Micro Ch 1

Microorganism - also called a Microbe
- A living organism too small to be seen with the naked eye; includes
- bacteria
- fungi
- protozoa
- microscopic algae
- viruses
pathogen

A disease-causing organism.
scientific nomenclature
- organisms are assigned two names -
- genus - always capitalized
- species or specific epithet - not capitalized

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Micro Ch 1

Description

Note from reading chapter 1

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2011-01-10T04:59:20Z

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