BSC 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ionic Bonding, Chemical Polarity, Dehydration Reaction
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Key terms: domain: the highest level in biological classification. Archaea, and eukarya: eukaryote: organism composed of one or more eukaryotic cells; members of the domain. Antony von leeuwenhoek: (1632-1723) a fabric merchant who created the first crude microscope and discovered things moving in pond water. Robert hooke: credited with discovering bacteria: studied mold growing on bread, also from the 1600s, noted as the father of microbiology . Microbiology: the study of the very small (microorganisms) and the science and tools used to study these microorganisms: things can exist as single cells, contain nucleic acid genomes. Genome can be replaced: microbiology arose from the realization that microbes cause disease, used in food processing for centuries; beer, bread, wine, etc, microbes appeared on earth about 3. 5 billion years ago, not long after earth cooled. Needham: boiled water to get rid of all life and let it set: water became cloudy life was forming, supported spontaneous generation.
