BIOL240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carl Woese, Biogeochemistry, Ftsz

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOL240
• Professor: Josh Neufeld

Document Summary

The study of microbes and how they interact with humans, food, and the environment. How we (as humans) can take advantage of microbes. Includes the study of organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye. Microorganism; includes the bacteria, the microbial eukaryotes, and the archaea. Note; microorganism and microbe are terms that are used interchangeably sometimes by scientists, but these are clearly defined in this course. First to use a microscope to identify fruiting structures of mold: described fungus growing on leather, (cid:862)molds a(cid:396)e a(cid:272)tuall(cid:455) f(cid:396)uiti(cid:374)g (cid:271)odies! (cid:863)- if you knock into one, the spores will fall off! Discovered microorganisms, but not bacteria or archaea or viruses. First to see and describe bacteria: pla(cid:395)ue f(cid:396)o(cid:373) dead old (cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)ho did(cid:374)"t (cid:271)(cid:396)ush thei(cid:396) di(cid:396)t(cid:455) teeth, thi(cid:272)k (cid:271)iofil(cid:373) (cid:862)like (cid:271)atte(cid:396) used to (cid:373)ake (cid:271)(cid:396)ead! (cid:863) They make amino acids and vitamins that are vital for human survival!