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Chapter 1: The Microbial World – Foundations of Microbiology

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Introduction to Microbiology

Members of the Bacterial World

Introduction to Bacteria

Introduction to Archaea

Introduction to Eukarya

Acellular Infectious Agents: Viruses, Viroids & Prions

Importance of Microorganisms

Introduction to Microscopes

Magnification, Resolution, & Contrast

Introduction to Light Microscopy

Light Microscopy: Bright-Field Microscopes

Light Microscopes that Increase Contrast

Light Microscopes that Detect Fluorescence

Electron Microscopes

Reviewing the Different Types of Microscopes

Introduction to Staining

Simple Staining

Differential Staining

Gram Stain

Introduction to Spontaneous Generation

Pasteur's Experiments on Spontaneous Generation

Koch's Postulates