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BIO 1550 Midterm 1 Study Guide: Foundations of Microbiology

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Francesco Redi's Experiments

Pasteur's Experiments on Spontaneous Generation

Importance of Microorganisms

Introduction to Taxonomy

Gram Stain

Introduction to Archaea

Overview of Prokaryotic Cell Structure

Introduction to Bacterial Cell Walls

Gram-Positive Cell Walls

Gram-Negative Cell Walls

Gram-Positive vs. Gram-Negative Cell Walls

Introduction to Biofilms

Endospores

Introduction to Eukaryotic Organelles

Atoms- Smallest Unit of Matter

Introduction to Chemical Bonding

Covalent Bonds

Ionic Bonding

Hydrogen Bonding

Introduction to Biomolecules

Proteins

Carbohydrates

Nucleic Acids

Lipids

Cell Envelope & Biological Membranes

Bacterial & Eukaryotic Cell Membranes

Passive vs. Active Transport

Osmosis

Endocytosis and Exocytosis

Phagoctytosis