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MICROBIOLOGY
The Science of
Microbiology
CHAPTER 1
Microbiology
Derived from the Greek words mikros (“small”), bios
(“life”), and logia or logos (“study of”).
study of organisms too small to be seen by the
naked eye.
Microbes or Microorganisms
commonly referred to as “germs” or “bugs”
include bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae, protozoa and
helminths.
Prions (“infectious proteins”) are recent addition.
Categories of Microorganisms or
Microbes
• Cellular
Prokaryotes (bacterias, cyanobacteria, and
archeans)
Eukaryotes (fungi, protozoa, and algae)
• Acellular
Virus
Branches of Study
Food Microbiology
use of microbes in the production of food products and drinks
Environmental Microbiology
study of the beneficial and harmful effects of microbes on the
environment
Importance of Microbiology
First bacteria
Photosynthesis and decomposition
Human use of microorganisms
Infectious diseases
The Progenote
Escherichia coli
Honors the discoverer, Theodor Escherich and
describes its habitat, the colon.
bacteria
bacteriophage
algae
cyanobacteria
spirochaetes
fungi
Size of Microbes
Bacteria in um = 10-6 m
Helminths in mm = 10-3 m
Bacteria
Prokaryotes
Prokaryotes
Lack peptidoglycan
Live in extreme environments
(extremophiles)
Include:
Methanogens
Extreme halophiles
Extreme thermophiles
Fungi
Eukaryotes
are multicellular
Eukaryotes
Eukaryotes
Cellulose cell walls
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Produce molecular oxygen
and organic compounds
Part of food chain
Helminths
Eukaryotes
Multicellular animals
Parasitic flatworms and QuickTime™ and a
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helminths
Microscopic stages in life
cycles
Viruses
Acellular
Obligate intracellular parasites
Genome consist of DNA or
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Core surrounded by protein
coat called Capsid
Virion may be enclosed in lipid
envelope
Prions
Proteinaceous infectious
agents
Deductive reasoning
starts with a general idea that are tested to
prove or disprove it.
Inductive reasoning
starts with drawing patterns from specific
observations resulting in generalization.
Scientific Method
Hypothesis
Laboratory experimentation or field Studies
Data collection and analysis
Conclusion, either reject or accept hypothesis
Theory or Law
Microbiological Experiment
Brief History of Microbiology
The Microscope
Spores and Sterilization
Spontaneous Generation
Aseptic Technique
Germ Theory
The First Microscope
Nosepiece
Arm
Objectives
Stage
Stage Clips
Coarse Adjustment
Diaphragm
Fine Adjustment
Light
Base
Always carry a microscope with one hand
holding the arm and one hand under the base.
3 Types of Microscopes
• simple microscope has only 1 lens.
compound microscope has 2 sets of
lenses. It can magnify things 100 -
200 times larger than they really are.
• electron microscope can magnify
objects up to 300,000 times. They
do not use lenses, but use electrons
to enlarge the image.
PARTS OF A MICROSCOPE
1. ocular (lens) eyepiece
• the lens of the microscope that you
look through
2. course adjustment
• the large knob on the microscope
that you turn to bring the object
into focus
3. fine adjustment
• the small knob on the microscope
that brings the image into focus
PARTS OF A MICROSCOPE
4. arm
• the part of the microscope
supporting the body tube
5. body tube
• the part that holds the eyepiece and
the objective lenses.
6. nosepiece
• the part at the bottom of the body
tube that holds the objective lenses
and allows them to be turned
7. high power objective lens
• the lens that magnifies the object
the greatest amount. (usually 40x)
8. Low power (scanner) objective lens
• the lens that magnifies the object
the least amount (usually used to find
the object; magnifies only 3x or 4x)
Nosepiece
Arm
Objectives
Stage
Stage Clips
Coarse Adjustment
Diaphragm
Fine Adjustment
Light
Base
Always carry a microscope with one hand
holding the arm and one hand under the base.
Field of View
• Field of view is the area (circle)
that you see when looking through
the eyepiece
Comparing Powers of Magnification
move slide
slide appears to move
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Evolution of Microbiology
• Middle and late 1800s, Louis Pasteur performed
countless experiments that led to his germ theory
of diseases.
Postulated that microorganisms were in the
environment and could cause infectious diseases.
He developed the process of pasteurization, which
kills microorganisms in different types of liquids, and
which became the basis for aseptic techniques.
He also introduced the terms “aerobes” and
“anaerobes” and developed the fermentation process.
Historical Contributions to the
field of Microbiology
• 1800s to the first decade of the 1900s came to be known
as “The Golden Age of Microbiology”
• Edward Jenner – discovered the vaccine for smallpox
• Joseph Lister – applied the theory to medical procedures
paving the for the development of aseptic surgery.
• Paul Ehrlich – discovered Salvarsan for the treatment of
syphilis.
Heralded as the “magic bullet” of chemotherapy.
• Alexander Flemming – discovered the antibiotic penicillin
from the mold Penicillum notatum.
Spores and Sterilization
Conditions Results
Nutrient broth heated All showed growth
then placed in sealed
flasks
Louis Jablot
The Pros and Cons
He is the father of
Microbiology
Louis Pasteur
Opportunistic pathogen
is a microbe that cause disease in immunocompromised hosts
or when the normal microbiota is altered.
Emerging Infectious Diseases