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What other
PATHOGENS
(contagions) are out
there?
Remember our list of
MICRO-ORGANISMS = MICROBES
1. BACTERIA
2. VIRUSES
3. PROTOZOA (protists)
4. some FUNGI
5. some PARASITES
MICRO-ORGANISMS = MICROBES
1. BACTERIA
2. VIRUSES
smallest living
non-living
3. PROTOZOA (protists)
4. some FUNGI
5. some PARASITES
MICRObiology studies…
MICRObiology studies
microorganisms & how they
affect living things.
MICRObiology studies…
bacteria…
MICRObiology studies…
bacteria…
O smallest living thing
MICRObiology studies…
bacteria…
O smallest living thing
O unicellular
prokaryote
MICRObiology studies…
bacteria…
O smallest living thing
O unicellular
prokaryote (means NO
nucleus)
O reproduces FAST
through binary
fission
MICRObiology studies…
viruses…
bacteria…
O smallest living thing
O unicellular
prokaryote
O reproduces FAST
through binary
fission
O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hzUjx_oD8E
MICRObiology studies…
bacteria…
O smallest living thing
O unicellular
prokaryote
O reproduces FAST
through binary
fission
viruses
O non-living—
MICRObiology studies…
bacteria…
O smallest living thing
O unicellular
prokaryote
O reproduces FAST
through binary
fission
viruses
O non-living—can’t
reproduce on its own
MICRObiology studies…
bacteria…
viruses
O smallest living thing
O non-living—can’t
O unicellular
reproduce on its own
O needs to reprogram a
“host” cell & force it to
make viruses
prokaryote
O reproduces FAST
through binary
fission
MICRObiology studies…
bacteria
viruses
O smallest living thing
O non-living—can’t
O unicellular prokaryote
reproduce on its own
O needs to reprogram a
“host” cell & force it to
make viruses
(NO nucleus)
O reproduces FAST
through binary fission
YOU SHOULD
ALREADY HAVE THIS
IN YOUR NOTES
But being the smallest organisms
aren’t always good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_xh-bkiv_c
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=sbAVO
QgREE8
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
(protists)
O found in natural waters
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
(protists)
O found in natural waters,
O unicellular EUKARYOTE!
Eukaryotes have a lot of
organelles!
O MITOCHONDRIA !
O Golgi Apparatus
O Endoplasmic Reticulum
O Nucleus
O Lysosomes
O Vacuoles
O Centrioles
Eukaryotes have a lot of
organelles!
O MITOCHONDRIA !
O Golgi Apparatus
O Endoplasmic Reticulum
O Nucleus
O Lysosomes
O Vacuoles
O Centrioles
Eukaryotes have a lot of
organelles!
Eukaryotes have a lot of
organelles!
Eukaryotes have a lot of
organelles!
Eukaryotes have a lot of
organelles!
PROKARYOTE
Eukaryotes have a lot of
organelles!
PROKARYOTE
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
(protists)
O found in natural waters,
O unicellular eukaryote
(cells like YOU & me),
lots of organelles
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
(protists)
O found in natural waters,
O unicellular EUkaryote
(cells like YOU & me),
lots of organelles
O can cause some
diseases
This little amoeba can reproduce
and eat your good bacteria in your
gut, making you sick.
This little amoeba can reproduce
and eat your good bacteria in your
gut, making you sick.
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
(protists)
O found in natural waters,
O unicellular eukaryote
(cells like you and me),
lots of organelles’
O can cause some
diseases (DYSENTARY
MALARIA)
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O MOLDS &
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O MOLDS & MUSHROOMS
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
O molds & mushrooms
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O UNI or MULTICELLULAR
http://planetbizzle.blogspot.com/2010/09/l
argest-living-organismfungus.html
also see word doc
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
O molds & mushrooms
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O multi or unicellular
YEAST
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
O molds & mushrooms
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O multi or unicellular
O NON-PHOTOSYNTHESIZING
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
O molds & mushrooms
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O multi or unicellular
O NON-photosynthesizing
O DECOMPOSERS
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
O molds & mushrooms
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O multicellular/unicellular
O non-photosynthesizing
O decomposers
O EUKARYOTE too!!
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
O molds & mushrooms
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O multicellular/unicellular
O non-photosynthesizing
O eukaryote too
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
O molds & mushrooms
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O multicellular/unicellular
O non-photosynthesizing
O eukaryote
O ASEXUAL (spores) OR
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
FUNGI
O molds & mushrooms
O multicellular, non-
photosynthesizing
eukaryote
O reproduces asexually
(spores) OR sexually
(exchanging genetic info
with a neighboring fungi)
MICRObiology studies…
FUNGI
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
O TRIPLE BAD!
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O ATTACK the FOOD WE
EAT!
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
FUNGI
O found in natural
O DOUBLE BAD!
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O ATTACK the FOOD WE
EAT!
O AND CAUSE INFECTIOUS
DISEASE
Athletes Foot
- Fungal infection in feet that is usually
transmitted in moist, communal
areas. Also known as ringworm of the
foot.
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
FUNGI
O Sometimes attack
living tissue, causing
disease
RINGWORM
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
FUNGI
O found in natural
O TRIPLE BAD!
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O ATTACK the FOOD WE
EAT!
O AND CAUSE INFECTIOUS
DISEASE
O ATHLETE’S FOOT
O RINGWORM
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
FUNGI
O Sometimes attack
living tissue, causing
disease
Mold spores are
released by fungi
and cause allergic
reactions in humans
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
FUNGI
O Sometimes attack
living tissue, causing
disease
Mold spores are
released by fungi
and cause allergic
reactions in humans
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
O found in natural
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
FUNGI
O Sometimes attack
living tissue, causing
disease
Mold spores are
released by fungi
and cause allergic
reactions in humans
MICRObiology studies…
PROTOZOA
FUNGI
O found in natural
O TRIPLE BAD!
waters,
O unicellular
EUKARYOTE!
O can cause some
diseases
O ATTACK the FOOD WE EAT!
O CAUSE INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
O ATHLETE’S FOOT
O RINGWORM
O ALLERGIC REACTIONS TOO!
O Non-infectious asthma
Lucky we aren’t
smaller creatures!
FUNGI can be REAL deadly to smaller
animals….
What organism can take over
another creatures mind?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8
let’s look at some
protists!
microscope activity!
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