HUBS1404 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Carl Woese, Carl Linnaeus, Archaea

• School: University of Newcastle
• Department: Human Biosciences
• Course: HUBS1404
• Professor: Karen Mate

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Lecture 24: intro to microbiology - agents of infectious. Microbiology: the study of microorganisms and their properties, microorganisms defined as organism or agents that are too small to be seen by the naked eye, <1mm diameter. Includes larger organisms that have microscopic stages of life eg fleas. Types of microorganism: major groups are, bacteria, most abundant and oldest form of life - colonise organisms, we have 10 fold more bacteria on/in our bodies than human cells, viruses, fungi, protozoa. Small eukaryotic cells: algae, multicellular parasites, have microscopic life stage. Classification of living organisms: there have been many refinements in the classification of living organisms. Studies on ribosomal rna led to the proposition that all organisms should be groups into 1 of. Formally archaebacteria (most primitive organisms: a lot of similarities to bacteria, although replicate like animal cells, e(cid:448)erything (cid:449)e really don"t ha(cid:448)e a proper classification for eg malaria. Contains the kingdoms (protista, fungi, plants and animals)