Microbiology - A Systems Approach: Chapter 1

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Microbiology - A Systems Approach:
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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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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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