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Chapter 1 – The Microbial World and You: Foundations of Microbiology

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Importance of Microorganisms

Introduction to Microbiology

Scientific Method

Introduction to Spontaneous Generation

Francesco Redi's Experiments

Needham vs. Spallanzani

Pasteur's Experiments on Spontaneous Generation

Koch's Postulates

Introduction to Taxonomy

Scientific Naming of Organisms

Members of the Bacterial World

Introduction to Bacteria

Acellular Infectious Agents: Viruses, Viroids & Prions

Prions

Emerging Infectious Diseases