MBI 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Spirochaete, Chlamydia Trachomatis, Cell Nucleus
22 Mar 2016
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Evoluion: the accumulaion of changes that occur in organisms as they adapt to their. Light fueled conversion of carbon dioxide to organic material, accompanied by the formaion of oxygen. Breakdown of dead mater and wasted into simple compounds that can be directed back into the natural cycles of living things. Microbiology: specialized area of biology that deals with living things ordinarily too small to be seen without magniicaion. Microorganism: living cells and nonliving infecious paricles too small to be seen with the unaided eye: posiive role. Biotechnology: humans manipulate microbes to make products in an industrial seing: geneic engineering. Manipulates the geneics of microbes, plants, and animals, for the purpose of creaing new products and geneically modiied organisms (gmo"s) Recombinant dna technology: transfers geneic material from one organism to another to. Has provided important human vaccines and therapies deliberately alter dna: bioremediaion. Involves the introducion of microbes into the environment to restore stability or to clean up toxic pollutants.
