MicroBio Ch. 1

Austin W.
Prescott's Microbiology
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  1. microorganism
    any living thing that is too small to be seen with the naked eye
  2. prokaryote
    a unicellular organism lacking a membrane-bound nucleus
  3. eukaryote
    an organism of one or more cells with membrane-bound nuclei
  4. bacteria
    single-celled organisms that can cause disease
  5. protist
    free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes
  6. algae
    primitive chlorophyll-containing aquatic organisms
  7. Protozoa
    in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
  8. slime mold
    a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists
  9. water mold
    parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil
  10. Fungi
    the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
  11. virus
    infectious agent that replicates itself within living hosts
  12. viroid
    the smallest of viruses
  13. satellite
    broadcast or disseminate via orbiting equipment
  14. prion
    an infectious protein particle lacking DNA or RNA
  15. extant
    still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
  16. enzyme
    a complex protein produced by cells that acts as a catalyst
  17. ribosome
    a particle in a cell that helps synthesize proteins
  18. RNA
    a nucleic acid that helps synthesize proteins and transmit genetic data
  19. phylogenetic
    of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms
  20. species
    taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
  21. strain
    a group of organisms within a species
  22. microbiology
    the study of very small forms of life
  23. spontaneous generation
    a hypothesis that living things arose from nonliving matter
  24. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
  25. Louis Pasteur
    French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895)
  26. Robert Koch
    German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910)
  27. genome
    the full DNA sequence of an organism
Created on Sun Aug 18 23:22:44 EDT 2013

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