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pathogens

TermDefinition
microbiology the study of living organisms, being unicellular multicellular or acellular
Fermentation conversion of sugars to alcohol, gasses, and organic acids
microbiome microbes associated with normal human tissue
commensal relationship between host and microbe that cause no harm
virus not made up of cells, consist of protein and genetic material, DNA/RNA, host to survive, infects all type of cells
prokaryotes unicellular, doesn't have a membrane bound nucleus, single circular chromosomes.
Archaea prokaryotes, found in nearly every environment on earth, none shown to be human pathogens, cell wall composed of s-layers
Bacteria Prokaryotes, harmless, helpful, pathogenic. Peptidoglycan cell walls give rise to cell shape.
Eukaryotic House DNA in a membrane bound nucleus. can be unicellular/ multicellular.
Fungi Unicellular/multicellular, cell walls made of chitin, sugars, and glycoproteins, non-motile, can be human pathogens
Algae unicellular/multicellular, cell wall composed of cellulose, photosynthetic, flagellar movement, used in foods, cosmetics and microbiology.
Protozoa Unicellular, no cell wall, flagellar or pseudopod movement, common pathogen.
parasitic worms parasite- a worm that lives on or in a host and gets food from or at the expense of the host.
Each cm of skin contains 3 billion bacteria
large intestine has 400-1000 types of bacteria
Prokaryotes cells bacteria archaea
Eukaryotic cells bacteria fungi algae protozoa
Taxonomy classification, description, ID, and naming living organisms
Binomial nomenclature use to name organisms, two word naming system.
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