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UnitAll units 1. The microbial world 2. How microbiology became a science 3. The bacterial cell 4. Morphology, classification and naming 5. Bacterial growth, nutrition and culture 6. Viruses 7. Immunity 8. Controlling microbial growth SectionAll sections 1.1 What microbiology is, and why health personnel study it 1.2 The major groups of microorganisms 1.3 The useful work of microorganisms 1.4 How microorganisms cause harm 2.1 The first microscopists: Hooke and Leeuwenhoek 2.2 Spontaneous generation and the proof of biogenesis 2.3 Robert Koch, pure culture and Koch’s postulates 2.4 Vaccines, antisepsis and the first antimicrobial drugs 3.1 Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells compared 3.2 Inside the bacterial cell 3.3 The cell wall and the Gram stain 3.4 Capsules, flagella and fimbriae 3.5 Endospores: surviving hard times 4.1 The shapes and arrangements of bacteria 4.2 Spirochaetes, rickettsiae and chlamydiae 4.3 Classifying life: kingdoms, taxonomy and scientific names 4.4 Criteria used to identify bacteria 5.1 Binary fission and the growth curve 5.2 Bacterial metabolism: catabolism and anabolism 5.3 Counting bacteria and growth factors 5.4 Physical requirements for growth 5.5 Culture media: preparation and consistency 5.6 The seven routine laboratory media 6.1 Introducing viruses: acellular parasites 6.2 The structure of a virion 6.3 Viral genomes and classification 6.4 The viral replication cycle 7.1 The immune system and its properties 7.2 Innate immunity 7.3 Adaptive immunity 8.1 Sterilisation, disinfection and asepsis 8.2 Methods of microbial control 8.3 The language of infection and disease DifficultyAny difficulty Easy Medium Hard Search Clear filters
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