[农学]chapter 1 BiolMicrob 微生物学课件英文版.pptVIP

Biology of microorganisms Lecture (70 hours) Laboratory practice (50 hours) Mini-test (10 times) Open-laboratory practice Club activity Final refutation of spontaneous generation – birth of microbiology as a science Discovery of the existence of anaerobic life – fermentation Vaccines Pasteurization The spontaneous generation conflict Spontaneous generation – that living organisms could develop from nonliving or decomposing matter. Conclusion: Microorganisms are not spontaneously generated from inanimate matter, but are produced by other microorganisms The microorganisms must be present in every case of the disease but absent from healthy organisms. The suspected microorganisms must be isolated and grown in a pure culture. The disease must result when the isolated microorganisms is inoculated into a healthy host. The same microorganisms must be isolated again from the diseased host The environment Medicine Food Biotechnology Research Press here to continue Microbes are responsible for the cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphors (geochemical cycles), all essential components of living organisms (Topic FI). They are found in association with plants in symbiotic relationships, maintain soil fertilitv and may also be used to clean up the environment of toxic compounds (bio-remediation; Topics H6 and 14). Some microbes are devastating plant pathogens (Topic H7), which destroy important food crops, but others may act as biological control agents against these diseases. The disease-causing ability of some microbes such as smallpox. (Variola virus; Topic KS), cholera (Vibrio cholera bacteria; Section F3) and malaria (Plasmodium protozoa, Topic J7) is well known. However, micro- organisms have also provided us with the means of their control in the form of antibiotics (Topic F7) and other medically important drugs. Microbes have been used for thousands of years, in many processes, to produce food, from brewing and wine making, through cheese production and b