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Chapter 1: The Microbial World and You – Study Notes

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Introduction to Microbiology

Importance of Microorganisms

Members of the Bacterial World

Introduction to Bacteria

Introduction to Archaea

Introduction to Eukarya

Acellular Infectious Agents: Viruses, Viroids & Prions

Introduction to Taxonomy

Scientific Naming of Organisms

Introduction to Spontaneous Generation

Francesco Redi's Experiments

Needham vs. Spallanzani

Pasteur's Experiments on Spontaneous Generation

John Tyndall's Experiment

History of Spontaneous Generation Summarized

Introduction to Microscopes

Introduction to Microbial Genetics

Introduction to Cultivating Microbial Growth

Introduction to Biofilms

Emerging Infectious Diseases

The Human Microbiome