Microorganisms are classified according to their structure. By means of flow charts‚ diagrams and tables explain the differences between Viruses‚ Bacteria‚ Cyanobacteria‚ Achaea and Fungi. Bacteria or bacterium are unicellular microorganisms. They are essentially only a few micrometres long and form of various shapes including the spheres‚ rods and spirals. A BACTERIAL CELL Illustration courtesy of Wikipedia. A Virus (from the Latin noun virus‚ meaning toxic or poison) is a sub-microscopic
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Microbiology MCB 2010 Fall 2013 First Day of Classes: August 19 Last day to receive full refund: August 23 Last day to withdraw with grade of "W": October 24 Week 1 Topic Online Orientation Introduction to Microbiology (The Microbial World and You) The Unity of Living Systems (Anatomy of Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells) Reading Assignments Chapter 1 Assignments to Submit Orientation Quiz Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Due Date Aug. 26 2 Chapter 4 Sept. 2 3 4 5 6 7 Chapters 5 and 6 Metabolism (Energy
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classification ● Genus is represented by staphylococcus ● Designing organisms in the industrial setting that can provide human products through genetic engineering or clean up environment waste through bioremediation is part of the sub discipline microbiology referred to as biotechnology ● A pathogen is the term used to refer to any disease causing microorganism ● The term ubiquitous is used to refer to the fact that microbes exists nearly everywhere on the earth ● A good hypothesis must be: able to be supported or rejected by
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random mutations that are beneficial are conserved in the species‚ previous exposure to antibiotics‚ and some bacteria are naturally transformable; meaning they can absorb the genomic material of other bacteria into their own. 4. What is a fomite? A fomite is an inanimate object (as a dish‚ toy‚ book‚ doorknob‚ or clothing) that may be contaminated with infectious organisms and serve in their
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References: Alonzo‚ C. 2008. A Laboratory Manual of Small-Scale Experiments for Independent Study of Microbiology. Englewood‚ CO‚ US: Hands-On Labs‚ Inc. OSMOSIS
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There are 2 ways that the fomites can be transmitted. These include direct and indirect transmission. Direct transmission occurs when there is physical contact between an infected person and a susceptible person. Indirect contact transmission occurs when there is no direct human-to-human contact. Contact occurs from a reservoir to contaminated surfaces or objects‚ or to vectors such as insects or animals. Direct contact infections spread when microorganisms pass from the infected person to the healthy
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MICROBIOLOGY What is the purpose of general growth media‚ selective media‚ and differential media? Give examples of each. General Purpose Media General Purpose media is designed to grow most organisms and do not contain growth inhibitors. Standard Methods Agar and Blood Agar Bases are examples of general purpose media. Differential Media Differential media contain a component that allow an observable change when a specific chemical reaction takes place. Simmons Citrate Agar is an example
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(2005). Evidence for functional overlap among multiple bacterial cell division proteins: compensating for the loss of FtsK. Mol Microbiol 58: Pages 596–612 Gordon‚ G.S Grainge I. (2010). FtsK – a bacterial cell division checkpoint? Molecular Microbiology Volume 78‚ Issue 5‚ pages 1055–1057 Grainge I.‚ Lesterlin C Griffiths A. J. F.‚ Wessler S. R.‚ Lewontin R. C. and Carroll S. B. (2008). Introduction to Genetic Analysis. W.H. Freeman and COmpany. Chapter 7: DNA: Structure and Replication. pages
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Data transmission‚ digital transmission‚ or digital communications is the physical transfer of data (a digital bit stream) over a point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communication channel. Examples of such channels are copper wires‚ optical fibres‚ wireless communication channels‚ and storage media. The data are represented as an electromagnetic signal‚ such as an electrical voltage‚ radiowave‚ microwave‚ or infrared signal. Data representation can be divided into two categories: Digital
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Synaptic transmission Objectives: To describe the process of electrical transmission between neurones. To highlight the differences between chemical and electrical transmission. To describe the process of chemical transmission. To explain the electrical events associated with chemical transmission ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION Direct flow of ions from one neurone to another (direct influence of electric current from one to another) E.g. gap junction Gap junction: directly connects the cytoplasm
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