Why Micro?
The #1 killer of children and adolescents in developing countries
What are Infectious Diseases
Protists, Fungi, Plants, and Animals are Eukaryotes and wrap their genetic information in this membrane enclosed part
What is a Nucleus
Life can arise from non living matter. This was later disproven
What is Spontaneous Generation
He devised a method of postulates to link microorganisms to a specific disease
Who is Robert Koch
Broth, Slant, and Plates are this
What is a Media
The process in which oil degrading microbes can break down crude oil spills
What is Biomediation
Bacteria and Archaea are Domains that belong to this type of Living microbe
What are Prokaryotes
As opposed to synthetic drugs, these are chemicals produced naturally by bacteria and fungi to act against other microorganisms
What are Antibiotics
In the 1660s, he refuted this widely accepted theory by leaving meat in jars, some covered, to see which ones grew maggots
Who is Francesco Redi
Structure arrangement color form texture shape (ex.coccus, bacillus) are part of this branch in microbiology
What is Cell Morphology
The mutated gene that causes cells to grow and replicate causing cancer
What are Oncogenes
These infectious agents cause proteins to fold and are indestructible
What are Prions
Antibiotics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Immunology is denoted as
What is the Golden Age of Microbiology II
In their two experiments, which microbiologist did not cover their flask resulting in living things in decaying broth
Who is John Needham
This is used to isolate colonies from a bacterial lawn
What is the Streak Plate Method
Microbes recycle elements such as N2. Name the two compounds reactions that make plant food
What are nitrites (NO2) and nitrates (NO3)
This biomolecule found in bacteria is made of amino acids and counteracts osmotic pressure from cytoplasm
What is Peptidoglycan
This early disinfectant from the 1860s was used to treat surgical wounds and resulted in a substantial decrease in infections and deaths
What is a Phenol solution
In 1757, he created the first vaccine in history by inoculating someone with cowpox (non virulent microbe) which generated immunity against smallpox (virulent microbe)
Who is Edward Jenner
Gram's Iodine is used as a ______ to fix crystal violet to the cell wall
What is a Mordant
First major extinction event was caused by this bacteria that generated Oxygen
What are Cyanobacteria
Drinking unfiltered water can lead to dracunculiasis. Name the parasite that causes this disease
What is Dracunculus Medinensis
This bacterium was discovered in the blood of cows who died of anthrax
What is Bacillus anthracis
"Omne vivum ex vivo" Life comes from Life
Who is Louis Pasteur
This decreases with increasing magnification
What is the Field of View