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MCB2010 Exam 1 Study Guide: Microbiology Chapters 1-4

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Members of the Bacterial World

Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells

Introduction to Spontaneous Generation

Francesco Redi's Experiments

Needham vs. Spallanzani

Pasteur's Experiments on Spontaneous Generation

John Tyndall's Experiment

History of Spontaneous Generation Summarized

Atoms- Smallest Unit of Matter

Isotopes

Introduction to Chemical Bonding

Covalent Bonds

Ionic Bonding

Hydrogen Bonding

Introduction to Water

Acids and Bases

Functional Groups

Lipids

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Nucleic Acids

Bacterial Cell Morphology & Arrangements

Introduction to Bacterial Cell Walls

Gram-Positive Cell Walls

Gram-Negative Cell Walls

Gram-Positive vs. Gram-Negative Cell Walls

The Glycocalyx: Capsules & Slime Layers

Introduction to Prokaryotic Flagella

Prokaryotic Ribosomes

Cell Inclusions

Endospores

Introduction to Eukaryotic Organelles

Endosymbiotic Theory

Introduction to Microscopes

Light Microscopy: Bright-Field Microscopes

Electron Microscopes

Simple Staining

Differential Staining

Scientific Method

Koch's Postulates

Introduction to Taxonomy

Scientific Naming of Organisms