BIOS10115 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Bubonic Plague, Robert Hooke
15 Jun 2016
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1/3 of pop. killed- physicians had no idea what caused it now we know it"s a bacteria- very treatable- carried by fleas vector: thing that carries disease from one person to another. For more severe diseases, doctors did more severe treatments that actually sped up the disease or didn"t even bother trying to help people. Bioremediation: using microorganisms to clean up toxic waste. Used in research- simple structures, large numbers, reproduce quickly antibiotics, vaccines . Can cause disease! viral diseases still affecting people infectious disease = top causes of death but they are preventable! Prokaryotes alone are the major portion of earth"s biomass. Microscope: (development of microscope led study of microbes to begin) Microscope allowed observation of bacteria but not enough to understand organisms. Cell theory: life (cells) can only come from life (cells)- late 1700s. Age of reason - wealthy people want to learn about world/discovery/research.
