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Viruses, viroids and prions all.....
-operate intracellulary
-considered acellular
the idea of spontaneous generation meant that.....
organisms can arise spontaneously from non-living material
which scientists were involved in amoung other things investigating the idea of spontaneous generation?
Pasteur
Tyndall
the scientist usually considered the first to see microorganisms which he called animacules was......
Leeuwenhoek
microorganisms are involved in________
paper production
food production
oil spills
the degredation of environmental pollutants by living organisms
bioremediation
have a more complex internal structure them archea and bacteria
eucarya
what are the three domains of organisms
bacteria
archaea
eucarya
viruses mat only be grown...
in something living
what is the group viruses are in?
infectious agents
(non-living)
prions are....
mutated protein
made of protein
The types of cells which lack a membrane bound nucleus are .......
prokaryotic cell
viruses are often referred to as the....
cause of infections
the system by which organisms are named is referred to as ......
nomenclature
both viruses and viroids are ........
obligate intracellular parasites
which group contains single celled and multicellular organisms
algae
fungi
the strong nuclear force holds these in the nucleus of an atom
protons
neutrons
the weak nuclear force makes
radiation
these are force particles associated with the strong force
gluons
it appears to be weak inside an atom
gravity
electrons give off
light
energy
protons are made of
quarks
the electron is.....(2)
very light
found in shells
the 4 forces inside an atom
strong nuclear force
weak nuclear force
electromagnetic force
gravity
study of the smallest parts of an atom
quantum mechanics
heisenburg said we can never accuartly predict where an elctron may be in an atom and this is called.....
uncertainty principle
when the strong force inside an atom is broken it relases these two things
energy
mass
what are 4 qualities of water
-polar molecule
-universal solvant
-70% of microbes weight
-product of reactant in chemical reactions
measurement of Hydrogen atoms in an environment
-scaled from 1-14
pH
the positively charges component of an atom
proton
the part of an atom that is most involved in chemical activity is
electrons
the atomic number is equal to the number of .....
protons
when a bond is formed from the sharing of electrons
covalent
if electrons are gained or lost in the formation of the bond it is called
ionic
charged atoms are called
ions
what type of bond holds one strain of DNA to the complement
hydrogen
the sub units of proteins are
amino acids
if you have helixes and sheets of amino acids what type of protein structure is this?
secondary
the most common are fats, a combination of fatty acid and glycerol that are solid at room temperature
lipids
the purines of DNA are ?
adenine
guanine
dehydration reactions are involved in the formation of ....
polysaccirides
in rNA Thymine is replaced by .....
uracil
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Microbiology Chapters 1-6
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Microbiology Chapters 1-6
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2010-05-31T19:04:57Z
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