MIMM 211 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Monera, Muts-1, Chromosome

• School: McGill University
• Department: Microbiology and Immun (Sci)
• Course: MIMM 211
• Professor: Benoit Cousineau

Document Summary

Common threads of life growth, metabolism, motion, reproduction, response to stimuli. Fly larvae can only develop in meat that fly can reach. Pasteur boiled broth in flask, curved neck of flask so air can enter but no dust, no microorganisms appeared. Beliefs in the cause of diseases supernatural forces, poisonous vapors, imbalances between the four humors. Showed microorganism (fungus) can cause disease in silkworms. Lister sterilized instruments with heat, phenol to prevent infections. The microorganism is present in every case of the disease, but absent from. Jenner immunized people from smallpox using cowpox virus. Pasteur first attenuated vaccine from pure culture of pathogen attenuated. Behringhumoral immunity, antibodies produced in blood against toxin to be protective against infection. Cellular immunity, phagocytes engulfing disease-causing bacteria and provide. Winogradsky oxidation of iron, sulfur, ammonia by soil bacteria for energy, transformation of carbon dioxide to organic matter. Artificial classification of organisms, based on visible similarities. Natural classification of organisms, reflects evolutionary relatedness between organisms.