Module 1; Slides 1-13

The study of organisms too small to be seen without magnification

Microorganisms include...

• Bacteria

• Viruses

• Fungi

• Protozoa

• Algae/Helminths

Studies the effects of microorganisms on human beings

• medical microbiology

• public health microbiology

• Epidemiology

• Genetic Engineering

Monitors and controls the spread of diseases in communities

• Public Health Microbiology

• Epidemiology

• Food Microbiology

• Industrial Microbiology

focuses on the natural abilities of microbes

• biotechnology

• food microbiology

• genetic engineering

• industrial microbiology

uses deliberate alteration of the genetic makeup of organisms to create novel microbes, plants, and animals with unique behaviors and physiology

• genetic engineering

• food microbiology

• immunology

• industrial microbiology

the science of scaling up genetic engineering processes to produce large quantities of a desired product

• genetic engineering

• industrial microbiology

• immunology

• agricultural microbiology

studies protective substances and reactions caused by invading microbes

• immunology

• food microbiology

• biotechnology

• public health microbiology

studies relationships between microbes and domesticated plants and animals

• agricultural microbiology

• food microbiology

• epidemiology

• immunology

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

studies the impact of microbes on the food supply (preservatives, probiotics)

• food microbiology

• medical microbiology

• immunology

• agricultural microbiology