treat syphyilis  
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Fleming   mold contamination- named it penicillin  
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Heidi Schulz   studied bacteriology -discovered T. namibiensis  
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T. namibiensis   visible with unaided eye, consumes hydrogen sulfide  
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Iwanowski   studied virology- reported a disease caused by tobacco  
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Rebecca Lancefield   studied immunology- proposed serotyping for streptococci  
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Interferons   protein released by animal cells, usually in reponse to the entry of a virus that has the property of inhibiting virus replication.  
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Paul Berg   recombinant DNA  
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Recombinant DNA   DNA made from 2 different sources  
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Emerging Infectious Diseases   caused by prions, bacteria, protozoa, fungi,viruses  
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West nile encephalitis   inflammation of brain (Uganda)  
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Ebola   Fatal, natural reservoir unknown, (Ebola River)  
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Hantavirus   Caused by virus called sin sombre, fatal, contagious, (Hantaan rover)  
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AIDs   caused by HIV, destroys CD4 cells  
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Cryptosporidiosis   Eukaryote, causes diarrhea, (wisconsin)  
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Bovine Spongiform   Mad cow disease- caused by PRION (infectious protein)  
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CJD   human type fo mad cow diease  
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E.Coli O157:H7   could be fatal, produces bloody diarrhea  
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MRSA   penicillin resistant Staph aureus  
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