BIOL 2051 Chapter : Chapter1 Lecture Outline Fall10
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What is a microbe: organism that requires, microbial cells size, contradictions: Super-size cells - thiomargarita namibiensis is size of. ____________________________ in biofilms microbes have specialized functions & act as multicellular organism. _______________ are non-cellular- considered to be microbes but are not fully functional cells: 6 major groups studied by microbiologists. Microbes shape human history: microbes affect food availability. ____________________ in europe killed 1/3 population in 14th century. ___________________________- convinced british govt to improve army living conditions & upgrade army hospital standards. 1st to use term ________: antoni van leeuwenhoek -1676 : 1861: ____________ shows that microbes do not grow in liquid until introduced from outside: he disproved this using broth in. Sterilized broth by boiling, bent necks of flasks so that led to development of methods for controlling growth of microorganisms: pasteurization use of, work with. That is, do germs: hypothesis is testable:
