Environmental Biology Final level of Biological Study Atomic level Molecular Chains & Acids Organelles (parts of cells) Cellular level Tissues (specialized cells) Organs (more than one tissue uniting for function) Organ System (groups of organs performing body function) Organism Population (group of same organisms) Community (different organisms living together) Biosphere or Global level (inhabiting a contained area) Environmental Biology is the division of Ecology which studies the impact of life on the environment and particularly water

Environmental Biology- Waterborne Diseases Bacteria Campylobacter is a genus of gram negative spirillum that settles in the intestines of the host causing cramping and severe diarrhea and vomiting—can be fatal if untreated Escherichia coli are gram negative rods that settle in intestines—contracted through fecal contamination of water supply Protozoa Giardia lamblia is unicellular organism commonly found in animals drinking contaminated water—cysts are very resistant Cryptosporidium parvum is often transmitted in fecal contaminated water from large animal farms—multiply by the hundreds of thousands with oocyst stage—can be fatal