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CH. 1
Describe the key experiments of scientists who disproved spontaneous generation
Explain how the successful challenge to the idea of spontaneous generation led to the Golden Age of Microbiology.
Explain the importance of microorganisms in the health of humans and the surrounding environment.
Compare and contrast characteristics of members of the Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.
CH. 11
Compare and contrast the characteristics and habitats of methanogens, sulfur- and sulfate-reducing bacteria, Clostridium species, lactic acid bacteria, and Propionibacterium species.
Describe the representative obligate aerobes and facultative anaerobes.
CH. 3
Describe how the cytoplasmic membrane is involved with proton motive force.
Describe the systems prokaryotic cells use to move small molecules across the cytoplasmic membrane.
Describe the chemistry and structure of peptidoglycan.
Explain the significance of lipid A and the O antigen of LPS.
CH.
4
Describe binary fission and how it relates to generation time and exponential growth.
Describe a biofilm, and explain why biofilms are important to humans.
Describe the stages of a growth curve and compare this closed system to colony growth and continuous culture.
Describe the importance of a microorganism’s requirements for temperature, O2, pH, and water availability, and define the terms that indicate these requirements.
Explain the significance of reactive oxygen species, and describe the mechanisms cells use to protect against their effects.
Describe the energy and carbon sources used by photoautotrophs, chemolithoautotrophs, photoheterotrophs, and chemoorganoheterotrophs
PLEASE USE AMA FORMAT, AT LEAST 1 CITATION FROM (Nester’s Microbiology: A Human Perspective, 10e
Denise Anderson, 10e)