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General Characteristics of Microorganisms
1.Cellular organization
Viruses are living organisms
False
Free living species refers to
non-disease causing agent
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
First one invented microscope
Louis Pasteur
Invented pasteurization
Finally disproved abiogenesis
Robert Koch
Koch’s postulates are the cornerstone of the germ theory of disease
Biogenesis theory
Living organism come from living organism
Abiogenesis theory
Living organism com from non living
Spontaneous generation
Living organism come from nonliving
Hypothesis?
A general approach to explain a natural phenomenon
Steps of proving hypothesis
Steps of proving a hypothesis in inductive approach begin with
making observations
Taxonomic system has three primary functions
Classification
Nomenclature
Identification of species
Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
spaghetti, green, for, over, came, Philip, King
Naming Micoorganisms
Binomial (scientific) nomenclature, Gives each microbe 2 names Genus - noun, always capitalized, species adjective, lowercase. Both italicized or underlined, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis), Escherichia coli (E. coli), Homo sapiens (H. sapiens)
Five Kingdom Classification System
Monera: Prokaryotes
Protista: Simple or primarily unicellular eukaryotes
Fungi: Eukaryotic decomposer, having cell wall, not photosynthetic
Animalia: multicellular eukaryotes, muscular and nervous system
Plantae: Multicellular eukaryotes, photosynthesis
Six Kingdom
Eubacteria, Archaea, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia
Five Kingdom
Monera (eubacteria & archaea), Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia
3 Domains Classification System
Bacteria: true bacteria, peptidoglycan (1 kingdom) Archaea: lack peptidoglycan, live in extreme environments (1 kingdom)
Eukarya: have a nucleus and organelles (4 kingdoms)