MCB 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Eukaryote, Louis Pasteur, Bacterial Taxonomy
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Branches of microbiology: medical microbiology, industrial microbiology, environmental microbiology, agricultural microbiology. Microbiology is part of some other disciplines: biotechnology, food production (dairy products (yoghurt, cheese), sauerkraut, pickles, sausages, bread, Beer, wine, etc. : drug production (penicillin, bioremediation detoxification by use of microorganisms, genetic engineering (manipulation of genes of microbes in order to create new products) The impact of microbes on earth: the first organisms on the planet earth. Ubiquitous can be found everywhere: photosynthesis. The impact of microorganisms on human health: microorganisms as disease agents, microorganisms live inside our bodies, Pathogenic: our body resists the invasion of pathogenic microbes by. Antimicrobial chemicals - interferons: introduction of antibiotics changed the rates for the leading causes of death. Viruses: do not have cellular structure, one type of nucleic acid dna or rna, can reproduce only when inside a host cell - parasite. Microbial dimensions: prokaryotic cells: 1-10 mm, eukaryotic cells: 10-100 mm, viruses : 10-100 nm.
