BIOL 2604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Microbiological Culture, Sergei Winogradsky, Insulin
25 Aug 2016
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A basic biological science: it has been a foundation for understanding many processes of physiology, ecology, and genetics. Applied biological science: it had helped us solve many problems relating to health, agriculture, and industry. Environment: the majority of the world"s biomass is microbiological, provide chemical transformations which affect habitats, they provide essential nutrients. Humans: we exploit microbes for a variety of our needs in varying fields. (i. e. Characteristics of cellular life: metabolism: uptake of nutrients from the environment, their transformation w/in the cell, and elimination of wasters into the environment. Agriculture: nitrogen fixation to make nitrogen gas into a useable source of nitrogen for plants, animal husbandry: transformation of cellulose into usable organic molecules and proteins. Energy/environment: biofuels are created by fermentation of corn into ethanol by microbes, bioremediation: oxidation of spilled oil and organic pollutants into carbon dioxide, microbial mining: i. e. Disease: used in identification of new diseases, used treatment, cure, and prevention of diseases.
