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Organisms that are too small to be seen with the unaided eye
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Microorganism
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Disease causing
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Pathogenic
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Who established scientific nomenclature, which contains the genus and specific epithet
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Carolus Linnaeus
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This part of the name is always capitalized
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Genus
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E. coli is named after....
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Theodor Escherich
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Clustered
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Staphylo
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Spherical
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Cocci
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Name the 8 types of microorganisms
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Bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, algae, viruses, mulitcellular animal parasites, prions
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Bacteria
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Prokaryote, peptidoglycan cell walls, binary fission, use chemicals or photosynthesis for energy
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Archaea
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Prokaryotic, lack peptidoglycan, live in extreme environments, include methanogens, halophiles, thermophiles
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Fungi
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Eukaryotic, chitin cell walls, use organic chem. for energy, molds and mushrooms-mulitcellular, yeasts-unicellular
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Protozoa
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Eukaryotic, absorb or ingest organic chem., may be motile via pseudopods, cilia, or flagella
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Algae
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Eukaryotic, cellulose cell walls, use photosynthesis for energy, produce molecular oxygen and organic compounds
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Viruses
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Acellular, consist of DNA or RNA core surrounded by a protein coat, coat may be enclosed in lipid envelope, viruses are replicated only when in living host cell
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Multicellular animal parasites
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Eukaryotic, multicellular animals, microscopic stages in life cycles
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