State at Least 3 Places Where You Could Find Microbes

Chapter 1

Study Guide

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Microbiology BI234
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Define microbiology

List the 5 main groups of living microorganisms. / 1.
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Why are viruses not considered microbes even though we study them in microbiology? / 6. viruses
According to the fossil record, how long have microbes been on this planet?
What is the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells? Which type appeared first?
Bacteria are ubiquitous, found nearly everywhere /

State at least 3 places where you could find microbes

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Define evolution
Define theory from a scientific perspective
Describe four ways that microbes have shaped our planet / 1.
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Describe four ways that microbes have impacted humans / 1. Food production=
2. Antibiotic production=
3. Genetic Engineering=
4. Bioremediation=
Define pathogen
List four diseases that affect humans. / 1.
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Describe the concept of spontaneous generation
give an example of why some people believed spontaneous generation
Explain the difference between abiogenesis and biogenesis.
How did Louis Pasteur demonstrate that air contained living, invisible microbes? Draw a picture of his experiment.
Describe the contribution of Robert Hooke to the field of microbiology.
Describe the contribution of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek to the field of microbiology.
Explain four examples of recent advances in microbiology as described in Table 1.2 / Discovery / Description of Discovery
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Describe some of the applications that resulted from the germ theory of disease
How did the discovery of bacterial endospores affect sterilization?
Describe Holmes and Semmelweis's contribution to medical microbiology.
Explain how Joseph Lister impacted medical microbiology?
Explain the germ theory of disease and describe two scientists that contributed to it.
Describe two characteristics of prokaryotic cells
Describe two characteristics of eukaryotic cells
Describe two characteristics of viruses
Define macromolecule
List the four main types of biological molecules. / 1.
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Describe macromolecule, subunit, and polymer and how they relate to each other
Complete the chart at right. / Macromolecule / Subunit / Polymer / Example
Carbohydrate
Lipid / Fatty acid
Protein / Peptide/Polypeptide
Nucleic acid
Describe carbohydrates including the elements that compose them.
Draw a carbohydrate
Describe the function of these polysaccharides and explain why these polysaccharides are important to know in microbiology / Polysaccharide / Function / Relationship to Microbiology
Agar
Peptidoglycan
Lipopolysaccharide
Glycolcalyx
Complete the chart at right that describes some of the structures and functions of the 4 major lipid types in a cell. / Lipid Type / Description of Structure / Description of
Function
Triglycerides
Phospholipids
Steroids
Waxes
Explain the relationship of the terms: proteins, amino acids, peptides and polypeptides
Describe each of the 4 types of protein structures / Protein Structure Level / Description
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
Explain the most important outcome of the various forms of bonding and folding of proteins.
Describe the structure and function of enzymes
Explain the relationship between a protein in its native state and one in its denatured state
Explain the relationship between DNA, RNA and proteins.
Describe the two functions of ATP the cell / 1.
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What 3 elements are present in all of the 4 biological macromolecules?
Describe nomenclature
Describe classification
Explain the binomial system of nomenclature and give two examples.
List the eight taxonomic categories from most general to most specific. / 1.
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List the 3 domains in taxonomy / 1.
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What domain is each of these Kingdoms classified under? / Kingdom / Domain
Bacteria
Archaea
Animalia
Plantae
Fungi
Protista
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