Microbial Origins
Milestones
The Bacteria
The Archea
The Eukarya
100
He debunked the theory of spontaneous generation which suggested that organisms, such as tiny worms, can arise spontaneously from non living matter.
Who is Francesco Redi?
100
In 1861 this individual demonstrates that yeast can degrade sugar to ethanol and carbon dioxide as they multiply.
Who is Louis Pasteur
100
Appendages extending from the cell.
What are flagella?
100
This liquid medium is called home to many Archea.
What is the ocean?
100
The majority of members in this group contain many of these little chambers.
What is cells?
200
This characteristic of endospores explains the differences between Pasteur's results and those of other investigators.
What is heat resistance?
200
In 1929 he discovers and describes the properties of the first antibiotic, penicillin.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
200
Multiplication resulting from the division of one cell into two.
What is binary fission?
200
Some members of this group are found in the buoyant, crystalline of this western body.
What is The Great Salt Lake?
200
Organisms in this group contain the green pigment chlorophyll, and some also contain other pigments that give them characteristic colors.
What are Algae?
300
This field may contain some suggestion as to how life arose on earth and will be provided by finding life on other planets.
What is astrobiology?
300
Discovering genetic transformation in bacteria, thereby raising a key question in genetics was his most notable work.
Who is Frederick Griffith?
300
The three most common shapes of bacteria.
What are spirals, rods, and cylinders?
300
The absence of this "powerful" cellular organelle in this group would keep them safely at bay.
What is the mitochondria?
300
This group of microscopic, single-celled organisms live in both aquatic and terrestrial environments.
What are Protozoa?
400
This is an element of most of the important molecules in our bodies, such as nucleic acids and proteins.
What is nitrogen?
400
In 1980 they declared the eradication of smallpox in the world.
What is the World Health Organization?
400
Differential staining technique which positively characterizes the group Bacteria.
What is the Gram Stain?
400
One member of this group grows best at this very bubbly temperature.
What is 100-105 Celsius?
400
Collectively contain several disease-causing organisms considered to be parasitic.
What are Helminths?
500
The collection of techniques included in the field of Microbiology.
What are aseptic technique, pure culture technique, and microscopic observation of whole cultures?
500
In 1995 the Food and Drug Administration approves the first protease inhibitor, a major weapon against the progression of this disease.
What is AIDS?
500
An unusual chemical compound in the cell walls of Bacteria that is not found in organisms of other domains.
What is peptidoglycan?
500
Able to live in such harsh conditions without light would require these organisms to belong to this group of nutrient producers.
What are chemoheterotrophs?
500
Another name for the heads of tapeworms, roundworms, and hookworms.
What is the scolex?
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