All the Old People
Who discovered the first antibiotic?
Alexander Fleming
**on accident, by growing mold in a petri dish and creating penicillin!
The study of bacteria
Bacteriology
Who established the Latin system of scientific nomenclature?
Carl Linnaeus
Viruses and prions need what?
They are non-living and nned a living host cell in order to replicate
Coccus
spherical
Louis Pasteur
The study of fungi
Mycology
How does the first word in scientific nomenclature look?
It’s italicized and capitalized
What are the two types of living cells?
Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Bacillus
rod shaped
Who advocated for handwashing and was called crazy?!
Ignaz Semmelweis
The study of parasitic worms and protozoa
Parasitology
How does the second word of scientific nomenclature look?
How do eukaryotes reproduce?
Mitosis
They have a nucleus and chromosomes
Spirillum
spiral shaped
Who created the first vaccine (for smallpox & cowpox)?
Edward Jenner
**think vacc/o = cow, vaccines provide immunity
The study of microorganisms interacting and cycling nutrients in natural enivronments
Microbial ecology
AIDS is an advanced syndrome caused by which virus?
HIV; AIDS is a progressed form of HIV where patient has an opportunistic infection
AIDS: acquired immunosufficiency syndrome
How do you prokaryotes reproduce?
Through binary fission; they have no nucleus and one circular chromosome
curved rod shaped
Who came up with the cell theory after seeing the small compartments that he called cells?
Robert Hooke
** theory: all living things are composed of cells and come from preexisting cells
The study of how DNA directs protein synthesis
Molecular biology
What is cryptosporidiosis?
Caused by Cryptosporidium protozoa and is a major cause of diarrhea in developing countries
What is the difference between the cell wall of bacteria and archaea?
Archaea: cell wall has pseudomurein
spirochete
tight coil