Microorganisms
Bacteria on and in the body that does not cause disease.
Normal Flora
"Animalcules"
Anton/Antoni/Antoin/Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek
Possess a nucleus
Eukaryote / Eukaryotic cell
Other names for
B period
D period
C period
B period - Cell growth
D period - Binary fission
C period - Chromosome replication
Wine and cheese
General benefit of microbes
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy is a type of what disease?
Animal Prion Disease
Discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming
Penicillin
70s is to
80s is to -
70s - Prokaryote / Prokaryotic cell
80s - Eukaryote / Eukaryotic cell
Ensures two nearly identical daughter cells are formed
fission ring apparatus
Example of bacteria that produces Persister cells
M. tuberculosis
What is the difference between an Infectious Disease and Microbial Intoxication?
Infectious Disease - Pathogen colonizes the body
Microbial Intoxication - Pathogen is ingested and it produces harmful toxins
Joseph Lister proved that microbes cause surgical infections. What specific type microorganism is the most common cause of surgical infections?
Methicillin-Resistant STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS or MRSA
Has cell membrane
Both Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes
What constitutes the Lethal toxin of Anthrax?
Protective Antigen (PA)+ Lethal Factor (LF)
What does AIDS stand for?
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom
3 ways in properly writing scientific name.
Scientific name
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Scientific name
Pasteurization
Fermentation is caused by yeast
Developed Rabies Vaccine and Anthrax Vaccine
Started the Golden Age of Microbiology
Mitosis and Mieosis are present in?
Eukaryotes/Eukaryotic Cells
Disease caused by Clostridium perfringens
Gas gangrene
Smallpox vaccine was developed from this virus
Cowpox virus
Contains chlorophyll making it photosynthetic and it's major contribution to the earth is the production of O2
Algae
What are the 3 Pharmaceutical Application of Microbiology and Parasitology?
Medicine Production
Microbial Control
Understanding Infection
POWER HOUSE OF THE CELL
Mitochondrion
Cloudy nutritional slab indicates?
Increased/Increasing cell population
Invented by Leeuwenhoek
Microscope