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who examined cork under his crude microscope? Robert Hooke
what did Robert Hooke see in his microscope? Little boxes or cells.
Robert Hookes discovery led to what? The cell theory that all living things are composed of cells.
Who saw the first Microbes? Anton Van Leeuenhoek
What was significant about what Anton Van Leeuenhoek did? He drew pictures and wrote it down
What means life arrising from non living matter? Spontaneous Generation
Who put mesh over rotting jars of meat and disproved Spontaneous Generation? Francesco Redi
Who said flys come from flys? Francesco Redi
Who argued that Microbes generated spontaneously from beef broth? John Needham
Who boiled beef broth and then sealed it in the same jar? Lazzaro Spallanzani
What did John Needham say to discredit Lazzaro Spallanzani results? Microbes lacked oxygen
Who came along and said that living cells only come from pre-existing living cells? Rudolf Virchow
Living cells only come from living cells is the deffinition for what? biogenesis
What type of microorgansm only appears alive when inside a host? virus
The first name in nomenclature of a living organism is? Genus
The second name in nomenclature assigned to a living organism is? Species
What is a more exact designation in nomenclature of a living organism? Species
What is typically a large group in the nomenclature given to a living organism? Genus
What is a bacterium commonly found on skin? staphylococcus aureus
What means a cluster of grapes? staphlo
What means round coccus
what means golden? aureus
What is the study of all of an organisms genes? genomics
What does not have a true membrane bound nucleus? Prokaryote
What has a true membrane bound nucleus Eukaryote
What type of prokaryote is only found in extreme environments? archea
Humans, protozoans, mocroscopic parasites (worms), algae, and fungi are all examples of? eukaryotes
What is a safer bleaching agent than chlorine? perocide
peroxide is easily removed from waste water and fabric with the use of? enzymes
what was cloned and grown in yeast and then grew it in the yeast in washing machine conditions? mushroom
Yeast that survived the washing maching conditions was selected as the? Peroxidase producers
Instead of using chemicals to produce indigo scientists are now using? bacteris
Gluconacetobacter xylinus bacteris makes? cellulose
The bacterial by-product indole was converted to indigo from a soil bacterium, pseudomonas putida, into Echerichia coli bacteria, which then turned? blue
over 25 bacteria make? polyhydroxyalkanoate
what is PHS short for? polyhydroxyalkanoate
polyhydroxyalkanoates better for producing? plastic
olyhydroxyalkanoates are better for producing plastics than conventional methods because they are? biodegradable
what biodegrades plastic? bacteria
what is an example of protozoans? amoeba
what does photosynthesis generate? oxygen
what gives geans the stone washed look? enzymes
what is the name of the enzyme that gives jeans the stone washed look? celulase
The trichoderma fungus gives rise to which enzymes? celulases
celulase enzymes soften jeans by digesting some of the what in the cotton? cellulose
what operates at safe temps and ph's and is better than chemicals? enzymes
because it is a protein it is readily degraded which makes them easily removed from waste water. enzymes
what is better for the environment than cotton? bacteria
what depends on large areas of land, fertilizer, pestisides and good weather? cotton
bacteria is an example of a? microorganism
fungi is an example of a? microorganism
a subgroup of fungi is yeast and mold
microscopic algae is an example of a? microorganism
viruses is an example of a microorganism
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