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Microbiology - The science of micro organisms of and there effect on other living things. The science concerned with unicellular organisms 5 Divisions of microbiology - Bacteriology: the study of bacteria Mycology: the study of fungi Protozoology: The study of protozoa Virology: The study of viruses. Rickettistology: The study of Rickettsia Bacteria - A prokayotic one cell micro-organism of the kingdom monera exisiting as a free living cell or is a parasite multiplying by binary frission and having a large long or bi-chemical properties. Binary fission - Is a form of a sexual reproduction and cell division by all bacteria cells (prokaryotic divides into two parts). Morphology - Is the form of biology that deals with form and structure Bacteria 3 shapes - Round - Cocci - Coccus Rod - Bacilli - Bacillus Spiral - Spirilla - Spirillum Orientation Round - Single - Coccus Two - Diplococcui Four - Streptcoccui Grapes - Staplicocci Eights - Sarcina Orientation Rod - Single - Bacillus Two - Diplobacilla Six - Streplobacilla Spiral - No set orientation Biological classification - Kingdom - Class -Order - Family - [Genus Species] name of organisms 2 units of measure - Nanometer Micrometer Nomenclature - A system of names or terms, or the rules for forming these terms in a particular field of arts or sciences. Tubercle bacillus - Common name Tuberculosis - Pathogenity(diease) Micro tuburculosis [scientific name] - Genius is always capitalized species is always in lower case [Prokaryotic] - Bacteria cell [Eukaryotic] - Human, animal,fungi Prokaryotic breakdown - - has a cell wall - no well defined nucleus