Scientists Organisms Infectious Agents Earth’s History Divisions of Micro
Who disproved spontaneous generation in larger organisms?
REDI
Who developed pre- surgical procedure to reduce infections
Lister
Who invented the microscope?
Leeuwenhoek
Who supported spontaneous generation?
Needham
Who proposed one way that early life might of evolved on early Earth?
Miller
Bacteria are what type of cells?
Prokaryotic
Pasteur discovered two types of cells, aerobic and anaerobic. Which one uses oxygen?
Aerobic
What is a heat resistant form of a bacteria?
Endospore
What type of cells are protista & fungi?
Eukaryotic
There are two types of bacteria, what are they and how are they different?
Arachaebacteria & eubacteria
What is a virus?
A non living infectious agent
What is a prion?
A infectious protein known to cause mad cow disease.
What is a viroid?
Only RNA that infects plants
Which part of the microbial world is considered non-living?
Viruses
Bacteriaphages are…
Viruses that only infect bacteria
How old is the planet Earth?
4.5 Billion years
How long ago did bacteria evolved?
3.5 billion years ago
Was there oxygen in early earth’s atmosphere?
No
What prevented life from evolving on land?
UV radiation
What had to form to allow for life to evolve on land?
Ozone
What is the study of protozoans?
Protozoology
What is the study of molds & yeast?
Mycology
What is the study of viruses?
Virology
What division of microbiology is concerned with the study of agricultural products?
Agricultural microbiology
Which division of microbiology is concerned with the host’s reaction to a pathogen?
Immunology