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What is something that microbes produce a lot of?
Oxygen
Microbes can turn CO2 into what?
Organic Molecules
Microbes can turn N2, into _________, into organic molecules?
Organic molecules
Microbes play a big role in what that deals with gardening?
Decomposition
3 things that microbes can cause related to human health?
Infections
Cancer
Autoimmune disease
What is the microbiome?
The total collection of microorganisms that live in your body
3 things that a healthy microbiome can influence?
Digestion
Immune function
Mood
3 ways how microbes are used in food
Production
Spoilage
Agriculture
What important information did Leeuwenhoek contribute to the study of microbiology?
Saw "animalcules" swimming in water
Louis Pasteur contributed what to the study of microbiology?
Saw yeast present in wine and beer after fermentation
Developed process of pasteurization to prevent spoilage
Germ theory of disease--chemical changes in food, can they cause chemical changes in people?
Robert Koch did what to the study of microbiology?
Postulate-specific germ causes specific disease
Noninfectious causes of pneumonia:
Lung cancer