Mirco BIO 2100 Test Review units 1-3
Unit 1
Organisms that do not cause disease unless the host is immunocompromised, or they get into the
wrong place in the body
Opportunistic Pathogens
Diseases caused by organisms producing toxins
Microbial Intoxications
Microbes forming a coating on a surface
Biofilms
Microbes that are normally present in a certain area of the body
Normal Microbiota
The study of Fungi is called
Mycology
The use of microbes to get rid of wastes
Bioremediation
The interaction of two different types of organisms is called.
Symbiotic relationships
The incorporation of inorganic carbon into glucose by photosynthetic organisms
Carbon fixation (also called the calvin cycle)
Larger animals eat smaller animals which eat zooplankton which eat algae and bacteria
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, Mirco BIO 2100 Test Review units 1-3
Food Chains
The process of using inorganic Nitrogen from the air (can only be done by a few groups of
bacteria)
Nitrogen Fixation
Eukaryotic organisms that have Chitin cell walls
Fungi
Prokaryotic organisms with Peptidoglycan cell walls
Eubacteria
Singled celled eukaryotic organisms with no cell wall
Protozoa
Acellular infectious agents
Viruses and/or Prions
Prokaryotic organism with metabolisms adapted to grow in extreme environments that do not
have peptidoglycan cell walls
Archae
The first Microscopes were used by
Leeuwenhoek and Hooke
Known for disproving spontaneous generation, and showing that fermentation was caused by
organisms
Louis Pasteur
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Unit 1
Organisms that do not cause disease unless the host is immunocompromised, or they get into the
wrong place in the body
Opportunistic Pathogens
Diseases caused by organisms producing toxins
Microbial Intoxications
Microbes forming a coating on a surface
Biofilms
Microbes that are normally present in a certain area of the body
Normal Microbiota
The study of Fungi is called
Mycology
The use of microbes to get rid of wastes
Bioremediation
The interaction of two different types of organisms is called.
Symbiotic relationships
The incorporation of inorganic carbon into glucose by photosynthetic organisms
Carbon fixation (also called the calvin cycle)
Larger animals eat smaller animals which eat zooplankton which eat algae and bacteria
1
, Mirco BIO 2100 Test Review units 1-3
Food Chains
The process of using inorganic Nitrogen from the air (can only be done by a few groups of
bacteria)
Nitrogen Fixation
Eukaryotic organisms that have Chitin cell walls
Fungi
Prokaryotic organisms with Peptidoglycan cell walls
Eubacteria
Singled celled eukaryotic organisms with no cell wall
Protozoa
Acellular infectious agents
Viruses and/or Prions
Prokaryotic organism with metabolisms adapted to grow in extreme environments that do not
have peptidoglycan cell walls
Archae
The first Microscopes were used by
Leeuwenhoek and Hooke
Known for disproving spontaneous generation, and showing that fermentation was caused by
organisms
Louis Pasteur
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