BIOS 242 Week 1 Reading; Chapter 1, 2, 3
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| Institution | BIOS 242 Fundamentals of Microbiology with Lab |
| Contributor | elizabeth Oslen |
Micro Chp 1
- Microbiology
- Is the area of biology that deals with organisms to small to be seen by the eye
- Microorganisms or microbes
- Germs, viruses, agents
- Bugs
- Major groups of Microorganisms
- Bacteria
- Algae
- Protozoa
- Helminths
- Fungi
- All of these are cellular organisms
- Viruses
- Infect the cellular organisms
- Noncellular parasitic , protein coated genetic elements that cause harm to host cells
- Is the area of biology that deals with organisms to small to be seen by the eye
- Microbes
- Large populations can be grown in the labs
- Can not be seen directly
- Must be analysed through indirect methods
- Microscopes
- Must be analysed through indirect methods
- Microbiologist Study
- Cell structure and function
- Growth and physiology
- Genetics
- taxonomy/ evolutionary history
- Interactions with living and non living environment
- Branches of Microbiology
- Medical
- Microbes that cause diseases in humans and animals
- Public Health/epidemiology
- Monitor/control the spread of diseases and communities
- USPHS-US public health service- MAIN
- CDC- center of disease control/prevention
- WHO- World Health Organization- med limb of nations
- Monitor/control the spread of diseases and communities
- Immunology
- Medical
- Complex web of protective substances
- Cells produced in response to infection
- Vaccinations, blood testing, allergy
- Role of immune system in cancer/autoimmune diseases
- Industrial
- Safeguards are foods/water
- Biotechnology
- Microbes used to create
- Amino acids, beer, drugs, enzymes, vitamins
- Agricultural
- Relationships between microbes/domesticated plants/animals
- Plant and Animal specialist
- Environmental
- Studies effect of microbes on earth’s diverse habitats
- aquatic , soil, geomicrobiology, astrobiology
- Studies effect of microbes on earth’s diverse habitats
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| Term | Summer |
| Institution | BIOS 242 Fundamentals of Microbiology with Lab |
| Contributor | elizabeth Oslen |
