MICROBIOLOGY DEMYSTIFIED
CHAPTER THE WORLD OF THE MICROORGANISM TYPES OF MICROORGANISMS WHAT IS A MICROORGANISM? WHAT’S IN A NAME: NAMING AND CLASSIFYING HOW SMALL IS A MICROORGANISM? YOUR BODY FIGHTS BACK HISTORY OF THE MICROSCOPE HOW DO ORGANISMS APPEAR? GERM THEORY VACCINATION KILLING THE MICROORGANISM QUIZ THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS OF MICROORGANISMS EVERYTHING MATTERS CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND THE ATOM A DINNER TABLE OF ELEMENTS: THE PERIODIC TABLE THE GLOWING TALE OF ISOTOPES AROUND THEY GO: ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION BEFORE JAMES THERE WAS BOND CHEMICAL BOND DECODING CHEMICAL SHORTHAND CONTENTS I JUST WANT TO SEE YOUR REACTION MOLARITY: HEY, THERE’S A MOLE AMONGST US AN UNLIKELY PAIR: INORGANIC AND ORGANIC THE BLUEPRINT OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS THE POWER HOUSE: ATP OBSERVING MICROORGANISMS SIZE IS A MATTER OF METRICS HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU WHAT BIG EYES YOU HAVE: MAGNIFICATION THE MICROSCOPE PREPARING SPECIMENS PROKARYOTIC CELLS AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS PROKARYOTIC CELLS EUKARYOTIC CELLS THE CHEMICAL METABOLISM RIDING THE METABOLISM CYCLE CATABOLIC AND ANABOLIC: THE ONLY REACTIONS YOU NEED A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE: OXIDATION-REDUCTION MAKING POWER: ATP PRODUCTION WHAT’S YOUR NAME: NAMING AND CLASSIFYING ENZYMES BREWING UP PROTEIN THE MAGIC OF ENZYMES: ENZYME ACTIVITIES THE KREBS CYCLE FERMENTATION OTHER CATABOLIC PATHWAYS PHOTOSYNTHESIS CONTENTS CHAPTER MICROBIAL GROWTH AND CONTROLLING MICROBIAL GROWTH CHEMICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MICROBIAL GROWTH CULTURE MEDIA PHASES OF GROWTH MEASUREMENTS OF MICROBIAL GROWTH ESTABLISHING BACTERIAL NUMBERS BY INDIRECT METHODS CONTROLLING MICROBIAL GROWTH MICROBIAL DEATH RATES ACTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS CHEMICAL AGENTS THAT CONTROL MICROBIAL GROWTH MICROBIAL GENETICS GENETICS DNA REPLICATION: TAKE MY GENES, PLEASE! PROTEIN SYNTHESIS CONTROLLING GENES: YOU’RE UNDER MY SPELL MUTATIONS: NOT A PRETTY COPY RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY GENETIC ENGINEERING: DESIGNER GENES GENE THERAPY: MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER DNA FINGERPRINTING: GOTCHA RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS TAXONOMY: NOTHING TO DO WITH THE IRS NOMENCLATURE OF TAXONOMY: NAME CALLING CONTENTS CLASSIFICATION: ALL NATURAL THE PROKARYOTES: DOMAINS ARCHAEA AND BACTERIA ARCHAEA AEROBIC/MICROAEROPHILIC, MOTILE, HELICAL/VIBROID, GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC GRAM-NEGATIVE RODS ANAEROBIC GRAM-NEGATIVE COCCI AND RODS RICKETTSIAS AND CHLAMYDIAS MYCOPLAMAS GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI ENDOSPORE-FORMING GRAM-POSITIVE RODS AND COCCI REGULAR NONSPORING GRAM-POSITIVE RODS IRREGULAR NONSPORING GRAM-POSITIVE RODS MYCOBACTERIA NOCARDIA FORMS THE EUKARYOTES: FUNGI, ALGAE, PROTOZOA, AND HELMINTHS FUNGI ALGAE PROTOZOA HELMINTHS VIRUSES, VIROIDS, AND PRIONS VIRUSES VIROIDS PRIONS EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DISEASE WHAT IS EPIDEMIOLOGY? CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE INFECTION SITES DISEASE TRANSMISSION THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS WHO IS SUSCEPTIBLE? PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IMMUNITY WHAT IS IMMUNITY? TYPES OF IMMUNITY A CLOSER LOOK AT ANTIGENS A CLOSER LOOK AT BINDING B CELLS LASTING IMMUNITY ANTIBODIES USED FOR DIAGNOSING DISEASES CHEMICAL MESSENGERS T CELLS MACROPHAGES AND NATURAL KILLER CELLS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSING DISEASES WHAT IS A VACCINE? TYPES OF VACCINES DEVELOPING A VACCINE DIAGNOSING DISEASES ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS: THE SILVER BULLET ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY: WHO TO ATTACK? THE ATTACK PLAN EXPLORING ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS CHEMOTHERAPY TESTS FINAL EXAM ANSWERS TO QUIZ AND EXAM QUESTIONS CONTENTS