BIOS 2210 EXAM 1
Infectious Diseases
Ecology
Antibiotics
Vaccines
Food
Biotechnology - genetic recombination
Current topics in the news - answersWhy are Microbes important to Humans? (7):
Prokaryotes - answersBacteria and Archea
Single cell
No nucleus
Eukaryotes - answersEukarya
Single cells or Multicellular
Organisms with a nucleus and other cell characteristics
= Humans, Animals, Plants, Algae, Fungus, and Protozoa
Golden Age of Microbiology - answersMid 1800's
Epidemiology
Germ Theory - washing hands
Pasteur, Koch, Snow, Gram, Shiga, Escherich
Microscopy - answersLight (compound) microscope
Electron (SEM) & (TEM)
Bergey's Manual - answersReference Manual
Bacteria only
Micrographia - answersRobert Hooke (1665)
1673-1723 - answersLeeuwenhoek's Animalcules
1950's - answersAntibiotics discovered by Ehrich and Fleming chemotherapy
, Molecular Biology - answersDNA
Molds - answersInhibit bacteria
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukary
Multicellular (Fungi, Protazoan, and Viruses) - answersOrganisms Studied on the Tree
of Life (4):
Dichotomous Key - answersUsed to identify categories/species
Microbial Identification - answersStudy under microscope
Staining it
DNA sequencing
1-5 um
1mm = 1,000 um
Viruses - nanometers - answersSize of Bacteria
Understanding cellular chemistry and metabolism
Understanding genetic material and replication/reproduction
Helps understand the relationships between microbes and humans, pathogens,
vaccines, immune systems, and antibiotics. - answersWhy Chemistry? (3):
Life - answersCarbon and water based cellular form with complex organization and
heritable genetic information.
Make observations
Propose a hypothesis to explain the observations or predict an outcome
Test hypothesis
Decide whether to accept or reject the hypothesis
If necessary, propose and test a new hypothesis - answersScientific Process (5):
Lyme Disease - answersBorrelia burgdorferi
Anthropod vectored
Analytical tests
Antigen - looks for protein
PCR - looks for DNA
Quadrupled in the last few years
Element - answersSubstance at its simplest
Oxygen 70%
Carbon 15%
Hydrogen 10%
Infectious Diseases
Ecology
Antibiotics
Vaccines
Food
Biotechnology - genetic recombination
Current topics in the news - answersWhy are Microbes important to Humans? (7):
Prokaryotes - answersBacteria and Archea
Single cell
No nucleus
Eukaryotes - answersEukarya
Single cells or Multicellular
Organisms with a nucleus and other cell characteristics
= Humans, Animals, Plants, Algae, Fungus, and Protozoa
Golden Age of Microbiology - answersMid 1800's
Epidemiology
Germ Theory - washing hands
Pasteur, Koch, Snow, Gram, Shiga, Escherich
Microscopy - answersLight (compound) microscope
Electron (SEM) & (TEM)
Bergey's Manual - answersReference Manual
Bacteria only
Micrographia - answersRobert Hooke (1665)
1673-1723 - answersLeeuwenhoek's Animalcules
1950's - answersAntibiotics discovered by Ehrich and Fleming chemotherapy
, Molecular Biology - answersDNA
Molds - answersInhibit bacteria
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukary
Multicellular (Fungi, Protazoan, and Viruses) - answersOrganisms Studied on the Tree
of Life (4):
Dichotomous Key - answersUsed to identify categories/species
Microbial Identification - answersStudy under microscope
Staining it
DNA sequencing
1-5 um
1mm = 1,000 um
Viruses - nanometers - answersSize of Bacteria
Understanding cellular chemistry and metabolism
Understanding genetic material and replication/reproduction
Helps understand the relationships between microbes and humans, pathogens,
vaccines, immune systems, and antibiotics. - answersWhy Chemistry? (3):
Life - answersCarbon and water based cellular form with complex organization and
heritable genetic information.
Make observations
Propose a hypothesis to explain the observations or predict an outcome
Test hypothesis
Decide whether to accept or reject the hypothesis
If necessary, propose and test a new hypothesis - answersScientific Process (5):
Lyme Disease - answersBorrelia burgdorferi
Anthropod vectored
Analytical tests
Antigen - looks for protein
PCR - looks for DNA
Quadrupled in the last few years
Element - answersSubstance at its simplest
Oxygen 70%
Carbon 15%
Hydrogen 10%
