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microbiology

most microorganisms benefit humans and often used in making vitamins,antibiotic,and food products

bateria, protozoa, rickettsae, yeasts, viruses

father of microbiology created microscope

introduce the reason to test sterilization bacteria can change into endospore from vegetative state if exposed to heat

heat kills spores and bacteria

proved that specific type of bacteria causes a specific type of disease,termed the etiologic agent

invented petri dish

viruses and bacteria

the means of survival for bacteria

rod shaped

round or bead shaped

S shape

curved like a comma

airborne spread trough coughing, saliva, cross contamination detected by skin test or chest xray

pathogens stimulate production of antibodies

immunity

natural immunity

is developed as a result of exposure to a pathogen

must have oxygen

destroyed in oxygen

grown with/without oxygen