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    Microbiology Notes

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    This document provides an overview of microbiology and parasitology. It defines microbiology as the study of microbes, which are microscopic living organisms including bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, and viruses. Microbes can be either cellular or acellular. They are found virtually everywhere and play many important roles in environments, industries, and human health. The document outlines some pioneers in microbiology, such as Anton van Leeuwenhoek and Louis Pasteur, and discusses various career paths in the field. It also provides brief descriptions of different types of microscopes used to study microbes.

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    This document provides an overview of microbiology and parasitology. It defines microbiology as the study of microbes, which are microscopic living organisms including bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, and viruses. Microbes can be either cellular or acellular. They are found virtually everywhere and play many important roles in environments, industries, and human health. The document outlines some pioneers in microbiology, such as Anton van Leeuwenhoek and Louis Pasteur, and discusses various career paths in the field. It also provides brief descriptions of different types of microscopes used to study microbes.

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    This document provides an overview of microbiology and parasitology. It defines microbiology as the study of microbes, which are microscopic living organisms including bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, and viruses. Microbes can be either cellular or acellular. They are found virtually everywhere and play many important roles in environments, industries, and human health. The document outlines some pioneers in microbiology, such as Anton van Leeuwenhoek and Louis Pasteur, and discusses various career paths in the field. It also provides brief descriptions of different types of microscopes used to study microbes.

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    MICROBIOLOGY & PARASITOLOGY LEC

    UNIT 1

    CHAPTER 1 antibiotic industries and in genetic


     Biology - study of living organisms engineering.
     Microbiology - study of microbes,  In genetic engineering, a gene(s) from
    which are extremely small one organism is inserted into a
    (microscopic) living organisms and bacterial or yeast cell; the cell that
    certain non-living entities. receives the new gene(s) is then
     Living microbes - known as cellular capable of producing the gene
    microbes or microorganisms; examples product(s) coded for by the new
    include bacteria, archaea, some algae, gene(s).
    protozoa, and some fungi.  Biotechnology - use of living organisms
     Nonliving microbes - known as as their derivatives to modify products
    acellular microbes or infectious  Fossils of primitive microorganisms
    particles; examples include viroids, date back about 3.5 billion years.
    prions, and viruses.  Archaea & cyanobacteria - first
     Microbes are ubiquitous (i.e., they are microorganism on Earth
    found virtually everywhere)  Earliest known account of pestilence
     Microbes - ACELLUAR INFECTOUS occurred in Egypt in about 3180 BC.
    AGENTS : prions, viruses
    CELLULAR MIRCROORGANISMS : PIONEERS IN THE SCIENCE OF
    PROKARYOTES: archaea, bacteria MICROBIOLOGY
    EUKARYOTES: algae, fungi, protozoa  Anton Van Leeuwenhoek - “father of
     Germs(PATHOGENS )- microbes that microbiology” made many simple
    cause diseases single -lens microscope, observed
     Non - pathogens - do not cause disease animalcules (bacteria or protozoa)
     Indigenous microbiota - microbes live  Louis Pasteur - french chemist,
    on & in in our body investigated different fermentation ,
     Opportunistic pathogens - can cause pasteurization , discovered life forms
    disease, but usually do not that could not exists without oxygen
     Infectious disease - colonize persons  Robert Koch - german physician,
    body, causes diseases, Ex: MRSA develop methods of fixing & staining
    infection , gas gangrene bacteria & cultivate bacteria
     Photo synthetic algae & CARRERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
    bacteria(cyanobacteria) - produce  Microbiologists - studies microbes
    oxygen in atmosphere  Medical microbiology - study of
     Microorganisms are involved in the pathogens ,disease,defenses
    decomposition of dead organisms and
    waste products. CHAPTER 2
     Bioremediation - clean up toxic wastes  MICROSCOPE
     Saprophytes - organisms live on dead - Simple microscope
    or decaying organic matter - Compound microscope
     Algae and bacteria serve as food for - Electron microscope
    tiny animals; they are important links - Atomic force microscope
    in food chains
     For many years, microorganisms have  Metric units - express the size of
    been used as“cell models”; the more microscope
    the scientists learned about microbial  Micrometers - bacteria & protozoa
    cells, the more they learned about cells  1 um - typical spherical
    in general. bacterium(coccus)
     Microbes are used in many industries,  1 um wide x 3um long - typical rod-
    such as food, beverage, chemical, and shaped (baccil)

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