Notes in Chapters 1-2

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Published	02/04/2025	What is a Microbe?
Published	02/04/2025	All microbes can't be seen with the human eye (T/F)
Published	02/04/2025	How many major groups of Microbes are there? What are they?
Published	02/04/2025	What is the unaided eye resolution?
Published	02/04/2025	General size of Microbes is {{c1::less than 1mm}}
Published	02/04/2025	What kind of cell walls do bacteria have?
Published	02/04/2025	How do bacteria divide?
Published	02/04/2025	Can bacteria move?
Published	02/04/2025	staphylo- meaning
Published	02/04/2025	-coccus meaning
Published	02/04/2025	aureus- meaning
Published	02/04/2025	Archea Cell walls lack {{c1::peptidoglycan }}
Published	02/04/2025	Archea live in {{c1::extreme environments }}
Published	02/04/2025	Fungi are {{c1::Eukaryotes}} (Euk/Pro)
Published	02/04/2025	Fungi have {{c1::Chitin}} cell walls
Published	02/04/2025	Fungi use {{c1::organic chemicals}}  for energy
Published	02/04/2025	Molds and Mushrooms are {{c1::multicellular}} while yeasts are {{c1::unicellular }}
Published	02/04/2025	Protozoa is a {{c1::eukaryote}} (Euk/Pro)
Published	02/04/2025	Algae are {{c1::eukaryotes}} (Euk/Pro)
Published	02/04/2025	Algae have {{c1::cellulose}} cell walls
Published	02/04/2025	Algae use {{c1::photosynthesis}} for energy
Published	02/04/2025	Algae produce {{c1::molecular oxygen }}
Published	02/04/2025	What organelles involved in the Endosymbiont theory? What does it theorize?
Published	02/04/2025	Due to the nature of how viruses replicate they are {{c1::intracellular parasites}}
Published	02/04/2025	Viruses can have a {{c1::DNA}} or {{c1::RNA}} genome
Published	02/04/2025	Pasteur's experiments solved the {{c1::theory of biogensis }}
Published	02/04/2025	Pasteur's experiments demonstrated that microorganisms are present in {{c1::air }}
Published	02/04/2025	Pasteurs experiments disproved {{c1::spontaneous generation for microbes}}
Published	02/04/2025	Koch's Postulates tests what hypothesis
Published	02/04/2025	Infectious agent X must meet 4 criteria which are 1) {{c1::Agent X always present in hosts with disease Y}}2) {{c1::Must be able to isolate and g…
Published	02/04/2025	{{c1::Alexander Fleming}} discovered penicillin
Published	02/04/2025	Alexander Fleming observed that {{c1::Penicillium fungus}} made an antibiotic {{c1::penicillin}} that killed staphylococcus aureus
Published	02/04/2025	Spanish Flu is caused by {{c1::influenza virus}} and killed {{c1::40-50 million}} people worldwide
Published	02/04/2025	{{c1::Zika virus}} was discovered in 1947 in uganda and is spread by a bite of Aedes mosquito and sexual contact if infected during pregnancy ca…
Published	02/04/2025	HAART saves the lifes of people with {{c1::AIDS}}
Published	02/04/2025	HIV was identified in {{c1::1981}}
Published	02/04/2025	35 million people have died with {{c1::AIDS}} since the virus was identified
Published	02/04/2025	Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is commonly known as {{c1::mad cow disease }}
Published	02/04/2025	Prion is a {{c1::misfolded protein}} that can cause {{c1::other proteins to misfold}} by contact
Published	02/04/2025	BSE can cause {{c1::Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) }}
Published	02/04/2025	Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a strain of a {{c1::enterohemorrhagic E. coli }}
Published	02/04/2025	Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a {{c1::shiga}} toxin producing strain
Published	02/04/2025	Escherichia coli O157:H7 can be spread by {{c1::contaminated meat}} because animals can serve as {{c1::asymtomatic carriers }}
Published	02/04/2025	Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ia an emerging infectious disease because of {{c1::overuse of antibiotics }}
Published	02/04/2025	MRSA is also resistant to {{c1::Penicillin}} and {{c1::vancomycin }}
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