1CHAPTER1The Microbial World and YouGlobal EditionLearning ObjectivesCheck Your Understanding1-1List several ways in which microbesaffect our lives.Describe some of the destructive and beneficialactions of microbes.1-2Definemicrobiome,normal microbiota,andtransient microbiota.What percentage of all cells in the human bodyare bacterial cells?1-3Recognize the system of scientificnomenclature that uses two names: agenus and a specific epithet.Distinguish a genus from a specific epithet.1-4Differentiate the major characteristics ofeach group of microorganisms.Which groups of microbes are prokaryotes?Which are eukaryotes?1-5List the three domains.What are the three domains?1-6Explain the importance of observationsmade by Hooke and van Leeuwenhoek.What is the cell theory?1-7Compare spontaneous generation andbiogenesis.What evidence supported spontaneousgeneration?1-8Identify the contributions to microbiol-ogy made by Needham, Spallanzani,Virchow, and Pasteur.How was spontaneous generation disproved?1-9Explain how Pasteur’s work influencedLister and Koch.Summarize in your own words the germ theoryof disease.1-10Identify the importance of Koch’spostulates.What is the importance of Koch’s postulates?1-11Identify the importance of Jenner’swork.What is the significance of Jenner’s discovery?1-12Identify the contributions to microbiol-ogy made by Ehrlich and Fleming.What was Ehrlich’s “magicbullet”?1-13Definebacteriology,mycology,parasit-ology,immunology,andvirology.Definebacteriology,mycology,parasitology,immunology, andvirology.1-14Explain the importance of microbialgenetics, molecular biology, andgenomics.Differentiate microbial genetics, molecularbiology, and genomics.Preview Mode
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