microbio intro

what is microbiology

the study of microscopic organisms

types of microorganisms

viruses

archae

germ / bacteria (prokaryotes)

fungi

protozoa

helminths

algae

define resident organisms

microbiota, the community of living organisms that inhabit a specific environment (human body, plants, soil)

two parts of naming system

genus and specific epithet

genus is what part of naming

first

specific epithet is what part of naming

second

all bacteria are what

prokaryotes

prokaryotes have what type of cell wall

special sugar wall - peptidoglycan

prokaryotes divide by what

binary fission (get bigger than split in half)

archae are ___ but not bacteria

prokaryotes

archae do not have a

peptidoglycan cell wall

describe extremeophiles

live in environments most organism can not live in (salt, high heat, low temp/cold)

fungi are not

microscopic

examples of fungi

mushrooms, mold, yeast, eukaryotes (contain a nucleus)

viruses do not have a __

cell (acellular)

viruses require what

a host

viruses are a ___ to their host

parasite

protozoa are either

free living or parasitic

all protozoa are

eukaryotes (containing a nucleus)

most protozoa are ___

parasitic

example of protozoa

malaria

algae are either

unicellular or multicellular

algae usually undergo

photosynthesis

algae are producers of

oxygen and carbohydrates

what are helminths

large, multicellular parasitic worms

classifications of microorganisms (3 domains)

bacteria

archae

eukarya

types of eukarya

protists

fungi

plants

animals