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Microbiology
By: Lauren Tharrington and Laboni Hassan
- worm-like parasites that live in soil
- needs host cell
- tapeworms, roundworms, pinworms,Trichina spirilis
- disease:
- Heminthiasis
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Viruses
Characteristics:
Fungi
- neither living nor non-living
- non-cellular
- contains DNA and a protein coat
- reproduces inside a host cell
- shapes: crystal, sphere, cylinder, spacecraft
- diseases prevented with vaccines
- diseases can't be cured with antibiotics
- Viral diseases: Polio, Influenza, Common Cold
characteristics:
- multicellular
- infects when spores attach to body
- treatment - medications like penicillin
- to avoid fungus, wear shoes
- mushrooms and yeast
- fungal diseases: Athlete's foot, Ringworm, Jock Itch
Parasites
Characteristics:
- transmitted by bug bites
- lives in a host cell
- anti parasite treatment like bug spray
- mosquitoes and ticks
- prevention: vaccines
- Parasitic diseases: Yellow fever, Malaria, West Nile
Bacteria
Characteristics:
Protozoa
Characteristics:
- oldest form of life on earth
- single celled
- no nucleus
- contains DNA
- shapes: sphere, rod-like, spiral, corkscrew
- reproduces with binary fisson
- diseases caused by bacteria can be treated with vaccines or antibiotics
- bacterial diseases: Tuberculosis, Lyme disease, Salmonella
- unicellular
- form the foundation for food chains
- play an important role in nutrient recycling
- diseases: Giardia, Malaria
Helminths
Characteristics:
microbiology is the the study of microorganisms, or microbes.
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