microbiology contributors
name the scientist who disproved spontaneous generation and developed vaccines for rabies, anthrax, and fowl chlorea
Louis Pasteur
Microbial ecosystems in the form of of extremely thick(cm) layered, biofilm
phototrophs and chemolithotrophds
organized based on gradients of light and other resources compile to form
stromatolite
A sunlight energy source and inorganic electron donor forms what kind of metabolism
Photolithotroph
DNA gyrase
C.perfringens is the most commonly reported food poisoning and it is a heat liable
enterotoxin
Name the person who created the germ theory of disease
Robert Koch
what were the common carbon sources
CO2 and Methane(CH4)
A sunlight energy source and an organic electron donor forms what kind of metabolism
Photoorganotroph
RNA polymerase 1-transcribes rRNA
RNA polymerase II-mRNA
What type of RNA does RNA polymerase III synthesize
tRNA and rRNA
C.botiuliniun is a severe and often fatal food poisoning caused by
an exotoxin
Name the person who proposed concepts of Chemolithotrophy and the bacteria in nitrogen and sulfur cycles
Sergi Winogradsky
Name the 4 common electron donors
H2,NH3, Sulfur or sulfide
Chemical energy source and an inorganic electron donor has what kind of metabolism
chemolithotroph
RNA polymerase unwinds the DNA and has chain growth that occurs in what direction
5' to 3'
What is the food infection that grows in food that is cooked and left to cool slowly
Bacillus cereus
Name the person who discovered Archea and rRNA evolutionary relationships
Carl Woese
Name the electron acceptor
Sulfur or sulfide
A chemical energy source with an organic electron donor is
Chemoorganotroph
What of the replication fork are nucleotides added to
3' end
Name the gastrointestinal illness caused by __ and is a direct result of contaminated food or infected animals that occurs within 8-48 hours and is resolved in 2-5 days
salmonella
Name the person who was the first to describe Protoza as wee animalcules and the first to describe bacteria
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Serpentization is when Fe/Mg reacts with other molecules and __ to form organic molecules such as hydrocarbons and fatty acids
H2
Name the form of metabolism in a bacteria that has a light energy source and organic compounds for a carbon source
photoheterotrophy
Name the antibiotic that inhibits initaion
Streptomycin
Name the waterborne disease that is an aerosol disease that can be found in cooling towers and evaporative condensers
Legionella pneumophila