Instructor: Pham The Hai
, What is Microbiology?
• Microbiology is the study of …
microorganisms
• Microorganisms:
all microscopic cellular organisms and
include viruses, which are microscopic but
not cellular
,The size of a microbial cell
, What is Microbiology?
• Microbiology is the study of
microorganisms but what is it all about?
- Microbial cells and how they work
- Diversity and evolution of microbial cells
- What impacts microbes do to the
environment: in soil, water, animals, plants
and human
Microbiology is the most fundamental
biological science