An Invisible World
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Chapter 1 b
Microbiology (OpenStax)
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,WhatisMicrobiology?
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• Micro- = small
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• -biology =studyoflivingthings
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• Microbiology =studyofsmalllivingthings
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• How small is ―small‖?
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• Are all microbes truly alive?
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,WhatCanMicrobesDo?
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pathogenic!
, WhatourAncestorsKnew (1.1)
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“precautions must also be taken in neighborhood swamps
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. . . because certain minute creatures [animalia minuta] grow there which
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cannot be seen by the eye, which float in the air and enter the body throug
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the mouth and nose and there cause serious diseases.”
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-Marcus Terentius Varro, 36 BC
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Chapter 1 b
Microbiology (OpenStax)
b
,WhatisMicrobiology?
b b
• Micro- = small
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• -biology =studyoflivingthings
http://pngimg.com/uploads/bacteria/bacteria_PNG41.png
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• Microbiology =studyofsmalllivingthings
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• How small is ―small‖?
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• Are all microbes truly alive?
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,WhatCanMicrobesDo?
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pathogenic!
, WhatourAncestorsKnew (1.1)
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“precautions must also be taken in neighborhood swamps
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. . . because certain minute creatures [animalia minuta] grow there which
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cannot be seen by the eye, which float in the air and enter the body throug
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the mouth and nose and there cause serious diseases.”
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-Marcus Terentius Varro, 36 BC
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