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BIOLOGY

Biology is the study of

life and living organisms.

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• Aristotal is considered as the father of biology .

• Biology can be divided into two major branches.

• BOTANY- study of plants

• ZOOLOGY- study of animals

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ORGANISMS

• The features and functions common to all living things are,• Respiration

• Feeding

• Excretion

• Sensitivity

• Growth

• Reproduction

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CLASSIFICATION• Classification of living organism is the sorting out

of living things into groups on the basics of features they have in common,

• Levels of classification • Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class

• Order

• Family

• Genus

• Species

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KINDS OF ORGANISMS

• Their are 5 kingdoms

• Monera

• Protista

• Mycota (Fungi)

• Animalia (Animals)

• Plantae (Plants)

• But we classify the first 3 groups under Micro-organisms

Micro-organisms

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MICRO-ORGANISMS

Micro-organisms

Viruses

Bacteria

Protozoa

Fungi

Algae

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VIRUSES

They do not feed, respire ,excreat or grow.

So…..Virus particles are not concidered as cells.But ……. They can be classified as living

organisms ..why…?They do reproduce.

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• Unlike cellular organisms virus has no nucleus , cytoplasm, cell organelles or cell membrane.

• Therefore virus particles are not considered as cells.

• But virus do reproduce .

• they do this only inside the cells of living organisms, using materials provided by t he hoist cells.

• So , viruses are parasites.

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VIRAL DISEASES

• influenza• rabies• rubella• yellow fever• measles• mumps • chicken pox

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BACTERIA

.. . Bacteria, single-celled organisms visible

only through a microscope.Bacteria live all around us and within us.

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STRUCTURE OF BACTERIA

• Unicellular & microscopic • The nucleus is not covered with a membrane.

• ( Prokaryote) have not organized

nucleus

• There is a cell wall around the cell made up of mucopolysaccharide.

Some bacteria have a slime capsule outside their wall.

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STRUCTURE OF BACTERIA

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SHAPES OF BACTERIA

• Individual bacteria may be

Spiral •Spirillum

Coma shaped•Vibrio

spherical,•Coccus

Rod•Bacillus

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NUTRITION

• Autotrophic –

produce their own food • Photosynthetic• Blue –green bacteria

• Chemosynthetic • Nitrobactor, Nytrosomonas

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NUTRITION

• Saprophytic-

Digest the food out side of the cell absorb back to the cell.•Most of the bacteria

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NUTRITION

• Symbiotic -

An interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, especially to the advantage of both. • Rhysobium

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NUTRITION

• Parasite – Live on tissues of organisms and may lead to diseases.•Vibrio cholera

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IMPORTANCE OF BACTERIA

• Uses • In fermentation – wine, beer ,

vinegar• Producing enzymes• Decomposition of materials• Producing antibiotics

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HARMFUL EFFECT S OF BACTERIA

•Cause to diseases •Spoil our food

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BACTERIAL DISEASES

• Tetanus• Tuberculosis• Pneumonia

• Diphtheria• Gonorrhea • Syphilis

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PROTOZOA

Protozoa, name for animal-like,

single-celled organisms

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FEATURES

• Unicellular • The nucleus is covered with a

membrane• Most of them are aquatic• Had flagella , cilia or pseudopodia for

locomotion • Nutrition can be Autotrophic , Saprophytic or

Parasite .

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Euglena Paramecium

Amoeba Plasmodium

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ALGAE

simple, plantlike organisms

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FEATURES

• All are aquatic.• Contain chlorophyll or other

photosynthetic pigment .• Body is a thallus . • Some posses flagella.

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KINDS OF ALGAE

• Green algae• Brown algae • Red algae• Diatoms

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GREEN ALGAE

(CHLOROPHYTA)

• Habitats close to water – fresh water, sea water and moist soil

• Some green algae are microscopic& some are fairly big.

• There are uni-cellular as well as multi- cellular form.

• Cell wall is made up of cellulose.

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• Next to brown algae largest body structure is seen among this red algae.

• Gellidium

• Gracillaria

• The largest body structure is seen among this brown algae.

• Laminaria

BROWN ALGAE (PHAEOPHYTA)

Red algae (Rhodophyta)

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DIATOMS

• Unicellular & microscopic .• Autotrophic • Found in fresh water, sea water& moist

soil.• Float feely on water.• Most diatoms are plantktonic.

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FUNGI

Thousands of different types of

fungi grow on and absorb food from substances such as soil,

wood, decaying organic matter.

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FEATURES

• Do not have chloroplasts .• Cell wall made up of chitin. • Fungi have filamentous body shape .• These filaments get together to form a

mycelium .• Store food as glycogen.• All of them are heterotrophic.

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THE MAIN GROUPS OF FUNGI

• Sacharomices

• Yeast

• Zygomycetes

• Mucor

• Ascomycetes

• Penicillin

• Basidiomycetes

• Agaricus

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