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1 Salmenolosis is 2 Microbiology

3 Spirillium means... 4 1g of soil =

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Microbiology the study of small life

Examples of microbes... Bacteria, Archaea ,Fungi, Protozoa ,Multicellular Animal Parasite, Algae,
Viruses

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Microbes are mostly... unicellular

Bacteria outnumber human cells 10: 1

1g of soil = 1 million SPECIES bacteria

1ml of seawater = 50 million viruses

What is Streptomyces parvulus being used for? to make anti-cancer drugs

Bacteria are... Prokaryotic & unicellular

Prokaryotic means... before nucleus & no membrane bound organelles

3 shapes of bacteria are... coccus, bacillus, & spirillium

Coccus means... round shape

Bacillus means... rod shaped

Spirillium means... spiral shaped

Bacteria cell wall is comprised of..? peptidoglycan & carbohydrates

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