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Microbiology - A Systems Approach:
Chapter 1


Microbiology - The study of living things too small to be seen without magnification
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Sub-diciplines of microbiology - Bacteriology, Mycology, Phycology, Protozoology, Virology, Immunology
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Examples of human use of microbiology: industrial - Production of important compounds like antibiotics,
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MSG, and ethanol
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Human use of microbiology in food - yeast for beer, bread; formation of alcohol for beverages
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Human use of microbiology in biotechnology - specifically in genetic engineering - Genetically Modified
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Organisms (GMOs), creation of new products
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Bioremediation - Introduction of microbes into the environment to resort stability or clean up toxic il il il il il il il il il il il il il il




pollutants such as oil spills or chemical spills, or for use in water and sewage treatment
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Examples of human use of microbiology: biotechnology - Recombinant DNA Technology - Allows microbes
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to be engineered to synthesize desirable proteins (i.e. drugs, hormones, and enzymes)
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General characteristics of Prokaryotic organisms - About 10x smaller than eukaryotes.
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Lack nucleus, organelles.
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Have a cell wall. il il il




All are microorganisms.
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