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SCOPE AND HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY
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Why Study Microbiology?
Ubiquity
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Why Study Microbiology?
Biological roles Animal digestion Food Microbiology Pharmaceuticals Bioremediation Pathogenicity Fundamental Biology
About ____% of children die from infectious diseasesin the last century.
A bacterium weigh approximately0.000,000,000,1g. Yet collectivelythey constitute ___% of earth’sBiomass.
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Heart disease 16,690,000
INFECTIOUS & PARASITIC DISEASES
9,802,000
Cancer 7,228,000
Injuries 5,765,000
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
3,507,000
Respiratory diseases 2,995,000
Intentional 2,272,000
Infants 2,155,000
Digestive diseases 1,783,000
Genitourinary disease 765,000
Infective Disease as Percentage of Total: 25%
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Roles of Microbiologists
Universities Commercial
laboratories Public Health Legal Clinical
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Microbe Types Bacteria
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Microbe Types
Algae
Fungi
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Microbe Types
Viruses
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Microbe Types
Protozoa
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Microbe Types
Helminths/Arthropods
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Microbiology History
Plagues in History
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Microbiology History
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Microbiology History
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Microbiology History:The Invisible Made Visible
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Germ Theory vs. Spontaneous Generation
Redi
Spallanzani
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Germ Theory vs. Spontaneous Generation
Pasteur
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Vaccine as a Treatment
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Understanding Disease
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Koch’s postulate satisfied?
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Defense against invader
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The 1918 Influenza
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Bubonic Plague: A Case Study
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Bubonic Plague: A Case Study
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The Invisible Made Visible
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Special Fields of Study
Chemotherapy– Antibiotics
– Synthetics
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Founder of Epidemiology