CSB328H1 Study Guide - Coprinus, Phosphorus Cycle, Sulfur Cycle
12 Jan 2014
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L e c t u r e 1 : i n t r o d u c t i o n t o m i c r o b i o l o g y. Mgy377h lisa zhao 2013 | page 1. Parisitology: study of eukaryotic parasites (ex. malaria) Microbes are microscopic (< 1mm across, 10-7 m to 10-3 m) through most of their lifespan. Can only be seen through a microscope. 6 major groups (phylogeny) studied by microbiologists. Eukaryotes (have nuclei & organelles): algae, protists, fungi. Anthropocentric (human)/disease-centric viewpoint of bacteria says that microbes cause disease. But, most microbes in the biome don"t cause disease. Only a small percentage of life diversity is multicellular organisms like plants and humans. Microbes do more than cause disease, we have been using them for thousands of years in food they have a specific metabolism/activity to digest certain compounds & work them into other compounds into something edible to humans.
