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100
Studies the effects of microorganisms on human beings, remains the most well-known branch of microbiology.
Medical Microbiology
100
Disease characterized by newly identified conditions being reported in increasing numbers.
Emerging disease
100
Organizing, classifying, and naming living things.
Taxonomy
100
Assigning names.
Nomenclature
100
Using living organisms to remedy an environmental problem.
Bioremediation
200
Staphylococcus aureus. What is the genus name?
Staphylococcus
200
Two related fields that monitor and control the spread of diseases in communities.
Public Health Microbiology and Epidemiology
200
Worldwide Morbidity and Mortality of Common Diseases
200
The complex web of protective substances and reactions caused by invading microbes and other harmful entities.
Ex. blood testing, vaccination, and allergy
Immunology
200
Older, well-known diseases that are increasing in occurrence.
Reemerging disease
300
The orderly arrangement of organisms into groups.
Classification
300
Infectious diseases native to animals that can be transmitted to humans.
Zoonoses
300
Production of foods, drugs, and vaccines using the natural abilities of living organisms (microbes).
Biotechnology
300
Staphylococcus aureus. What is the species name?
aureus
300
Communicable infectious diseases and their impact on low income countries is an example of this.
Burden of Infectious Disease
400
Kingdom, Phylum, ?, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Identify the missing classification level.
Class
400
Involves relationships between microbes and domesticated plants and animals.
Agricultural Microbiology
400
Determining and recording traits of organisms for placement into taxonomic schemes.
Identification
400
Manipulating the genes of organisms to make new products.
Genetic Engineering
400
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, ?, Genus, Species
Identify the missing classification level.
Family
500
The flow of these two things through the earth’s ecosystems.
Ex. Photosynthesis and Decomposition
Energy & Nutrient Flow
500
"True bacteria" Identify this domain.
Bacteria
500
"Odd bacteria that live in extreme environments, high salt, heat, etc." Identify this domain.
Archaea
500
"Have a nucleus and organelles." Identify this domain.
Eukarya
500
Scaling up the processes of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering to produce large quantities of a desired product.
Industrial Microbiology