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TEST BANK – BROCK BIOLOGY OF
MICROORGANISMS, 16TH EDITION BY MICHAEL T.
MADIGAN
Microorganism

are organisms that are too small to see with the unaided eye

examples of microorganisms

bacteria
fungi
protozoa
microscopic algae
viruses

what kind of microscope do you use when you are working with microorganisms you can't see?

bright field microscope

what are the different magnifications of a bright field microscope

4x
10x
40x
100x

what is the kind of microscope that you use when looking at a virus

electron microscope

what are the different magnifications of the electron microscope

1 mil
2 mil
10 mil

How are microbes helpful

decompose organic waste
generate O2
produce chemical products such as ethanol and others
produce fermented foods ex: vinegar, cheese, and bread
produce products used in manufacturing ex: cellulose and insulin

How many microbes are pathogenic out of all the microorganisms

70/10 mil

what knowledge do microbes give humans

,TEST BANK – BROCK BIOLOGY OF
MICROORGANISMS, 16TH EDITION BY MICHAEL T.
MADIGAN
prevent diseases
allow food storage and prevent food spoilages
stop transmission of diseases

Microbiology

the study of organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye

microbial ecology

the study of the relationship between microorganisms and their environment

competitive exclusion

a way to kill the bad bacteria

- change in the pH
- secrete enzymes
- eat the food

bioremediation

using microbes to clean up pollutants

Bacillus thuringienisis

can kill insects but doesn't harm plants or animals

Order of the Scientific Method

observe
hypothesis
prediction
experiment
consistency
theory
law

Mycology

study of fungi

bacteriology

study of bacteria

virology

study of viruses

, TEST BANK – BROCK BIOLOGY OF
MICROORGANISMS, 16TH EDITION BY MICHAEL T.
MADIGAN
algology

study of algae

protozoology

study of protozoa

Robert Hooke

• All living organisms are composed of little boxes or "cells"
• -came up with cell theory - that all microorganisms are made up of cells
-marked the beginning of the cell theory

Anton van Leeuwenhook

• 1st cells observed under the microscope
also made the original electron microscope : 10 mil X

Rebecca Lancefield

• came up with the system that help classifying different microorganisms
• it was all based on different polysaccharides in the cell wall
also helped discover Streptococcus pyognes - which is basically strep and we know this because pyognes
is a pus forming microorganism

Joseph Lister

• discovered phenol: was used to stop surgical would infections
• usually in hospitals : Staphylococcus aures aka staph infection
at least 20% of population is a carrier for the staph infection and they carry it in their noses

Louis Pasteur

• father of microbiology and is the most important scientist in microbiology
• showed that microbes are responsible for fermentation
• Fermentation: conversion of sugar to alcohol in the absence of air
• Discovered that pasteurization was something that could stop food spoilage
• Pasteurization: the application of a high heat for a short time to kill harmful bacteria in beverages
How was he lucky in his discovery of pasteurization?—there we're no endospores and that would should
have been detected during the search for spontaneous generation but it didn't

Robert Koch

Proved that bacterium causes anthrax and provided the experimental steps of Koch's Postulate

Edward Jenner

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