1. SCOPE AND HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY

2. 2 Why Study Microbiology? Ubiquity

3. 3 Why Study Microbiology? Biological roles Animal digestion Food Microbiology Pharmaceuticals Bioremediation Pathogenicity Fundamental Biology About ____% of children die from infectious diseases in the last century. A bacterium weigh approximately 0.000,000,000,1g. Yet collectively they constitute ___% of earth’s Biomass.

4. Heart disease16,690,000 INFECTIOUS & PARASITIC DISEASES 9,802,000 Cancer7,228,000 Injuries5,765,000 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS 3,507,000 Respiratory diseases2,995,000 Intentional2,272,000 Infants2,155,000 Digestive diseases1,783,000 Genitourinary disease765,000 Infective Disease as Percentage of Total: 25%

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6. 6 Roles of Microbiologists Universities Commercial laboratories Public Health Legal Clinical

7. 7 Microbe Types Bacteria

8. 8 Microbe Types Algae Fungi

9. 9 Microbe Types Viruses

10. 10 Microbe Types Protozoa

11. 11 Microbe Types Helminths/Arthropods

12. 12 Microbiology History Plagues in History

13. Microbiology History 13

14. Microbiology History

15. 15 Microbiology History: The Invisible Made Visible

16. 16 Germ Theory vs. Spontaneous Generation Redi Spallanzani

17. 17 Germ Theory vs. Spontaneous Generation Pasteur

18. Vaccine as a Treatment

19. 19 Understanding Disease

20. Koch’s postulate satisfied? 20

21. Defense against invader 21

23. The 1918 Influenza

27. Bubonic Plague: A Case Study

29. The Invisible Made Visible

30. 30 Special Fields of Study Chemotherapy –Antibiotics –Synthetics

31. Founder of Epidemiology