MICR 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carl Woese, Negative Option Billing, Chloroplast
18 Apr 2016
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Was the first proponent of hand-washing as an important process for physicians in hospitals. Pioneered the use of a clean (free-from microbes) operating area for his patients. Sprayed diluted carbolic acid spray to kill the microbes on the patient being worked on. One sometimes finds what one is not looking for . A microbe is a living organism that requires a microscope to be seen. Microbes" refers to bacteria and viruses only microbes are unicellular. Each microbe contains in its genome the capacity to reproduce its own kind. Even some bacteria can be seen with the naked eye! Microbial ecology a forgotten, but recently rediscovered field. Each microbe contains in its genome the capacity to reproduce its own kind: naked pieces of rna. What about prions: infectious proteins, attacks other proteins, causes mad cow disease. Many are, but some cannot live unless they are part of a more complex community: the microbes work together as one.
