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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are Acellular pathogens? | (Non Living) Virus & Prion |
| What is Microbiology | Specialized area of biology that deals with organisms too small to see with the naked eye. |
| What are cellular pathognes? | (Living) Parasites, protozoa, fungi, prokaryote |
| What is germ theory and who created it | Showed human diseases could come from infection Louis Pasteur |
| what is aseptic technique? Its founder & its importance | Handwashing & misting operating rooms w/ antiseptic chemicals Joseph lister Micobial control |
| Taxonomy levels | Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
| What are cells with a nucleus? | Eukaryotes |
| What are cells with no nucleus? | Akaryotes |
| Pathogen | Any agent such as virus, bacterium, fungus, protozoan, or helminth that causes disease. |
| 5 Major pathogens | Virus, protozoa, bacteria, fungi, helminth |
| Importance of microorganism | They contribute the majority of oxygen to the atmospher |
| binomial name system | Genus name is always capital. Species is always lowercase. Underline in writing, italicized in print |