01:119:131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Martinus Beijerinck, Paul Erlich, Louis Pasteur

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Roles of microorganisms for humans: they can digest food for us they release chemicals that interact with our brain (changes our mood, photosynthetic organisms produce oxygen (organisms under the sea, bioremediation microorganisms help clean soil. Joseph lister: devised aseptic technique, named after listerine mouthwash, elie metchnikoff, described phagocytes as engulfer of organisms in blood, paul erlich. Two types of chemical reactions: catabolism breakdown of substances with release of energy (exergonic, anabolism synthesis of substances with energy used to create bonds (endergonic) Water (h2o) is a good solvent because of its polar properties: surface tension, water molecules line up together (cohesive forces that attract each other, able to exclude air. Naming the microorganisms: two names are given, genus (always upper-case letter, escherichia, species (always lower-case letter, coli, the microorganism"s full name should be written, escherichia coli or e. coli, written in italics or underlined, escherichia coli.

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